Seminario de Física | Mi 17 de noviembre 2021 | 15:30 horas - Prof. Heino Falcke

Fecha: 
11/17/2021 - 15:30

 

Con mucho agrado los invitamos a participar del seminario que dictará el Prof.  Heino Falcke, Department of Astronomy, Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics and Particle Physics (IMAPP), Radboud University Nijmegen.

El webinar se realizará el miércoles 17 de noviembre de 2021 a las 15:30 horas mediante la plataforma Zoom.

Para acceder, deben ingresar el día y hora señalados a sus cuentas Zoom con la siguiente información:

 

https://reuna.zoom.us/j/82047231976?pwd=WEVvbUxQQUc4eEd6NHZRRW9IT0cwdz09

Meeting ID: 820 4723 1976
Passcode: 150785
 

 

Titulo: What’s in a shadow? Past, Present and Future of Black Hole Imaging

Expositor: Prof.  Heino Falcke

Afiliación: Department of Astronomy, IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen.

 

The inside of black holes is shielded from observations by an event horizon, a virtual one-way membrane through which matter, light and information can enter but never leave. This loss of information, however, contradicts some basic tenets of quantum physics. Does such an event horizon really exist? What are its effects on the ambient light and surrounding matter? How does a black hole really look? Can one see it? Recently we have made the first image of a black hole and detected its dark shadow in the radio galaxy M87 with the global Event Horizon Telescope. Detailed supercomputer simulations faithfully reproduce these observations. Simulations and observations together provide strong support for the notion that we are literally looking into the abyss of the event horizon of a supermassive black hole.  The talk will review the results of the Event Horizon Telescope, the nature and meaning of the black hole shadow, its scientific implications and future expansions of the array.