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Physics Public Talk - Into the Deep: Touring a Supermassive Black Hole (or Two!)
Wednesday, January 22, 2025 19:00to20:30
McConnell Engineering Building
3480 rue University, Montreal, QC, H3A 0E9, CA
We are excited to announce the upcoming Physics Public Talk,听"Into the Deep: Touring a Supermassive Black Hole (or Two!),"听presented by Professor Daryl Haggard, on听Wednesday,听January 22nd, 2025, from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM听at 香蕉视频.
About the Talk:听It鈥檚 been a fantastic decade for black hole studies, particularly for Sagittarius A听(Sgr A*), the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. Multiple Galactic Center research groups, the Event Horizon Telescope, and LIGO/Virgo continue to bring rapid-fire new observations to sharpen our understanding of these exotic objects, research highlighted by the 2020 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics and the 2017 and 2020 Nobel Prizes in Physics. In this talk, I will discuss the new Event Horizon Telescope image of Sgr A*. I鈥檒l describe its unique variability and put it in the context of other time domain phenomena in the Galactic Center, traced out over more than 20 years of observations by coordinated multi-wavelength campaigns. I will compare these studies to equally impressive observations of M87*, the supergiant elliptical galaxy with several trillion stars in the constellation Virgo. I will also briefly explore how we can continue to push the frontiers of black hole research with existing and next-generation observatories.
Date:听Wednesday, January 22nd, 2025
Time:听7:00 - 8:30 PM
Location:听ENGMC 304 Room, McConnell Engineering Building (3480听University St, Montr茅al)
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The event is free听and open to everyone. Mark your calendars鈥攚e hope to see you there!
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