Jedidah Isler: How I fell in love with quasars, blazars and our incredible universe
Jedidah Isler: De cómo me enamoré de los cuásares, los blazares y de nuestro universo increíble
Jedidah Isler studies blazars — supermassive hyperactive black holes that emit powerful jet streams. They are the universe’s most efficient particle accelerators, transferring energy throughout galaxies. Full bio
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Hubble Space Telescope Ultra-Deep Field,
espacial Hubble de campo ultraprofundo,
of our universe ever observed.
del universo observado.
de estrellas cada una.
a trillion, trillion kilometers away.
un billón de billones de km de distancia.
the awesome privilege of studying
maravilloso de estudiar
in our universe.
en nuestro universo.
from first crush throughout my career
a primera vista en mi carrera
hyperactive black holes.
supermasivos, hiperactivos.
the mass of our own sun,
de veces la masa de nuestro Sol,
are devouring material,
son un material que devora,
1,000 times more
1000 veces superior
supermassive black hole.
supermasivo "promedio".
powerful particle streams
de partículas más poderosos
llamadas chorros,
of the speed of light,
de la velocidad de la luz,
and supermassive black holes
que apuntan a la Tierra,
o cuásares ardientes.
is that they're some of the universe's
de partículas más eficientes,
of energy throughout a galaxy.
de energía a través de una galaxia.
artist's conception of a blazar.
artística de un blazar.
material falls onto the black hole
en el agujero negro
around the black hole
alrededor del agujero negro
extremadamente altas
pulls in material via a disk,
tira material mediante un disco,
is more common.
por un chorro, es más común.
del sistema blazar
the blazar system
to the larger galactic context.
al contexto galáctico más grande.
of what goes in to what goes out,
de lo que entra y lo que sale,
blazar astrophysics right now
astrofísica de blazares actualmente
jet emission comes from.
de la más alta energía a chorro.
in where this white blob forms
dónde se forma esta mancha blanca
relationship between the jet
relación entre el chorro
a esta pregunta
inaccessible until 2008,
that better detects gamma ray light --
que detectaba mejor la luz de rayos gamma;
a million times higher
un millón de veces más altas
between the gamma ray light data
entre los datos de la luz de rayos gamma
day to day and year to year,
de día a día y de año a año,
manchas de rayos gamma.
que en algunos casos,
to the black hole
más cerca al agujero negro
blobs are forming,
manchas de rayos gamma,
are being accelerated,
se aceleran los chorros,
the dynamic processes
los procesos dinámicos
objects in our universe are formed.
objetos más fascinantes del universo.
a curious, stargazing young girl
por la observación de estrellas
descubrimiento celestial.
persiguiendo al Universo
to my mission here on Earth.
arraigada aquí en la Tierra?
where love's first flutter
dónde surgirá el primer
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jedidah Isler - AstrophysicistJedidah Isler studies blazars — supermassive hyperactive black holes that emit powerful jet streams. They are the universe’s most efficient particle accelerators, transferring energy throughout galaxies.
Why you should listen
Jedidah Isler has been staring at the stars since she was 11 or 12. But because neither her undergraduate college or the university where she got her first master’s degree offered astronomy majors, she threw herself wholeheartedly into physics. It wasn’t until she entered a doctoral program that she was able to dedicate her time to the studying the night sky. In 2014, she became the first African-American woman to receive a Ph.D in Astrophysics from Yale.
Isler studies blazars — supermassive hyperactive black holes at the center of galaxies, some of which emit powerful streams of particles. Sometimes these are oriented toward Earth, offering us a unique perspective on the physics of the universe. Isler is a Chancellor’s Faculty Fellow in Physics at Syracuse University. She participates in the Future Faculty Leader program at Harvard's Center for Astrophysics and was named a 2015 TED Fellow.
Isler is also interested in breaking down barriers that prevent many students — especially women of color — from becoming scienists. She works to make STEM accessible to new communities.
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