About Event
Location
This colloquium is hosted by STScI and will be held as a fully virtual event.
Time
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST
Description
Recent observational advances with the Event Horizon Telescope, GRAVITY, and LIGO/VIRGO have opened up new avenues for studying black hole physics at horizon scales. In this talk, I will discuss what we have learned about the spacetimes of astrophysical black holes and how strong-field gravity is imprinted on their images. I will also present how the observations help us model and understand the heating and acceleration of plasmas on horizon scales.
Speaker: Feryal Ozel (University of Arizona)
Notes
All 2021 Spring Colloquium talks are held on Wednesdays at 3:00 PM. You may join the virtual colloquium at the links listed below.
Please direct questions or comments to the contact above. The Spring Colloquium Committee members are: Joshua Peek (STScI co-chair), Ethan Vishniac (JHU co-chair), Mi Dai (JHU), Amaya Moro-Martin (STScI), Kevin Schlaufman (JHU), Raymond Simons (STScI).