Speaker: GSU Astrophysics PhD Candidate Nabanita Das

Date: Thursday, April 23rd (Parlour), 8-9:30pm

Title: How to Weigh a Black Hole

Summary: Black holes are categorized based on their masses. But, how do we know their masses in the first place? In this talk, I shall discuss how and where we find black holes in space --- ranging from stellar remnants to supermassive ones in the centers of galaxies; and what methods and tools we use to weigh them.