BLACK HOLE Pic:107CINE Yingzhe Hong
First suggested in 1783 by John Michelle First demonstrated by Albert Einstein in 1916 with his general theory of relativity American astronomer John Wheeler applied the term Black Hole in 1967 A place in space where gravity is so extreme that nothing, even light could not escape from it Invisible, the center of the black hole has infinite density First black hole was discovered in 1971
lithium Nuclear Fusion of Stars Fusion of hydrogen to form helium Mass also increases Iron is too stable to release enough energy in fusion Star dies Pic:sandbh Gravitational Collapse When a star runs out of fuel, it creates insufficient internal pressure to resist its own gravity Temperature is not high enough
Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff Limit (TOV Limit) Mass Limit of Neutron Star Solar Masses (Mo) White Dwarf: <1.5 Mo Neutron Star: 1.5-3.0 Mo Black Hole: >3.0 Mo Schwarzschild Radius (Gravitational Radius): the radius of a sphere such that, if all the mass of an object were to be compressed within that sphere, the escape velocity from the surface of the sphere would equal to the speed of light. If the sphere collapses below the radius, light could not escape, so that black hole forms.
Staller black hole: formed by the collapse of a single star (>3Mo) Intermediate-mass black hole(imbh): merging of stellar black holes (100-1million Mo) Supermassive black hole: located at the center of galaxies (up to billions Mo)
Singularity: the center of a black hole, has infinite density and gravitational force Event Horizon: a boundary in spacetime beyond which events cannot affect an outside observer. Pic: Wikipedia Commons Pic: Astronomy Source
Observe stars, planets, and gas orbiting black holes Pic: 107CINE Look for vast amount of electromagnetic radiation (mainly X-rays) source Accretion of matter: matter fall further inward, releasing potential energy and increasing temperature of gas. When accreting object is a neutron star or a black hole, it emits large amount of electromagnetic radiation The first discovered black hole: Cygnus X-1 Discovered in 1971 Stephen Hawking made a wager with Kip Thorne in 1975, with Hawking betting it was not a black hole. Later discovery indirectly proved the existence of singularity Hawking conceded the bet in 1990
Hawking Radiation: predicted to be released by black holes, reduces the mass and energy of black holes (black hole evaporation) Gray Hole (Q-star): new definition for black hole, different from classic theoretical black holes that only consume matters Related news: Supermassive black holes cause galactic-scale warming New class of galaxies called red geysers, or dormant galaxies, where temperature is too high to form new stars Star = gas + gravity, why not? Temperature due to supermassive black hole wind
Event Horizon Telescope (EHT): an international collaboration aiming to capture the first image of a black hole by creating a virtual Earth-sized telescope Technique: very-long-baseline interferometry (VLBI) Aiming to study the supermassive black hole in the center of Milky Way: Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) Event Horizon Telescope Observation started in April, 2017; pictures taken will be released for public in the end of 2017
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