Astronomy Colloquium Series
Dr. Charles Gammie, Professor, Department of Astronomy, University of Illinois
Black Hole Accretion
Accretion onto black holes probably powers many bright astrophysical sources such as active galactic nuclei, some stellar-mass x-ray sources, gamma-ray bursts, and relativistic radio jets. I will survey developments in the theory of black hole accretion, with a particular focus on those relevant to the Event Horizon Telescope experiment, a global millimeter-wavelength interferometer that is attempting to image hot plasma near black holes on the scale of the event horizon.
Accretion onto black holes probably powers many bright astrophysical sources such as active galactic nuclei, some stellar-mass x-ray sources, gamma-ray bursts, and relativistic radio jets. I will survey developments in the theory of black hole accretion, with a particular focus on those relevant to the Event Horizon Telescope experiment, a global millimeter-wavelength interferometer that is attempting to image hot plasma near black holes on the scale of the event horizon.
Building: | West Hall |
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Event Type: | Lecture / Discussion |
Tags: | Astronomy, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Physics, Science |
Source: | Happening @ Michigan from Department of Astronomy, Department of Physics, Michigan Institute for Research in Astrophysics |