Charles F. Gammie

Chan, H. S., Chan, C. K., Prather, B. S., Wong, G. N., & Gammie, C. (2024). The 230 GHz Variability of Numerical Models of Sagittarius A*. I. Parameter Surveys on Varying the Ion-to-electron Temperature Ratio Under Strongly Magnetized Conditions. Astrophysical Journal, 964(1), Article 17. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad2454

The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration (2024). First Sagittarius A* Event Horizon Telescope Results. VIII. Physical Interpretation of the Polarized Ring. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 964(2), Article L26. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ad2df1

The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration (2024). First Sagittarius A* Event Horizon Telescope Results. VII. Polarization of the Ring. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 964(2), Article L25. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ad2df0

Conroy, N. S., Bauböck, M., Dhruv, V., Lee, D., Broderick, A. E., Chan, C. K., Georgiev, B., Joshi, A. V., Prather, B., & Gammie, C. F. (2023). Rotation in Event Horizon Telescope Movies. Astrophysical Journal, 951(1), Article 46. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acd2c8

Davelaar, J., Ryan, B. R., Wong, G. N., Bronzwaer, T., Olivares, H., Mościbrodzka, M., Gammie, C. F., & Falcke, H. (2023). κmonty: A Monte Carlo Compton scattering code including non-thermal electrons. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 526(4), 5326-5336. Article stad3023. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad3023

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Illinois astronomers help capture first image of Milky Way's black hole
Congratulations to Prof. Gammie and his team as part of the international collaboration that just released the first image of the accretion disk surrounding the supermassive Black Hole at the center of our Galaxy. It's a great achievement....
A Portrait of a Black Hole - CAS Lecture
Prof. Charles Gammie will be giving a lecture on Black Holes on October 7, 11:00 am. The Center for Advanced Studies is sponsoring this talk. Click here for more information.
Prof. Gammie on the Moon
Prof. Charles Gammie answers questions on the formation of the Moon and imaging the first black hole in LAS Experts. Read more here
EHT Collaboration Wins Breakthrough Prize
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration has won the 2020 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for creating the first image of a supermassive black hole, taken by means of an Earth-sized alliance of telescopes. The team included many current and former Illinois faculty, staff, and...
How is Illinois contributing to the Event Horizon Telescope Project?
The Event Horizon Telescope Project announced that it has captured the first image of a black hole. The feature is located at the center of Messier 87 – a giant elliptical galaxy in the constellation Virgo. News Bureau physical sciences editor Lois Yoksoulian spoke with University of Illinois...
Astronomers Capture First Image of a Black Hole
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) — a planet-scale array of eight ground-based radio telescopes forged through international collaboration — was designed to capture images of a black hole. Today, in coordinated press conferences around the globe, EHT researchers revealed that they have succeeded,...
Excellent Teachers Fall 2018
Four professors, one instructor, and one TA are on the Fall 2018 Excellent Teacher list. Professors Bryan Dunne and Brian Fields were listed as Outstanding. Others on the list include: Professors Charles Gammie, Joaquin Vieira, and Tony Wong, Instructor Amanda Winans, and TA Melanie Archipley....
Prof. Gammie Awarded Associate Research Appointment
Department of Astronomy Professor Charles Gammie has been selected for a prestigious Associate Research Appointment in the Center for Advanced Study (CAS) during the 2019-2020 academic year. Tenured faculty with winning proposals are appointed Associates and awarded one semester of release time...