Original upload date: Tue, 10 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Mon, 06 Dec 2021 21:07:39 GMT
In this last part of the interview, Prof. Reinhard Genzel (winner of the 2020 Physics Nobel Prize, together with Andrea Mia Ghez and Roger Penrose) starts speaking about the giants of Gravitation, and
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about the breakthroughs and revolutions in the field. He then talks about the origin of the black hole idea and the possibilities of verifying it experimentally, mentioning astronomers and physicists points of view, touching upon LIGO and EHT measurements. He shares his thoughts about gravitational singularities, wormholes, information paradox, among other issues. He also talks about the star S29, which at the time of the interview was just about to reach its peri-center passage. He also talks about the ESO facilities, NTT, VLT, Paranal, Gravity and ELT. Mentions the excitement and advantages of having different groups pursuing the same scientific objective. He shares his expectations about getting the Nobel Prize, about receiving it during the Covid-19 Pandemic, and about the Nobel Prize choices and nominations. He mentions recent past and future great achievements in Astronomy & Astrophysics. He ends with additional thought to young scientists.
00:08 Giants, breakthroughs and revolutions in gravitation
10:05 Origin of the black hole concept
14:24 Experimental confirmation of general relativity and black holes
16:50 Star S29 around the black hole in the center of the Milky Way
19:44 Paranal Observatory - European Southern Observatory
25:34 Two groups pursuing the same thing - Competition/race with Andrea Ghez group
33:36 Nobel Prize
42:50 Recent past and future great achievements in Astronomy & Astrophysics
44:44 Investments and Interest in basic research
51:08 Further thoughts for young scientists
Acknowledgments regarding the images and videos used:
- Prof. Reinhard Genzel;
- Hannelore Hämmerle;
- Tobias Herrmann;
- Ulle Schmidt-Ibach;
- University of Stuttgart;
- University of Groningen;
- University of California, Los Angeles;
- Universities Space Research Association;
- Max Planck Society;
- California University, Berkeley;
- Nobel Foundation;
- Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences;
- Crafoord Foundation;
- Royal Society;
- American Physical Society;
- Nature;
- European Southern Observatory (ESO);
- California Association for Research in Astronomy;
- Gravity;
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration;
- LIGO;
- EHT;
- California Institute of Technology;
- Spitzer Space Telescope;
- The New York Times;
- Wikipedia.
