New study: Mu-Tau Neutrinos: Influencing Fast Flavor Conversions in Supernovae
January 17, 2021
The study “Mu-Tau Neutrinos: Influencing Fast Flavor Conversions in SupernovaeNorthwestern” conducted by a team of Northwestern researchers was published in the journal Physical Review Letters.
Senior author Manibrata Sen, discusses the study in the story, “Three flavors are better than one — in ice cream and supernova research” in Northwestern Now.
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First Radio Pulses Traced to Dead-Star Binary
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Astrophysicist Adam Miller Receives Cottrell Scholar Award
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Northwestern University astrophysicist Adam Miller has received a 2025 Cottrell Scholar Award from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA), the United States’ first foundation wholly dedicated to science. Miller is among a diverse group of 16…