UA Science

You are here

12/03/15: SO/NOAO Joint Colloquium Series: Chung-Pei Ma, UC Berkeley

Room: 

Title: Massive Elliptical Galaxies and Supermassive Black Holes

Abstract:
Massive elliptical galaxies exhibit the most massive black holes, most extreme stellar initial mass functions, and most dramatic size evolution over cosmic time. Yet, their formation histories are not fully understood. I will describe the ongoing MASSIVE Survey, a volume-limited, multi-wavelength, spectroscopic and photometric survey of the structure and dynamics of the 100 most massive early-type galaxies within 100 Mpc. A combination of integral-field spectroscopy on sub-arcsecond and large scales allows us to perform simultaneous
dynamical modeling of the supermassive black holes, stars, and dark matter. I will present first results from the survey on black hole mass measurements, stellar populations, and molecular gas detections and discuss the implications and future directions.

For the public
For Public

Public events include our Monday Night Lecture Series, world-reknowned Astronomy Camp and Mt Lemmon Sky Center.

For Students

A good place to start if you want to become an undergrad major or grad student, or need to find our schedule of classes.

 

For Scientists
For Scientists

Find telescopes and instruments, telescope time applications, staff and mountain contacts, and faculty and staff scientific interests.