Black Holes in the Disks of Active Galactic Nuclei Workshop

Mar 11, 2019, 12:20 AM → Mar 13, 2019, 5:00 PM America/New_York

5th floor Classroom (Flatiron Institute)

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Topic: Black Holes in the Disks of Active Galactic Nuclei Workshop
Time: Mar 11, 2019 8:30 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
    Every day, until Mar 13, 2019, 3 occurrence(s)
    Mar 11, 2019 8:30 AM
    Mar 12, 2019 8:30 AM
    Mar 13, 2019 8:30 AM
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Monday, March 11

8:30 AM Breakfast

1 Welcome & Context

Barry McKernan

2 Primer on populations in Galactic nuclei

Chuck Hailey and Kaya Mori

3 Primer on Dynamics in Galactic Nuclei

Fabio Antonini and Carl Rodriquez

4 Primer on AGN: disks & populations

Erin Kara and Chelsea MacLeod

10:30 AM AM Break

5 Primer on disk simulations

Wlad Lyra and Andrew Mac Fadyen

6 Primer on GW Observables

Richard O'Shaughnessy and Chiara Mingarelli

7 Summary: Goals for this workshop; things we want to see from each discussion session

Barry McKernan

12:00 PM Lunch

8 Discussion Session

Topic: Populations & dynamics in Galactic Nuclei
Chair: Bence Kocsis

3:00 PM PM Break

9 Summary: What we need to work on/figure out from populations/dynamics in Galactic Nuclei in next 2-5 yrs

Chair: Bence Kocsis

4:30 PM Wine Reception with hors d'oeuvres

Tuesday, March 12

8:30 AM Breakfast

10 Discussion Session

AGN disks (properties/star formation/orbital grind-down)
Chair: Zoltan Haiman

10:30 AM AM Break

11 Summary: What we need to work on/figure out from disk properties/star formation/orbital grind-down in next few years.

Chair: Zoltan Haiman

12:00 PM Lunch

12 Discussion Session

AGN disks: migration/ gas hardening & mergers

3:00 PM PM Break

13 Summary: What we need to work on/figure out on migration/gas-hardening & mergers in next few years.

Chair: Mordecai Mac Low

Wednesday, March 13

8:30 AM Breakfast

14 Discussion Session

Observables (GW/EM/others)
Chair: Jillian Bellovary

10:30 AM AM Break

15 Summary: What we need to work on/figure out for observables in next few years.

Chair: Jillian Bellovary

12:00 PM Lunch

16 Discussion Session

Summarizing the major issues in each area/ anything we've missed.
Chair: Saavik Ford

3:00 PM PM Break

17 Wrap up

If we have another workshop in 2 years: What would you like to see by then? What would rule this channel in or out?
Chair: Barry McKernan

18 Workshop Summary

Chair: Saavik Ford