Location:
Kaplun building, Room No. 200
Lecturer: Dr. Benny Trakhtenbrot
Affiliation: Institute of Astronomy, ETH Zurich
Abstract:
Supermassive black holes (SMBHs), with
masses reaching ten billions solar masses,
are found in the centers of most galaxies,
and their growth and energy release
mechanisms appear to be closely linked
to the galaxies that host them, making
them central to our understanding of
galaxy evolution. However, the existence
of these extreme systems less than 1 Gyr
after the Big Bang poses major
challenges to our understanding of black
hole formation and early growth. I will