BLACK HOLES


Black Holes formation


Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN)


  AGN: early BH suspicion


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  Accretion Disk and Jet Formation


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Supernovae: the fate of massive stars




  Supernova, cataclismic
  collapse and ejection


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  Supernova in NGC 4526


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  Fading supernova light


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  SN 1987 in the LMC


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  SN remnants: Crab nebulae and Cassiopeia



  Centre (VLT)
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  Kepler Supernova SN 1604
  (X-ray Chandra telescope)


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  Space-time curvature


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Planetary Nebulae: the fate of small stars



  The Helix nebula


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  The Dumbbell nebula


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  The Butterfly nebula


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What happens near a Black Hole ?




  M87 accretion gas disk


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  NGC 4261 with accretion disk


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  Star disruption near a BH


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Black Holes grow by swallowing stars and gas.

Their mass can become really large:
106 - 109 times the mass of the Sun
(a few % of the parent galaxy mass).




How do you measure a BH mass?




  Gas dynamics


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  Stellar spectroscopy
  (Andromeda galaxy, M31)


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  Stellar velocities
  in M31


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  M32 - the advantage of high
  spatial resolution with HST


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  Schwarzschild Method (my PhD thesis...)


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The BH at the center of the Milky Way





  The Galactic centre


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  Orbit of one star around
  the BH at the Galactic centre


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  Orbiting stars near the
  BH at the Galactic centre

ESO PR phot-15ac-00
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Black Holes statistics




  Correlation between the central
  BH mass and the parent Galaxy size


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How would a Black Hole look like?




  BH and Accretion disk appearance


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  Journey to a BH


  Credits





FAQ about BHs










background photo: Hubble Ultra Deep Field (Credit: NASA and ESA)
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