Anna Trindade Falcão PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher
Harvard & Smithsonian | Center for Astrophysics
Hi there! I am a postdoctoral researcher studying supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies. As these objects eat and grow, they become one of the brightest sources of light in the Universe, actively interacting with their galactic surroundings. My research aims to provide a better understanding of how this interaction shapes galaxies and impacts star formation across the universe.
Research Interests
Supermassive black holes can be found within the center of all massive galaxies, and the behavior and evolution of these black holes are intricately connected with the evolution of the host galaxies themselves. The accretion process by which active galactic nuclei (AGNs) feed on interstellar material is often chaotic, and the energy they release back into the galaxy can have a major impact on the galactic environment. This mechanism is known as AGN feedback, and it has become a fundamental component of theoretical models and numerical simulations of galaxy formation and evolution.
My research uses multi-wavelength observations to study how black holes eat and grow, and interact with their surroundings. By combining emission line imaging and spectroscopy from various observatories, including the Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory, we can obtain a comprehensive picture of where AGN feedback occurs within the galaxy, and how efficient this process is on a galaxy-wide scale.
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