The Beating Hearts of Galaxies

Dr. Werner will talk about his research into supermassive black holes and the cosmic web.  He will show us observations, which reveal how the enormous amounts of energy released when matter falls into supermassive black holes helped to sculpt the galaxies and the surrounding large scale structure of the Universe.  Within the context of this talk he will also introduce X-ray space telescopes including the upcoming ASTRO-H mission scheduled for launch in 2015.   

Speaker: Dr. Norbert Werner, KAVLI