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LOCATION:4421 Sterling Hall
SUMMARY:Probing Supermassive Black Holes in the Golden Era of Time Dom
 ain Astronomy\, Astronomy Colloquium\, Dr. Jason Hinkle\, University o
 f Illinois Urbana-Champaign
DESCRIPTION:Optical transient surveys have ushered in the golden era o
 f time-domain astronomy and exposed an unexpected diversity of transie
 nt phenomena\, including nuclear transients: flares powered by accreti
 on onto supermassive black holes (SMBHs). These transients provide a m
 eans to identify and study otherwise quiescent SMBHs across a range of
  masses and redshifts. This complements the longstanding study of acti
 vely-accreting SMBHs\, or active galactic nuclei (AGNs). In this talk\
 , I will discuss the physics underpinning these transients\, the role 
 of the surrounding nuclear environment in setting their observable sig
 natures\, and their utility as probes of SMBHs. I will conclude with a
  look towards the future of nuclear transients in the era of deep surv
 eys like LSST and Roman.
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URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=9621
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