3:30–5:00 pm ERC 161
Title: Complete picture of inflows and outflows in the inner 1 pc of the Milky Way’s Galactic Center
Abstract: Every black hole accretion simulation predicts that black holes create outflows, which can vary in strength but never stop. This fact is widely used in describing black hole feedback on their host galaxies. Surprisingly, in our closest and the most-studied black hole on the sky, our own Galactic Center black hole Sagittarius A*, no robust signatures of presently active outflows have been seen, until now. In this talk I will show you a presently active outflow from the Sagittarius A* black hole, which has been missing for a half-century. This outflow completes the picture of large-scale gas dynamics in the inner 1 parsecs of Milky Way's Galactic Center. We will also discuss the role of cold gas in feeding supermassive black holes in their innermost accretion zones.
Zoom: https://uchicago.zoom.us/j/93092711418?pwd=ax8GAGcDkGPBQj9fe0P8I7TS1shSIl.1
