30 October 2024 Wed 4 pm

Since the first linking of nuclear physics to the stars over 100 years ago, much progress has been made in experiments, theory, and modeling of cosmic systems. Given this progress, and given the wide variety of new and extremely detailed observations that become available each day, is nuclear physics still needed to study the cosmos? What is the future of nuclear physics in the age of multi-messenger astronomy? With new accelerator facilities coming online in Korea and around the world, it is useful to remember the incredible leverage that nuclear microphysics has on the macroscopic scale of stars and the Universe. This presentation will describe this leverage, will enumerate some of the fascinating and important unsolved puzzles, and will mention the critical connections of nuclear physics with particle physics, cosmology, and other fields. 

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