NRAO/Socorro Colloquium Series

Vincent Fish

Haystack


Probing Black Hole Event Horizons with Millimeter VLBI


High-resolution observations of the emission region surrounding a black hole would enable detailed studies of accretion and outflow astrophysics as well as general relativity in a strong-field regime. Recent technological advances have made these observations possible using millimeter-wavelength VLBI. This talk will summarize the current results and future prospects of millimeter VLBI observations of supermassive black hole sources, with special emphasis on Sgr A*.






February 12, 2010
11:00 am

Array Operations Center Auditorium

All NRAO employees are invited to attend via video, available in Charlottesville Room 230, Green Bank Basement and Tucson N525.

Local Host: Dave Meier