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HYPERVELOCITY STARS AND MASSIVE BLACK HOLES
- Hosted by:
- Scott Hughes
- Speaker:
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Warren Brown, Harvard University
- Starts:
- September 09, 2008 at 04:00 pm
- Ends:
- September 09, 2008 at 05:00 pm
- Location:
- MIT, Building 37, Room 252, 70 Vassar St., Cambridge, MA. 02139
- Maps:
Description
Hypervelocity stars ejected from the Galaxy at ~1000 km/s are a natural consequence of the massive black hole in the Galactic center. We discovered the first hypervelocity star in 2005, and we designed a survey that has found 12 more of these unbound stars. Hypervelocity stars are interesting because their observed spatial and velocity distributions are linked to the black hole ejection mechanism.
- Registration required:
- No
- Free:
- Yes
Additional information
Refreshments are served at 3:45 PM.
For more information
- Contact person:
- Jean Papagianopoulos
- Email:
- pap [ at ] space.mit.edu
- Website:
- HYPERVELOCITY STARS AND MASSIVE BLACK HOLES
