AGN Lecture series - Autumn 2007

 
 
Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) are extremely energetic objects that reside in the centers of galaxies. Often they are so luminous that they outshine their entire hosting galaxy. In this lecture series AGN will be discussed in considerable detail. Topics that will be addressed: (i) their taxonomy, (ii) the physics of the various AGN building blocks including the dusty tori and accretion disks around their central super massive black holes, (iii) their time evolution, and (iv) their role in galaxy formation and evolution. Lecture notes History, taxonomy, building blocks, unification, number densities and two important results: AGN-1.pdf AGN surveys: AGN-2.pdf Radiative processes: AGN-3.pdf The central engine: energetics and demographics: AGN-4.pdf Schwarzschild and Kerr blackholes: AGN-5.pdf Spherical accretion: AGN-6.pdf Accretion disks: AGN-7.pdf Radio sources: AGN-8.pdf Dusty Tori: AGN-9.pdf and and hand-out Broad and narrow line region, unification and AGN and galaxy formation: AGN-10.pdfAGN_lectures_files/AGN-1.pdfAGN_lectures_files/AGN-2.pdfAGN_lectures_files/AGN-3.pdfAGN_lectures_files/AGN-4.pdfAGN_lectures_files/AGN-5.pdfAGN_lectures_files/AGN-6.pdfAGN_lectures_files/AGN-7.pdfAGN_lectures_files/AGN-8.pdfAGN_lectures_files/AGN-9.pdfAGN_lectures_files/Dusti_AGN_Tori.pdfAGN_lectures_files/AGN-10.pdfshapeimage_1_link_0shapeimage_1_link_1shapeimage_1_link_2shapeimage_1_link_3shapeimage_1_link_4shapeimage_1_link_5shapeimage_1_link_6shapeimage_1_link_7shapeimage_1_link_8shapeimage_1_link_9shapeimage_1_link_10