PIRSA:14110109

Probing Dynamical Activity near the Event Horizon with the EHT

Chael, A. (2014). Probing Dynamical Activity near the Event Horizon with the EHT. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/14110109

Chael, Andrew. Probing Dynamical Activity near the Event Horizon with the EHT. Perimeter Institute, Nov. 14, 2014, https://pirsa.org/14110109 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:14110109,
            doi = {10.48660/14110109},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/14110109},
            author = {Chael, Andrew},
            keywords = {Strong Gravity},
            language = {en},
            title = {Probing Dynamical Activity near the Event Horizon with the EHT},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2014},
            month = {nov},
            note = {PIRSA:14110109 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Andrew Chael Harvard University

DOI 10.48660/14110109
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Abstract

Sgr A* regularly flares in the X-ray and near-IR on ~hour timescales, and the EHT has already detected interday variability in 1.3 mm emission on long and short baselines. The addition of highly sensitive long baselines in 2015 will allow for the resolution of time variable structure on sub-minute timescales. This opportunity to observe dynamical process on event horizon scales comes with the challenge of sparse visibility coverage, but several strategies can recover rich information from the limited samples. I will review sources of variability for the emission near supermassive black holes from minute to year timescales, and discuss the prospects of EHT observations for understanding event-horizon-scale dynamics.