• Lorentz Center Meeting on Sgr A* ready to go!

    We have just more or less finalized the program for our Lorentz Center meeting in January, which brings together the Working Group (WG) coordinators from our mega Sgr A* campaign to discuss the science output and strategy etc.   Here’s the link to the meeting: http://www.lorentzcenter.nl/lc/web/2013/561/info.php3?wsid=561&venue=Snellius and to our meeting poster, hot off the press!: http://www.snsa.nl/ftp/S1258-LCP-A-new-view-A-02.pdf

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  • New paper out in Nature!

    Our new paper is out in Nature this week (advanced online version), and the press releases are a’flying.   We found what’s called an “ultraluminous X-ray source” (ULX) in a nearby galaxy, Andromeda (M31), and for the very first time actually caught its radio emission from the jets evolving over time!  Until now there’s been a big debate about whether these ULXs are a long-sought-after class of black holes in an intermediate mass range between known stellar and supermassive black holes.   It’s an important point, because there are a lot of theories about how black holes are created and evolve, and there are all sorts of reasons why intermediate…

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  • Seeking an excellent PhD candidate!

    I’m really excited, it looks like I got funding to hire a new PhD student for next year, to work on all the great new Sgr A* data we have coming in, among other things!!   We are experimenting with a different hiring system this year, advertising all our positions together and then doing a pooled interview day in February.   Amsterdam is a great place to get a PhD so if you know any good candidates, or you’re interested, please apply by 20 Dec following the instructions at this link (please click on this link, the applications do not go through me but rather via a central hiring procedure!!)!   Here’s…

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