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KITP Teachers' Conference:
Teachers' Conference: Supermassive Black Holes and their Destructive Tidal Forces

Apr 27, 2024
Coordinator: Kate Alexander

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Saturday, Apr 27, 2024

9:00am Lars Bildsten (KITP) Welcome[Video]
9:10am Kate Alexander (U Arizona/Steward Observatory) Introduction[Slides][Video][CC]
9:25am Eric Coughlin (Syracuse) Physics relevant to black holes[Slides][Video][CC]
10:25am

Morning Break

10:55am Brenna Mockler (Carnegie Obs) Lighting up Supermassive Black Holes with TDEs[Slides][Video][CC]
12:00pm

Lunch Break

1:30pm Kausik Das (UMES) Unraveling Misconceptions in Physics: From Friction Fundamentals to the role of Quantum Mechanics in Gecko Adhesion[Video][CC]
2:00pm Decker French (UIUC) Discovering TDEs with visible light[Slides][Video][CC]
3:00pm

Afternoon Break

3:30pm Adelle Goodwin (Curtin U) Black holes as messy eaters: radio observations of jets and outflows launched by accreting black holes[Slides][Video][CC]
4:30pm

CONFERENCE END, SHUTTLE TO BWSCI, SB Airport, and SB Airbus, Goleta location. Sign up at the registration desk during a break.