'The Universe is fortuitous, morally neutral and incredibly violent' said the character in the film 'September', by Woody Allen. In my lecture I will focus on the third leg of the correct definition: we will visit astrophysical scenarios involving explosions, shock waves, high-energy radiation, black holes... and we will consider the compatibility between this reality and our own existence.
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Brief CV
Manel Perucho Pla has a PhD in Physics from the University of Valencia. He is currently a full professor of the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics of this university, a member of the Astronomical Observatory and Mercator fellow of the University of Würzburg (Germany), as well as director of the Languages Service of the University of Valencia. His research focuses on the evolution of relativistic plasmas in different astrophysical scenarios, such as active galaxies and binary stars with strong emission at high energies. His scientific career has taken place between the University of Valencia and the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (Bonn, Germany), where he did a postdoctoral stay between 2005 and 2008. He has given seminars and postgraduate courses on his field of specialisation throughout the world and maintains active collaborations with different universities and research centers. He has co-directed two doctoral theses, one of which received the award for the best thesis in Astrophysics in Germany in 2013, and he is currently co-directing another one.
In his dissemination side, he writes articles for the general press and collaborates in the Mètode magazine blog of the University of Valencia.
More information
- bloc de la revista Mètode
- El Nobel de Física, orbitando agujeros negros
- Astrophysicist Manel Perucho states that the deceleration of plasma jets in active galaxies is caused by the interaction with the stars
- Galàxies 'actives'
- Som fills de les estrelles
- Professor Perucho investigates the energetic release of black holes in a German government project of 3.6 million
- Valencian astrophysicists reveal the nature of the double helix observed in the energy jet of the galaxy M87
Social networks
- @UniversViolent
- @FacFisicaUV
- @ObservatoriUV
- @CdCienciaUV
- @MednightGTS
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Stimulating scientific vocations is a project of the Scientific Culture and Innovation Unit of the University of Valencia, which has co-funding from the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology and the Ministry of Science and Innovation.
