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Physics & Astronomy Colloquium - Professor Manel Errando
Nov 30, 2021
03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
30 North Dubuque Street, North Liberty, IA 52317
Supermassive black holes: how they formed and what are they capable of
Professor Manel Errando; Department of Physics; Washington University, St. Louis
Black holes of millions to billions solar masses sit at the center of galaxies, including our own. When these supermassive black holes feed off of interstellar gas they produce X-ray bright accretion disks, winds that influence the rate at which stars form in their host galaxies, and relativistic jets that are among the most powerful particle accelerators in the Universe. In this talk, we will discuss how measurements of gamma-ray emission from relativistic jets can tell us about the impact that supermassive black holes have on their host galaxy environment and beyond. Finally, we will turn our attention towards observations of the most distant supermassive black holes and discuss new advances in adjustable X-ray optics that will enable future X-ray missions to understand how the first supermassive black holes formed.
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