More than one hundred years ago, Albert Einstein published his Theory of General Relativity. One year later, Karl Schwarzschild solved the equations for a non-rotating, spherical mass distribution; if this mass is sufficiently compact, even light cannot escape from within the so-called event horizon, and there is a mass singularity at the center. The theoretical concept of a 'black hole' was born and was refined in the next decades by numerous scientific works.
Reinhard Genzel is today one of the world's leading researchers in the field of black holes. In 2020, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his research. In his lecture "A 40-Year Journey" on September 29 in Jena, the scientist will discuss the forty year journey, which his colleagues and he have been undertaking to study the mass distribution in the Center of our Milky Way from ever more precise, long term studies of the motions of gas and stars as test particles of the space time. Following the lecture, guests are invited to address questions to Prof. Genzel.
The »Noble Talks« are organized in cooperation with the Beutenberg Campus Jena e.V. The event is supported by funds from the Carl Zeiss Foundation and this year takes place within the »Photonics Days Jena 2021«.
Information on participating / attending:
Registration is not required.
Date:
09/29/2021 16:00 - 09/29/2021 17:00
Event venue:
This event is an online event. Participation is possible via YouTube-Livestream: https://youtu.be/Uw9QHUZP60E
Jena, Germany / Online
Thüringen
Germany
Target group:
all interested persons
Email address:
Relevance:
transregional, national
Subject areas:
Physics / astronomy
Types of events:
Presentation / colloquium / lecture
Entry:
09/16/2021
Sender/author:
Desiree Haak
Department:
Strategie / Marketing / Koordination
Event is free:
yes
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event69627
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