The Formation, Growth, and Evolution of Supermassive Black Holes Across Cosmic Time

Project by Polygence alum Sarang

The Formation, Growth, and Evolution of Supermassive Black Holes Across Cosmic Time

Project's result

The outcome of my project is a useful and in depth resource of black holes and their whole lifetimes across cosmic time.

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Summary

Sarang is working on the compilation of a review at the high school to undergraduate level describing the formation, growth, and evolution of cosmic supermassive black holes. Using a combination of published popular science books by astronomers and physicists, actual published scientific papers, and the expertise of their mentor, Sarang is assembling a conceptual and theoretical framework for both the physics of theoretical black holes along with the current understanding of the way black holes form and grow over time (in step with their host galaxies). By the end, Sarang hopes to create resources useful to interested students, e.g., his astronomy club.

Imad

Imad

Polygence mentor

PhD Doctor of Philosophy candidate

Subjects

Physics, Computer Science

Expertise

Astronomy: Galaxies, Astronomy:Machine Learning, Astronomy:Data Analysis

Sarang

Sarang

Student

Hello, my name is Sarang and my project is on understanding the properties of astrophysical black holes. I want to eventually present and publish my work.

Graduation Year

2025

Project review

“I learned a lot more about astrophysics and my future studies in the topic with this experience along with the project itself. All aspects exceeded my expectations.”

About my mentor

“Imad was very helpful because of his knowledge on the subject and his ability to adapt to the students academic level in the subject being researched.”