AGN Jets

Supermassive black holes (SMBH) in the centers of galaxies launch powerful jets with sizes that often exceed the size of the host galaxy. I am interested in the innermost part of these jets and try to understand how jets are formed and launched in the vicinity of the black hole. We observe this phenomenon in the radio band by synchroton radiation. We utilize the technique of very-long-baseline interferometry (VLBI) to achieve the necessary angular resolution to resolve the innermost regions of extragalactic jets. Several frontline VLBI experiments such as the European VLBI network (EVN), the Global mm-VLBI array (GMVA) or the Event-Horizon Telescope (EHT) uncover new features and constraints on the formation of jets.

I am an active member of the EHT and ngEHT collaborations. Moreover, I am part of the M2FINDERS team.