Active Black Holes
Splinter Meeting
at the
of the
Astronomische Gesellschaft
TU Berlin, 26.09.2002
Black holes
have entered the main stream of modern astronomy. They are found in the most
distant objects as well as in the nuclei of almost every galaxy and even in
stellar systems in our own Galaxy. With emission from radio to TeV photons,
active black holes touch almost every field of observational astronomy. The
energetic processes in the vicinity of the event horizon, on the other hand,
are a major challenge for theoretical astrophysics. Understanding of the
physics of black holes therefore requires a broad overview of observations and
theory and encompasses the entire range of objects with suspected black holes:
from quasars, to Seyferts, to Low-Luminosity AGN, to the Galactic Center and
X-ray binaries.
The
splinter meeting therefore seeks to highlight these various aspects of black
hole physics.
Topics to
be discussed are among others: the physics of the central engine (theory,
optical, Radio-, High-energy, and X-ray emission), the AGN environment (BLR,
NLR, fuelling, host galaxies), surveys and cosmological evolution, stellar mass
black holes, low-luminosity AGN.
The SOC
consists of :
There are
only contributed talks and poster. The deadline for abstracts has passed. The schedule and the abstracts are now available.
Contact hfalcke@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de
and skomossa@xray.mpe.mpg.de if you have questions.