Our Galactic Center - A Unique Laboratory for the Physics & Astrophysics of Black Holes
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Overview
Syllabus
Intro
Two Big Picture Perspectives
Several Advances Made Measurements of Stellar Orbits Possible
Introduced Spectroscopy
SO-2 Dominates our knowledge of the Central Potential
Provides Strongest Case for Existence of a Supermassive Black
SO-2 Offers Direct Test of General Relativity near a Super Massive Black Hole
SO-2 First Star to Go Through GC Periapse with Full Orbital Phase Coverage
SO-2 Went Through Closest Approach This Past Summer
Understanding Systematics is Critical for this Precision Measurement
Another Potential Source of Systematics for Redshift is Hidden Companion
Galactic Center Has Taught us to Expect the Unexpected
G2 May be a Black Hole Driven Binary Star Merger
Can Stellar Binary Systems Explain our Other Unexpected Results?
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