The astro[sound]bites team introduces cohost Vivasvaan and his work on galaxy mergers and machine learning. The discussion explains why mergers are useful probes of galaxy evolution and gives an early-career researcher’s perspective on the field.
In Astronomy and Astrophysics
Seminar · Astrophysics
Active nuclei and primordial quasars
Françoise Combes · Professor at the Collège de France
Mon, Jan 9, 2023 · 15:45 UTC
This lecture explores the growth of central black holes through gas accretion and galaxy mergers. It relates active galactic nuclei to their stellar surroundings and focuses on the puzzle posed by very massive quasars observed early in cosmic history. Explaining their rapid assembly is a central theme.