Apr
30
2019
Speaker:
Prof. Feryal Özel (University of Arizona)
Date:
Tuesday, April 30, 2019 - 4:00pm
The Event Horizon Telescope recently imaged the supermassive black hole in the center of the M87 galaxy. I will describe the experiment and the methods used to obtain the image. I will also discuss the implications of this measurement for the properties of the black hole and the theory of General Relativity.
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