Black Holes in the Universe (and Hollywood)

Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity implies that black holes could exist, astrophysicists demonstrated that they should exist, and astronomers observing with many different telescopes havediscovered that they are common in the universe. The strange and wonderful behavior of black holes will be described and compared with alternate realities created in the movies.

Speaker: Roger Blandford, SLAC

Room: 2