How Easy Is It to Grow a Supermassive Black Hole? - With Dr Becky

This talk explains how supermassive black holes form and grow, covering supernovas, observational evidence from telescopes, growth limits, and non-merger processes. It also discusses their effects on stellar orbits, galaxies, and the solar system.

Syllabus

Intro
How a black hole is formed
Supernovas
How we see black holes
How black holes affect the solar system
How stars orbit black holes
Hubble Space Telescope
First Science Plot
The Canary Islands
The ISAAC Newton Telescope
Why were the telescopes abandoned
Chemistry 101
Quantum Mechanics
The Spectrum
How Big Can They Grow
A Limit
Correlation Line
Galaxy Shift
Cumulative Growth Plot
Non Merger Processes
How Do Black Holes Grow