[Physics-grads-open] [physics-grads-open] (Date changed!) Physics & Astronomy Student Seminar (PASS), May 31st at 4 pm, Phys 3027

[Ming-Feng Ho]

Hi all,

In observance of Memorial Day (Monday, May 30), we changed our PASS seminar
to *Tuesday at 4 pm *for next week.


We are very happy to have Wei-Xiang Feng (UCR) from the high-energy group
to talk about the seeding of supermassive black holes using
self-interacting dark matter.


*Title: Seeding Supermassive Black Holes with Self-Interacting Dark Matter*

Wei-Xiang Feng (University of California, Riverside)

*Abstract*: Observations show that supermassive black holes (SMBHs) with a
mass of ∼10^9 M⊙ exist when the universe is just 6% of its current age.
Recently, we have proposed a scenario where a self-interacting dark matter
halo experiences gravothermal instability and its central region collapses
into a seed black hole. Our results indicate that self-interacting dark
matter can provide a unified explanation for diverse dark matter
distributions in galaxies today and the origin of SMBHs at redshifts z ∼
6–7. If time permits, I will talk about the other related topics of BHs.

Tuesday, May 31, 2022 at 4 pm
Physics 3027 (Nebula Room)

Details of the PASS program, please find here [Program
<https://jibancat.github.io/ucr-student-seminars/program/index.html>].

We have one more presenter for the Spring Quarter (June 6 Pak Kau Lim). And
three more presenters (Mahdi Qezlou, Reza Monadi, and Elizabeth Finney) are
queued in the Summer Quarter.

To submit abstracts for Summer Quarter: [Abstract Submission
<https://jibancat.github.io/ucr-student-seminars/registration/index.html>].

Hope to see you there!
Ming-Feng Ho
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.ucr.edu/pipermail/physics-grads-open/attachments/20220525/56b05c8c/attachment.html>