"Les Rencontres de l'Observatoire"
ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI:
FROM CENTRAL ENGINE TO HOST GALAXY
Meudon, France, 23-27 July 2002

FINAL PROGRAM


Registration -- Reception

Monday July 22, 18-21h, in Paris Observatory (Free for participants and accompanying persons)
Address: 77 Avenue Denfert-Rochereau, F-75 014, Paris
Tuesday, July 23, 2002
ChairM. Elvis
09:00-09:10Welcome
Session 1. The AGN Paradigm
09:10-09:50M. Urry (R) Radio-Loud Objects
09:50-10:30 S. Veilleux (R) Radio-Quiet Objects
ChairD. Kazanas
11:00-11:40 M. Begelman (R) All you Wanted to Know about AGN but were Afraid to Ask
Session 2. The Central Engine -- Inner Milliparsec
11:40-12:20 A. Fabian (R) The X-Ray View
12:20-12:40 J. Reeves (C) XMM-Newton Observations of AGN; the Iron K Line and the Central Engine
12:40-13:00 T. Yaqoob (C) New Chandra Results on Warm Absorbers and Iron K Lines in AGN
ChairJ-P. Lasota
14:30-14:50 B. Peterson (C) Masses of Supermassive Black Holes in AGNs
14:50-15:15 J. Pringle (I) Alignment of accretion discs with galaxy discs: implications on the accretion process
15:15-15:55 R. Narayan (R) Accretion Modes in Galactic Nuclei: Theory versus Observations
15:55-16:15 L. Gurvits (C) Close Look at the Central Engine of AGN with a VLBI Magnifier
ChairJ. Poutanen
16:45-17:10 S. Nayakshin (I) Insights into the Theory of UV/X Emission of AGN and Comparison with Observations
17:10-17:35 B. Czerny (I) Comparison of Galactic and AGN Accretion flows
17:35-17:55 A. Lawrence (C) The Ghost in the Machine

Wednesday, July 24, 2002
ChairK. Leighly
09:00-09:40 T. Boller (R) Narrow Line Seyfert 1
Session 3. The Outer Boundaries of AGN -- Inflows and Outflows
09:40-10:00 A. Wilson (C) Chandra X-ray Studies of Extended Structure in Active Galaxies
10:00-10:25 H. Netzer (I) BLR, NLR, Warm Absorber
10:25-10:50 H. Sol (I) Active galactic nuclei at very high angular resolution
ChairL. Binette
11:20-11:40 T. Storchi-Bergmann (C) The accretion disk in the nucleus of NGC1097: constraints from 10 yrs of observations
11:40-12:20 D. Axon (R) Ionization Cones
12:20-12:45 M. Dopita (I) Dynamics and Excitation of the Narrow Line Region
12:45-13:05 G. Matt (C) Changing Face: from Compton-thick to Compton-thin (or Viceversa)
ChairM. Tagger
14:40-15:00J-M. Huré (C) Self-gravity in AGN discs
15:00-15:40 A. Königl (R) Accretion Disk-Driven Outflows in AGNs
Session 4. Jets, Radio-loud AGN
15:40-16:20 R. Blandford (R) All you Wanted to Know about Jets
ChairA-L. Celotti
16:50-17:30 L. Maraschi (R) Emission Processes Accross the Electromagnetic Spectrum
17:30-17:55 G. Pelletier (I) Which Central Engine for Jets Producing High Energy Photons and Possible UHECRs?

French Buffet, followed by Music Concert

Wednesday 24, 19-22h, in Paris Observatory (Free for participants and accompanying persons)
Address: 61 Avenue de l'Observatoire, F-75 014, Paris (see Social Events)
Transport by conference bus from Meudon to Paris Observatory
Thursday, July 25, 2002
ChairS. Wagner
09:00-09:25 M. Sikora (I) Learning about Jets from Observations of Blazars
09:25-09:45 A. Djannati-Ataï (C) The BL Lac object 1ES1426+428 Emission above 300 GeV as Detected by the CAT Telescope
09:45-10:10 R. Antonucci (I) Nonthermal Radio Galaxies, and the Geometrical Unification of the Diverse Blazar Family
10:10-10:50 B. Wills (R) AGN Outflows and Unification Conjecture
ChairD. Henriksen
11:20-11:40 P. Shastri (C) Jets in Seyfert Galaxies
11:40-12:00 F. Mirabel (C) Disk-Jet connection in AGN, Microquasars and GRBs.
12:00-12:25 Gopal Krishna & P.J. Wiita (I) Radio Galaxies and Star Formation History of the Universe
Session 5. Under-luminous AGN
12:25-13:05 A. Filippenko (R) LINERs and their Physical Mechanisms
ChairN. Levenson
14:35-14:55 L. Ho (C) The Central Engines of Low-Luminosity AGNs
14:55-15:20 K. Makishima (I) Intermediate mass Black Holes, and Relation with AGN
Session 6. Maintaining the AGNs -- Fueling, Nuclear SF, Environment, etc.
15:20-16:00 F. Combes (R) AGN Fueling: The Observational Point of View
16:00-16:20 J. Knapen (C) Morphology and Structure of AGN Hosts
ChairD. Dultzin
16:50-17:10 S. Garcia-Burillo (C) NUclei of GAlaxies: The PdBure Survey of Nearby AGN Hosts (NUGA)
17:10-17:50 I. Shlosman (R) Dynamical Processes in the Central Kpc and AGNs

Banquet

Thursday 25, in Paris City, in Restaurant La Coupole, very close to Paris Observatory.
Ticket to pay at Registration: 52 Euros per person
Friday, July 26, 2002
ChairL. Hunt
09:00-09:20 S. Jogee (C) Bar-Driven Spiral Density Wave in NGC 5248: Implications for Central Activity
09:20-09:40 E. Emsellem (C) Fueling the Nucleus via Inner Density Waves
09:40-10:00 A. Alonso-Herrero (C) An Infrared View of Local Universe AGN
10:00-10:40 N. Scoville (R) Starbursts and AGNs Models
ChairR. Pogge
11:10-11:35 R. Maiolino (I) Elusive AGN in Starburst and Normal Galaxies
11:35-12:15 R. Cid Fernandes (R) Starbursts around Seyfert Nuclei - What do we Know about Them
12:15-12:40 T. Nakagawa (I) X-ray view of ULIRGs
ChairR. Peletier
14:30-14:55M. Ward (I) Star Formation in the Inner Regions around the AGN
Session 7. Formation of AGNs and Galactic Structure
14:55-15:35 J. Kormendy (R) Kinematical Signatures of Supermassive Black holes
15:35-15:55 D. Macchetto (C) Supermassive Black Holes in Seyfert Galaxies
15:55-16:35 M. Haehnelt (R) Growing Black Holes in Galactic Centers
17:05-18:00 Poster Session

Saturday, July 27, 2002
ChairT. Courvoisier
09:00-09:20 A. Omont (C) AGN and Starbursts at High Redshift
09:20-09:40 R. Becker (C) The Highest Redshift Quasars and the Reddest Quasars
09:40-10:05 B. Rocca (I) Star Formation and Shocks in AGN Environments
10:05-10:25 F. Hamann(C) Quasar Element Abundances as Probes of Host Galaxy Evolution
ChairA. Laor
10:55-11:15 J. Bechtold (C) Chandra Survey of Radio-quiet, High Redshift Quasars
11:15-11:40 D. Merritt (I) Dynamical Effects of Black Holes on Host Galaxies
Session 8. Conclusions -- The View from Paris 2002
11:40-12:40 Panel Discussion R. Blandford, animator

 

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