Massive black holes in the smallest galaxies

Event Date:
2018-10-01T15:00:00
2018-10-01T16:15:00
Event Location:
Hennings 318
Speaker:
Holger Baumgardt (University of Queensland)
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Intended Audience:
Graduate
Local Contact:

Harvey Richer

Event Information:

Supermassive black holes are thought to exist in the centres of most massive galaxies and their masses have been found to correlate strongly with the properties of their host galaxies like overall luminosity or central velocity dispersion. Yet it is unknown what processes have established these correlations and if and how they continue towards lower mass systems. In my talk I will present results from our search for massive black holes in ultra-compact dwarf galaxies in nearby galaxies and in massive globular clusters of the Milky Way.

Please join us before the Colloquium in Hennings 318 for coffee, tea and snacks at 2:45 pm

Add to Calendar 2018-10-01T15:00:00 2018-10-01T16:15:00 Massive black holes in the smallest galaxies Event Information: Supermassive black holes are thought to exist in the centres of most massive galaxies and their masses have been found to correlate strongly with the properties of their host galaxies like overall luminosity or central velocity dispersion. Yet it is unknown what processes have established these correlations and if and how they continue towards lower mass systems. In my talk I will present results from our search for massive black holes in ultra-compact dwarf galaxies in nearby galaxies and in massive globular clusters of the Milky Way. Please join us before the Colloquium in Hennings 318 for coffee, tea and snacks at 2:45 pm Event Location: Hennings 318