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SUMMARY:Massive Black Holes and Galaxies - Reinhard Genzel\, MPE\, Garchin
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DTSTART:20081113T163000Z
DTEND:20081113T173000Z
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CONTACT:Dr. Vasily Belokurov
DESCRIPTION:Evidence has been accumulating for several decades that many g
 alaxies harbor\ncentral mass concentrations that may be in the form of bla
 ck holes with masses\nbetween a few million to a few billion time the mass
  of the Sun. I will discuss\nmeasurements over the last decade\, employing
  adaptive optics imaging and\nspectroscopy on large ground-based telescope
 s that prove the existence of such a\nmassive black hole in the Center of 
 our Milky Way\, beyond any reasonable doubt.\nThese data also provide key 
 insights into its properties and environment. Future\ninterferometric stud
 ies of the Galactic Center black hole promise to be able to test\ngravity 
 in its strong field limit. I will also briefly discuss the cosmological ev
 olution of\nmassive black holes.
LOCATION:Sackler Lecture Theatre\, IoA (tea at 4.00 pm)
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