Ep. 31 - Interstellar Dust Clouds ft. Andrew Saydjari

<p>Our guest this week, <strong>Andrew Saydjari</strong>, is midway through his <strong>PhD </strong>in Astrophysics at <strong>Harvard </strong>University. Andrew's research lies at the intersection of Astrophysics and Machine Learning, and he's studying the massive dust clouds in our very own galaxy. Tune in to tap into the wealth of knowledge that Andrew's bringing to Episode 31!<br> <br> <strong>On this week's episode we answer questions like:&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>Why should you care about interstellar dust clouds that are a million times as wide as the earth's orbit around the sun?<br> What do spectrums of light tell us about the molecular make-up of these clouds?<br> How much information can I glean from just a single image of a molecular cloud out there in space?<br> And how does the symmetry of molecules factor into all this?<br> <br> <strong>Topics &amp; Concepts</strong><br> Data Collection in the Physical Sciences<br> Group Theory &amp; Symmetries<br> Spectroscopy, Optics &amp; Lasers<br> Rotating Bodies &amp; Moments of Intertia<br> Space Dust: Building Blocks of The Universe<br> Relative Size &amp; Scales of the Universe<br> Nebulae &amp; Infrared Imaging<br> Fluid Dynamics, Simulations<br> Hot Gases &amp; Plasma<br> Isotropy<br> Magnetic Fields &amp; Symmetry-Breaking<br> JPEG Compression<br> Fourier Transforms<br> Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle<br> Wavelets<br> <br> <strong>Further Reading - Related Research</strong><br> <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.11963" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.11963</a><br> <br> <strong>VIA (Virtues in Action) - 24 Character Strengths Survey</strong><br> <a href="https://www.viacharacter.org/account/register" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.viacharacter.org/account/register</a></p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/abstractcast/message