High Energy Physics Seminars

A core-collapse Supernova in our own galaxy would be close enough to be seen with neutrinos in many of the world's neutrino and dark matter detectors. Those neutrinos exit the star promptly, while the electromagnetic fireworks appear ~hours later after the explosion's shock reaches the star's surface. This signal will teach us a lot both about the birth of a neutron star and neutrinos themselves when seen in detail with large, high resolution experiments such as DUNE. It will also be used as an automated early warning by SNEWS, a network of detectors around the world, to facilitate early observations of this rare (~1.5 per century) event using electromagnetic and gravitational wave messengers.