News & Events Events RSAA Colloquium: Orsola De Marco (U.Macquarie) Strong, dusty binary interactions, and the transients they cause. schedule Date & time Date/time 13 Feb 2024 11:00am person Speaker Speakers Orsola De Marco (U.Macquarie) monetization_on Cost Cost Cost per person: 0.00 contact_support Contact Content navigation toc Description I will describe current efforts to model strong binary interactions, such as common envelopes, using 3D hydrodynamic codes and connect these simulations to a number of diverse observations, particularly those of a type of transient known as luminous red novae. In particular I will discuss the implementation of dust nucleation in simulations, a necessary ingredient to connect simulations to the observed light curves of the objects. Location Duffiled Lecture Theatre, Mt Stromlo or Zoom