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“Cohabiting black holes in M22″
Posted by Steinn Sigurðsson on October 3, 2012 “If… then my old theory is completely toast,” says astrophysicist Steinn Sigurdsson of Pennsylvania State University. “This is a really nice piece of work.” Nice Nature paper coming out tomorrow by Jay Strader et al on a pair of flat spectrum ultra-faint radio sources in the core of M22. The sources are consistent with being…
Wanted: supermassive black hole binary researcher
Posted by Steinn Sigurðsson on October 3, 2012 Applications are invited for a postdoctoral scholar position to work with Prof. Mike Eracleous and collaborators. The successful applicant will join a team working to identify close, supermassive binary black holes through a combination of observational tests. The postdoctoral scholar will be expected to plan and carry out observations related to this project and lead…
Flurry of Physics
Posted by Steinn Sigurðsson on June 17, 2011 I’m at wee bit behind on this here blogging thingie, but there has been a flurry of physics results which are worth a quick peek:
ACP 25th Anniversary Workshop on Black Holes
Posted by Steinn Sigurðsson on February 19, 2010 The Aspen Center for Physics is holding its annual series of winter workshops, with the final, double sized workshop being on the astrophysical topic of Black Holes.