2025 N. Kylafis Lecture`: New Horizons in Extreme Electrodynamics of Black Holes and Neutron Stars

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Speaker :  
Prof. Roger Blandford (Stanford University, USA)
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Amphitheater "G. Lianis" - FORTH
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 This is a time of rapid, largely unscripted discovery in extreme electrodynamics, at scales  involving up to ~100 GT magnetic field, ~10^22 V potential difference, ~10^40 K temperature, associated with black holes and neutron stars. Astrophysical manifestations include Fast Radio Bursts, Gamma Ray Bursts, Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays, sources of gravitational radiation and direct images of black holes. A brief overview, connecting to the physics being revealed by particle accelerators and light sources, will be given.