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The Event Horizon Telescope recently revealed the first picture of the black-hole shadow in the center of the M87 galaxy. I will discuss the technological and theoretical advances during the last decade that led to this result. I will then focus on how this picture allows us to accurately measure the mass of the black hole and test Einstein's theory of General Relativity.

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Title
The Black Hole Shadow in the M87 Galaxy
Creator
University of California, Berkeley. Dept. of Physics
Published
Berkeley, CA, University of California, Berkeley, Dept. of Physics, April 22, 2019
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UC Berkeley Library Online Video Collection.
Full Collection Name
Physics Colloquia
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Video
Format
Lecture.
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1 streaming video file
Other Physical Details
digital, sd., col.
Archive
Physics Library
Note
Recorded at a colloquium held on April 22, 2019, sponsored by the Dept. of Physics, University of California, Berkeley.
originally produced as an .mts file in 2019
Speakers: Dimitrios Psaltis.
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