论文标题
迈向黑洞成像的道路 - 个人视角
The road towards imaging a black hole -- a personal perspective
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论文摘要
Event Horizon Horizon Telescope（EHT）协作的超级质量黑洞SGR A*和M87*的图像标志着该主题历史上的特殊里程碑。我们第一次能够看到黑洞的阴影，测试对一般相对论理论的基本预测。现在，我们也正在了解更多有关事件视野接近的基本天体物理过程，这些过程有助于塑造整个星系甚至宇宙的一部分。最终结果仅是由于世界各地的科学家和机构的大量合作而进行的。通往这些图像的道路是漫长的社会学和科学过程的结果。它始于早期的探路实验和一些简单的想法，这些想法在预测要寻找的基本观察性签名方面非常成功。这是基于黑洞本质上简单的对象的前提。在这里，我描述了这一旅程，并从个人角度汲取了一些教训。
The images of the supermassive black holes Sgr A* and M87* by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration mark a special milestone in the history of the subject. For the first time we are able to see the shadow of black holes, testing basic predictions of the theory of general relativity. We are also now learning more about the fundamental astrophysical processes close to the event horizon that help to shape entire galaxies and even parts of our cosmos. The ultimate result was only possible due to a large collaborative effort of scientists and institutions around the world. The road towards these images was the result of a long sociological and scientific process. It started with early pathfinder experiments and a few simple ideas that were remarkably successful in predicting the basic observational signatures to look for. This was based on the premise that black holes are inherently simple objects. Here I describe this journey and some lessons learned from a personal perspective.
