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Reinhard Genzel (Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching & Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley)
Thursday 13 November 2008, 16:30-17:30
Massive Black Holes and Galaxies
- đ¤ Speaker: Reinhard Genzel (Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching & Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley)
- đ Date & Time: Thursday 13 November 2008, 16:30 - 17:30
- đ Venue: Sackler Lecture Theatre, IoA (tea at 4.00 pm)
Abstract
Evidence has been accumulating for several decades that many galaxies harbor central mass concentrations that may be in the form of black holes with masses between a few million to a few billion time the mass of the Sun. I will discuss measurements over the last decade, employing adaptive optics imaging and spectroscopy on large ground-based telescopes that prove the existence of such a massive black hole in the Center of our Milky Way, beyond any reasonable doubt. These data also provide key insights into its properties and environment. Future interferometric studies of the Galactic Center black hole promise to be able to test gravity in its strong field limit. I will also briefly discuss the cosmological evolution of massive black holes.
Series This talk is part of the The Sackler Lectures series.
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