Tufts/CfA/MIT Cosmology Seminar, at the CfA:

Tuesday, September 16, 2003
2:30 pm
Gilman Room, Agassiz House, Radcliffe Yard
Refreshments at 2:00, same location

"Astrophysical Evidence for the Black Hole Event Horizon"


Ramesh Narayan
Harvard

Abstract:

Astronomers have discovered many candidate black holes in X-ray binaries and in the nuclei of galaxies. While the evidence that these objects are black holes is strong, there is no proof yet that the objects actually possess event horizons. The talk will describe some of our recent efforts to find such proof.

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