From Vision to Instrument: Creating a Next-Generation Event Horizon Telescope for a New Era of Black Hole Science

In April 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration successfully imaged a supermassive black hole (SMBH) for the first time, revealing the apparent “shadow” cast by the dark compact object M87<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="...

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Main Authors: Michael D. Johnson, Sheperd S. Doeleman, José L. Gómez, Avery E. Broderick
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Published: MDPI AG 2023-08-01
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description In April 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration successfully imaged a supermassive black hole (SMBH) for the first time, revealing the apparent “shadow” cast by the dark compact object M87<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msup><mrow></mrow><mo>*</mo></msup></semantics></math></inline-formula> in the center of the elliptical galaxy Virgo A [...]
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spelling doaj.art-fd5b620f826743b7a11e8410fc8d8bd62023-11-16T10:28:52ZengMDPI AGGalaxies2075-44342023-08-011159210.3390/galaxies11050092From Vision to Instrument: Creating a Next-Generation Event Horizon Telescope for a New Era of Black Hole ScienceMichael D. Johnson0Sheperd S. Doeleman1José L. Gómez2Avery E. Broderick3Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USACenter for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USAInstituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía-CSIC, Glorieta de la Astronomía s/n, 18008 Granada, SpainPerimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, 31 Caroline Street North, Waterloo, ON N2L 2Y5, CanadaIn April 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration successfully imaged a supermassive black hole (SMBH) for the first time, revealing the apparent “shadow” cast by the dark compact object M87<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msup><mrow></mrow><mo>*</mo></msup></semantics></math></inline-formula> in the center of the elliptical galaxy Virgo A [...]https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4434/11/5/92n/a
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title_full From Vision to Instrument: Creating a Next-Generation Event Horizon Telescope for a New Era of Black Hole Science
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