Supermassive Black Hole Research in the Post-HST Era
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
Thanks to its unprecedented spatial resolution, the Hubble Space Telescope has ended a 20-year long stalemate by detecting the dynamical signature of nuclear supermassive black holes (SBHs) in a sizeable number of nearby galaxies. These detections have revealed the existence of a symbiotic relationship between SBHs and their hosts, changing the way we view SBH and galaxy formation. In this contribution I review which are the most pressing outstanding issues in SBH research, and what are the technological requirements needed to address them.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0207050,
title = {Supermassive Black Hole Research in the Post-HST Era},
author = {Laura Ferrarese},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0207050},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
Invited contribution to the "Hubble Science Legacy Workshop", held in Chicago, 2-5 April 2002. ASP Conference Series