Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory: New NSF Physics Frontier Center Will Focus on Neutron Star Modeling in 'Gravitational Wave Era'
August 18, 2020
August 18, 2020
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following news release on Aug. 17:
A new Physics Frontier Center at UC Berkeley, supported by the National Science Foundation, expands the reach and depth of existing capabilities on campus and at neighboring Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) in modeling one of the most violent events in the universe: the merger of neutron stars and its explosive aftermath. . . .
A new Physics Frontier Center at UC Berkeley, supported by the National Science Foundation, expands the reach and depth of existing capabilities on campus and at neighboring Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) in modeling one of the most violent events in the universe: the merger of neutron stars and its explosive aftermath. . . .