Lecture Early galaxies and infant black holes in the early Universe
16 April 2026
Bologna Astrophysics Campus Spring Lecture 2026, organized by INAF-OAS, INAF-IRA and UNIBO-DIFA
- 11:30 AM - 01:00 PM
- In person : Sala Plenaria Centro Congressi CNR - INAF , via P. Gobetti 101, Bologna
- Training, Science & Technology In English
How to partecipate
Free registration required
Program
With the advent of the James Webb Space Telescope, the past few years have been truly transformational for our understanding of the distant Universe, yielding a plethora of unexpected and groundbreaking results. These include the discovery of very luminous galaxies within the first few hundred million years after the Big Bang, often exhibiting peculiar chemical enrichment patterns. Equally compelling is the identification of a large, previously unknown population of massive black holes in the early Universe, with properties that differ drastically from those of their counterparts at later cosmic epochs. In this lecture, I will provide a brief overview of these discoveries and discuss how they are reshaping our understanding of the formation and evolution of galaxies and black holes in the early Universe.
Partners
INAF-OAS, INAF-IRA
Speakers
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Roberto Maiolino
University of Cambridge
holds major leadership roles in several of the world’s leading ground- and space-based telescope projects, including the James Webb Space Telescope, the MOONS spectrograph for the Very Large Telescope, and the ANDES spectrograph for the Extremely Large Telescope.
Contacts
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Marcella Brusa
The DIFA-INAF Seminar Committee