George Chartas

Professor

Research Interest

• The study of quasar outflows and their importance in providing a feedback mechanism for kinetic energy injection into the intergalactic medium (IGM) and the investigation of the role these outflows play in the coevolution of black holes and their host galaxies.
• The use of the microlensing technique and modeling of the relativistic Fe Ka line to directly probe the accretion disk and space time geometry near the event horizon of a supermassive black hole.
• The study of the properties and evolution of active galactic nuclei (AGN).
• The study of narrow absorption line (NAL) quasars with high velocity outflows to test existing models of the nature of NAL quasars.
• The use of gravitational lensing to constrain cosmological parameters.