January 24, 1995 - January 24, 2028

  • Date:09ThursdayJanuary 2025

    Black Holes in Galaxies: Experimental Evidence & Cosmic Evolution

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    Time
    11:15 - 12:30
    Location
    Edna and K.B. Weissman Building of Physical Sciences
    Weissman Auditorium
    LecturerProf. Reinhard Genzel
    Organizer
    Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics
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    AbstractShow full text abstract about <p>About a century after Albert Einstein's presen...»
    <p>About a century after Albert Einstein's presentation of General Relativity and Karl Schwarzschild's first solution, have three experimental techniques made remarkable progress in proving the existence of the Schwarzschild/Kerr black hole solution. I will describe the impressive progress of high resolution near-infrared and radio imaging and interferometry, and of precision measurements of gravitational waves in the Galactic Center and other galaxies. I will then discuss what we now know about the cosmic co-evolution and growth of galaxies and black holes, and finish with the riddle of massive black holes detected by JWST only a few hundred Myrs after the Big Bang.</p>
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