{"id":40,"date":"2021-05-16T11:33:15","date_gmt":"2021-05-16T11:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smbh.space\/index.php\/home\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T10:25:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T10:25:56","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/smbh.space\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n
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Mikkel Theiss Kristensen<\/h1>\n

Astrophysicist and science communicator<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

SMBH<\/span> - short for  super massive black hole<\/span>\n
A black hole weighing millions (and even billions) solar masses, (usually) found at the centre of galaxies\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n

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Research<\/span>\n <\/h1>\n

Active galactic nuclei in dwarf galaxies -- environments, triggers, and cosmological history<\/span>\n <\/h4>\n

My research area is on dwarf galaxies with active galactic nuclei (AGN) characteristics, which is a relatively unexplored field. I study whether the environment has any impact on the AGN activity in both observations and simulations. <\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Visual inspection classification<\/h3>\n

From \"Environments of dwarf galaxies with optical AGN characteristics\"<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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KS result<\/h3>\n

Result from \"The effect of environment and merger history on AGN activity for dwarf galaxies in IllustrisTNG\"<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n Read more<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n

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Talks<\/span>\n <\/h1>\n

I am very keen on science communication and outreach in astronomy and astrophysics, and I happily give talks on several subjects. More information is available in the <\/span>\n Talks<\/a> section of my website. There are a number of mentioned talks and subjects there, but it is by no means an exhaustive list. Feel free to contact me for special requests! <\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Galaxy cluster<\/h3>\n

Environments of galaxies are important in deciding their future evolution.
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Quasar jet<\/h3>\n

The biggest releases of energy in the universe comes from quasars.
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Milky way<\/h3>\n

Our Milky Way is our home in the universe. It is both unique and just like any other spiral galaxy at the same time.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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M87 - Black hole<\/h3>\n

The first image ever captured of a SMBH in the core of the M87 galaxy. The black hole itself is the shadow in the centre and the bright disc is its accretion disc.
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Mikkel Theiss Kristensen Astrophysicist and science communicator SMBH – short for  super massive black hole A black hole weighing millions (and even billions) solar masses, (usually) found at the centre of galaxies Research Active galactic nuclei in dwarf galaxies — environments, triggers, and cosmological history My research area is on dwarf galaxies with active galactic nuclei … Continue reading “Home”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-40","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smbh.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smbh.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smbh.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smbh.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smbh.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/smbh.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":129,"href":"https:\/\/smbh.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40\/revisions\/129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smbh.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}