Dr. Kate Scholberg, Duke University

Title: How to Spot a Supernova from Deep Underground

Abstract: Stellar core collapses create enormous bursts of 10ths-of-MeV neutrinos on a timescale of a few 10ths of seconds after collapse and preceding optical fireworks by hours or days. These neutrinos can be observed in underground neutrino detectors worldwide. The neutrinos themselves carry directional information that can be exploited to determine the position of the supernova (or of the compact remnant, in the case of failed explosion) on the sky. I will give an overview of methods for low-latency pointing to core-collapse events with neutrino detectors.