Stellar dynamics at the centers of galaxies

Authors
Prof.
Scott Tremaine
Date and time
30 Jun 2011 - 00:00 Europe/London
Address

Aula

Talk language
English
Slides language
English
Serie number
1
Description

The massive black holes found at the centers of most nearby galaxies including our own, are believed to be the ashes of the fuel that powered quasars early in the history of the universe. I will briefly review the astronomical evidence for these objects and then describe some of the exotic dynamical phenomena that originate in their vicinity, including hypervelocity stars, resonant relaxation, and warped and lopsided stellar disks.

Talk Video
https://youtu.be/1U_d2mqE11w
Quasars

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