Interstellar Turbulence and the Scintillation of Radio Waves
Yoram Lithwick (Caltech) - 5 Dec at 12:00 noon
Radio waves that travel through the interstellar medium are scattered
by density fluctuations on very small length scales,
typically 10^8-10^10 cm. These density fluctuations are caused
by turbulence in the interstellar medium.
I will discuss first the
scintillation observations, and
then how these observations can be understood by a simple theory of
compressible MHD turbulence.
See
http://arXiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0106425 for more details.
The seminar will be held in 501 Campbell Hall.
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