Season 4
Episode 17. Measuring the size of stars - ft. Dr. Tarek Hassan
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In this episode, Juli talks to Dr. Tarek Hassan, a Postdoc at Centre for Energy, Environmental and Technological Research (CIEMAT) in Madrid. In his research he works with telescopes that are originally designed to observe very high energy gamma rays.
Juli and Tarek talk about stellar intensity interferometry, a technique to measure the shape and size of stars with high precision. Tarek explains why these measurements are important, how interferometry works and what might be the future applications. They discuss how Tarek wants to use his European Research Council Starting Grant to further advance this research.
To find out more information about Dr. Tarek Hassan, check out here