AGN2003 REVIEWS

International Workshop jointly organized by:
ESO/Chile, FONDAP-Chile and Universidad de Chile

Physics of Active Galactic Nuclei at all Scales
at ESO/Santiago Headquarters, Chile - December 3 to 6, 2003

 



AGN2003 REVIEWS
 


SESSION 1: INTRODUCTORY REVIEW
Dr. Hagai NETZER (University of Tel Aviv)

Physical processes at work in AGN: from the central engine to the 100pc scale
Tutorial to set the stage


SESSION 2: PHYSICS OF CENTRAL ENGINE/ACCRETION DISK & RADIO JETS
 

Dr. Diana WORRALL (University of Bristol)

Multiwavelength evidence of the physical processes in radio jets
-Active galaxy radio jets detected in the Xrays and optical
---• characteristics
---• emission mechanisms
---• implications for jet speed, particle acceleration, overall energetics
-Magnetic field measurements
-Interactions with the hot Xray emitting medium through which jets propagate
---• pressure models and jet content
---• heating


SESSION 3: PHYSICS OF MATERIAL AROUND THE CENTRAL ENGINE
Dr. Jack GALLIMORE (University Bucknell & STScI)

Physics of the molecular material surrounding the AGN
-Unifying schemes and the circumstellar environment
---• phenomenology and the evidence for cold material
---• astrophysics: why the material is interesting, implications for AGN fueling
---• theoretical and empirical approaches: constraints on the properties of the obscuring medium (small scale absorption and large scale absorption)
---• observational difficulties
-Observational techniques and results
---• cm-wave absorption
---• emission measurements: H2O masers
---• free-free processes: the ionized skin of the torus?
---• dust emission
Summary: our current understanding of the geometry and physics of the (small scale) obscuring material

Dr. Brad PETERSON (Ohio State University)

The broad line region (BLR)
-Basic observations and parameters
-Line profiles and kinematic constraints
-Correlated properties
---• the Baldwin effect
---• Eigenvector 1
-Reverberation mapping
---• constraints on size, geometry, physics
---• black-hole masses
-UV/Xray absorbers and their relationship to the BLR Models and confrontation with observables
---• discrete cloud models
---• bloated stars
---• disc-wind models
Dr. Robert FOSBURY (ST/ECF)

Impact of the AGN on the interstellar matter beyond the broad-line region
-The ionization cone:
-Properties of the ISM in the narrow line region (NLR) and the extremely narrow line region (ENLR)
-Large scale impact from the jets and the Scattered light from the central engine

SESSION 4: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE AGN AND STAR FORMING/FEEDING ENVIRONMENT
Dr. Sharda JOGEE (STScI)

Interplays AGN/Environment/Feeding
-Gas transport mechanisms from tens of kpc to tens of pc
-Relationship between central starburst/AGN and large scale bars, in local Universe Relationship between AGN activity and non-axisymmetries in the inner kpc, in local galaxies (z=0)
---• secondary nuclear bars
---• nuclear spirals
-Relationship between AGN activity and external triggers in local galaxies
-Molecular ISM in active and nonactive nuclei
-Triggering AGN at early epochs (z=1-3, t=6-2 Gyr)


SESSION 5: COSMOLOGICAL RELEVANCE OF AGN

Dr. Niel BRANDT (University Pennsylvania State)

AGN physics and evolution from Xray surveys
-Xray surveys in the era of Chandra and XMM
-Nature of the sources making the cosmic 0.5-10 KeV background
-Completeness of Xray surveys
-Recent results on AGN luminosity functions
-AGN in young forming galaxies: the Xray / submm connection
-Xray constraints on the demography and physics of the first AGN
-Future prospects
Dr. Omar ALMAINI (IfA Edinburgh)

The link between AGN and the process of galaxy formation
-The black-hole (BH) / galaxy connection in the local Universe
---• ubiquity of supermassive BH
---• tight BH / bulge relation in local galaxies and implications
-Models for galaxy formation
---• hierarchical structure formation paradigm
---• problems with current galaxy formation models
-Observations of galaxy formation at high redshift
---• optical/IR studies
---• submm studies
---• implications of recent Xray / submm observations
-The impact of AGN on their environment
---• energy output of accreting BH
---• evidence for winds and feedback from AGN
---• role of AGN in galaxy cluster evolution
---• critical role of AGN in the formation of massive galaxies?
Summary, future prospects


SESSION 6: TELESCOPES AND INSTRUMENTS IN CHILE / FINAL REMARKS
Dr. Chris LIDMAN (ESO/Chile)

Observational facilities in Chile

Dr. Malcolm SMITH (AURA-O/CTIO)

Review of recent work on AGN at AURA's observatories in Chile
 

 

 

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