We have studied winds emanating from galaxies with supermassive black holes in their center.
We advanced the understanding of the launch mechanism of these winds, where they are in their host galaxy, and what impact they may have on galactic evolution.
The conclusions of our research is that these winds are relatively far away from the black hole, which also means they are massive and could impact the host galaxy.
Astrophysical research is the most fundamental research that has no direct bearing on society.
Indirectly, space research (our main tools are on board satellites) promotes space technology that in turn serves society.
The overall objective of astrophysics is to understand of the universe, and in the context of GOFAR to understand the physics around black holes, and the mechanisms that drive galactic winds.
We have contributed to this understanding.
The hardware projects started with the NASA collaboration and continued at the Technion allowed us to build an instrument that would be launched to space soon and will provide further data on the energetic properties of X-ray and gamma-ray sources. This initiative and project is new to Israel and to Europe and is a direct result of the GOFAR project.
This research will be exploited by the Israeli Space Agency who will fund our ongoing efforts to build detectors for space. GOFAR contributed to this effort both through its research results, but also via the connections and management training the PI obtained while working in the U.S.
Further dissemination is our public outreach through the public talks, the international meetings, and the advanced graduate courses taught as a result of GOFAR.
