07 May 2024
Seminars and colloquia
Time
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Venue
Dennis Sciama Lecture Theatre
Denys Wilkinson Building, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH
Denys Wilkinson Building, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH
Speaker(s)
Prof Andrew Hamilton
Seminar series
Astrophysics colloquia
For more information contact
Lawrence Clark - Lawrence.selmons-clark@physics.ox.ac.uk
Inside Astronomically Realistic Black Holes
Abstract: I will use a real-time general relativistic Black Hole Flight Simulator to show what really happens inside astronomically realistic black holes. The inner horizon of a rotating black hole is the most violent place in the Universe, easily reaching and surpassing energy densities attained in the Big Bang. What does Nature do at this extraordinary place?