Events in Physics
Katherine Blundell (Oxford University)
Location: PS1.28
Time-resolved spectroscopy from the Global Jet Watch Observatories
There are five Global Jet Watch observatories strategically separated in longitude around the globe. Each one is equipped with a high-throughput fibre-fed spectrograph enabling the observatories collectively to deliver phase-resolved spectroscopy of relativistic jet launch, circum-binary discs, novae and more. I will demonstrate the capabilities of our instrumentation by presenting some of the first astrophysical results on these topics, explaining their context to illustrate the potential of the spectroscopic data streams from these observatories to address our key science questions.