Short Course: Approaching the Event Horizon – Black Holes and Their Effect on the Universe
Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
- Public Event
8:15 A.M. - Coffee
8:45 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Short Course
All interested faculty, researchers and students are invited to attend.
Speakers:
- Prof. Kelly Holley-Bockelmann (Vanderbilt University) - Black Holes 101
- Prof. Andrea Ghez (UCLA) - The Galactic Center: A Black Hole Closeup
- Prof. Charles Gammie (University of Illinois) - Modeling and Studying Black Holes on Horizon Scales
- Dr. Michael Johnson (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA) - The Event Horizon Telescope: Imaging Black Holes with a Global VLBI Array
For more information, please visit http://kiss.caltech.edu/short_courses/black_hole.html.