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Modified by JEB on May 30, 2007

Astronomy 641: Active Galaxies

Basic phenomenology of AGN
Central engine and black hole physics
Thin and thick accretions disks
Continuum emission mechanisms
Extra-nuclear emission line regions
Jets
Outflows and winds

Properties of host galaxies
Onset of activity and fuelling of black holes
Anisotropic appearance and unification of disparate AGN mechanisms
Dust emission
Luminosity function and evolution of AGNs

This outline is representative only, and is likely to change from instructor to instructor and from year to year.

Recent instructors

Ken Chambers — 2002 (offered as ASTR 734) [notes]