The Gemini Echo Mapping Project — NSF Award to University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (IL, $467,152)
Measuring the mass of the supermassive black holes (SMBHs) found at the center of nearly every massive galaxy is essential to our understanding of the cosmic evolution of these exotic objects in the Universe. However, at great cosmological distances, it is extremely challenging to measure SMBH masses. A primary techniq
| Award title | The Gemini Echo Mapping Project |
|---|---|
| Award ID | 2509424 |
| Awardee | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| City | URBANA |
| State | IL |
| Amount obligated | $467,152 |
| Principal investigator | Yue Shen |
| Program | EXTRAGALACTIC ASTRON & COSMOLO |
| Start date | 09/01/2025 |
| Abstract | Measuring the mass of the supermassive black holes (SMBHs) found at the center of nearly every massive galaxy is essential to our understanding of the cosmic evolution of these exotic objects in the Universe. However, at great cosmological distances, it is extremely challenging to measure SMBH masses. A primary technique, called "reverberation mapping" (or echo mapping), is to measure the light echo from the brightness flickering of the accretion flow around the SMBH and the response of the gas |
| Source | NSF Awards |
$799/mo
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