Using a black hole to weigh light: can the Event Horizon Telescope yield new information about the photon rest mass?

Robert P. Cameron

doi:10.3847/2515-5172/ab064b

Using a black hole to weigh light: can the Event Horizon Telescope yield new information about the photon rest mass?

Robert P. Cameron

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It is an exciting time for the study of black holes. The Event Horizon Telescope is due to release the first image of an event horizon, namely that of the black hole Sgr A* at the center of our galaxy (Balick & Brown 1974; Brown 1982). This comes hot on the heels of the first direct detection of a binary black hole merger, using gravitational waves (Abbott et al. 2011).

Original language	English
Journal	Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society
Volume	3
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3847/2515-5172/ab064b
Publication status	Published - 14 Feb 2019

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black holes
Event Horizon Telescope
galazy research
gravitational waves

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