AST278

Winter 2012

Schedule of Topics


Thursday, January 19th Course introduction, class logistics; Introduction
Thursday, January 26th AGN Selection: Optical, X-ray, Radio; Methods and Analysis (Kathy Kornei / Kristin Kulas)

Kathy: Optical

Kristin: X-ray, Radio


Thursday, February 2nd AGN Selection: IR, Obscured, LINER, Variability; Results (Betsy Mills / Nate Ross)

Betsy: IR / Highly-obscured

Nate: LINERs, Variability


Thursday, February 9th Unified Model, Evidence Against Unified Model; Discussion (Tom Esposito / Robin Mostardi)

Tom: Unified Model

Robin: Evidence Against Unified Model


Thursday, February 16th AGN Luminosity Functions, BH Mass Functions; Abstract (Kevin Hainline / Keri Dixon)

Kevin: AGN Luminosity Functions

Keri: BH Mass Functions


Thursday, February 23rd Eddington Ratio Distributions, X-ray Background; Bibliographies (Fred Davies / Shane Frewen)

Fred: Eddington Ratio Distributions

Shane: X-ray Background


Thursday, March 1st AGN Demographics, AGN Clustering; Word Choice and Placement (Christine Black / Sean Lake)

Christine: AGN Demographics

Sean: AGN Clustering


Friday, March 2nd BH Fueling, AGN Outflows; Word Choice and Placement Grammar, Tense, Voice, Person (Io Lee / Anna Boehle)

Io: Black Hole Fueling

Anna: AGN Outflows


Thursday, March 8th M-sigma observations and explanations; Grammar, Tense, Voice, Person (Kim Phifer)

Kim: M-sigma


Monday, March 12th Holistic Models for AGN and BH Growth (e.g., Hopkins); Paragraphs (Michelle Kislak)

Michelle: Hopkins et al. 2006