Astronomer at Stockholm University, originally from Norway. I like exploding stars, mountains, books, yoga, singing and crafts.
Joined August 2014
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And, if you want to come join my group at @Stockholm_Uni you don't have to wait for the #ERC-funded positions: still a few days left to apply for already-advertised postdoc studying exotic supernovae from @ztfsurvey! DM me if you have any questions.
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Thrilled to finally share that my #ERCStG project TransPIre was selected for funding! 🥳 Looking forward to spending the next few years using @ztfsurvey and @VRubinObs data to figure out the ultimate fates of the most massive stars 🌟
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Thanks @cplberry! Different audience from my usual talks; putting this together was a fun challenge 😁
Lovely review of how supernova observations can inform our understanding of black hole formation from @rlunnan #EASLeiden2021 We expect a failed core-collapse supernova, so no transient, but could have one if we form jets. We're still looking for pair instability supernovae
ALT Core collapse to supernova explosion is complicated
ALT The missing red supergiant problem. We are missing supernova with high initial masses, which would be consistent with heavier stars undergoing failed supernova
ALT Black hole formation in supernova usually means a failed supernova If sufficient angular momentum to form a central engine, we can still have powerful transients No unambiguous candidate for a full pair-instability explosion has been found
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Joining the #ShutdownSTEM #Strike4BlackLives today. Resources at shutdownstem.com and particlesforjustice.org.
TIL (from watching the excellent #ParksAndRecSpecial reunion episode) that Nick Offerman (Ron Swanson) and Megan Mullally (Tammy 2) are actually married in real life 🤯
I am one self-haircut or running out of toilet paper away from bingo 😬
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"A simple choice.
Take care of each other in these strange times. ❤️"
Takk, @Lisaaisato. ❤️
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STScI and NASA are proposing updating the rules of the NASA Hubble Fellowship Program to require that host institutions offer Fellows employee status. For more information, and how to comment, see the Director of STScI's open letter to the community at: stsci.edu/stsci-research/fel…
Thankfully the P105 TAC fixed it 😄
I hesitate to question the quality of the @ESO proposal review, but it is always interesting when an HST proposal is accepted but a supporting ESO proposal isn't. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Oh and in case you don't think that's exciting on its own, it's in the @NASA_TESS field too! 😀🌟
Nearby, bright super superluminous supernova caught from explosion with @ztfsurvey:
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Nearby, bright super superluminous supernova caught from explosion with @ztfsurvey:
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Two productive SLSN classification runs at the beginning of this month 😀💥
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I hesitate to question the quality of the @ESO proposal review, but it is always interesting when an HST proposal is accepted but a supporting ESO proposal isn't. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
First talk after break, @jajohnson51 discusses the origin of the elements. Work inspired by very, very wrong wikipedia table years ago #afterlives19
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Day 3 of #afterlives19 is dedicated to the aftermaths of stellar deaths. After a great overview of EM radiation from GW sources by Nora Troja, Ben Gompertz now presents results from searching from kilonova-like emission in previous short GRBs.
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de Mink: existence of mass gap in black hole distribution due to pair instability is one of the most robust predictions of stellar evolution #afterlives19
Selma de Mink starts off last session of Day 2 discussing how you can make the binary black holes observed by @LIGO. No lack of ideas! #afterlives19
Anna Ho now showing a spectacular object from the fast-cadence search in @ztfsurvey: SN2018gep. #afterlives19
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