Black Hole Cinema: Application of Systems Engineering Methods to Expand and Enhance an Earth-sized Telescope

Garret Fitzpatrick, Ryan Chaves (Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian)

Keywords

black hole;EHT;astronomy;system of systems

Abstract

This paper discusses how the next-generation Event Horizon Telescope (ngEHT) Project has created and implemented a systems engineering process, team, and culture to help deliver the next transformational result in black hole imaging.