Jedidah Isler: How I fell in love with quasars, blazars and our incredible universe
جدیده یسلور: چگونه من عاشق اختروشهای فروزان و جهان افسانهای خودمان شدم
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,
of our universe ever observed.
a trillion, trillion kilometers away.
the awesome privilege of studying
امتیاز بی نظیری برای مطالعه
in our universe.
در جهان را داشته ام.
from first crush throughout my career
زندگی حرفه ایم به خود جذب کرده اند،
hyperactive black holes.
the mass of our own sun,
are devouring material,
1,000 times more
supermassive black hole.
powerful particle streams
جریان ذرات قدرتمند
of the speed of light,
and supermassive black holes
is that they're some of the universe's
این است که یکی از موثرترین
of energy throughout a galaxy.
artist's conception of a blazar.
material falls onto the black hole
around the black hole
pulls in material via a disk,
مواد از طریق یک دیسک می کشد،
is more common.
پرتاب می کند، بسیار شایع هستند.
the blazar system
to the larger galactic context.
of what goes in to what goes out,
blazar astrophysics right now
موضوعات فیزیک نجومی این است
jet emission comes from.
in where this white blob forms
relationship between the jet
inaccessible until 2008,
that better detects gamma ray light --
بهتر میداد به فضا پرتاب کرد--
a million times higher
between the gamma ray light data
بین داده های اشعه گاما
day to day and year to year,
روز به روز و سال به سال را
to the black hole
blobs are forming,
are being accelerated,
the dynamic processes
objects in our universe are formed.
اشیاء در جهان ما شکل می گیرد را نشان میدهد.
a curious, stargazing young girl
to my mission here on Earth.
where love's first flutter
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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