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Active Galaxies - NAST030

Title:	Aktivní galaxie
Guaranteed by:	Astronomical Institute of Charles University (32-AUUK)
Faculty:	Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Actual:	from 2020
Semester:	summer
E-Credits:	3
Hours per week, examination:	summer s.:2/0, Ex [HT]
Capacity:	unlimited
Min. number of students:	unlimited
4EU+:	no
Virtual mobility / capacity:	no
State of the course:	taught
Language:	Czech
Teaching methods:	full-time
Teaching methods:	full-time

Guarantor:	RNDr. Jiří Svoboda, Ph.D. prof. RNDr. Vladimír Karas, DrSc.
Classification:	Physics > Astronomy and Astrophysics
Comes under:	Doporučené přednášky 1/2

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Annotation -

Last update: KARAS/MFF.CUNI.CZ (01.04.2008)

Observational properties and phenomenology of active galaxies. Physical processes in active galactic nuclei; accretion theory, radiation processes, formation of jets etc.

Course completion requirements -

Last update: prof. RNDr. David Vokrouhlický, DrSc. (10.06.2019)

Oral examination.

Literature -

Last update: prof. RNDr. David Vokrouhlický, DrSc. (08.01.2019)

[1] Krolik, J. H. (1999), Active galactic nuclei: from the central black hole to the galactic

environment, Princeton University Press

[2] Rybicki, G. B., and Lightman, A.~P., (1979), Radiative processes in astrophysics,

Wiley-Interscience

[3] Urry, C. M., and Padovani, P. (1995), Unified Schemes for Radio-Loud Active Galactic Nuclei

Publications of the Astronomical Society of Pacific, 107, 803

[4] Peterson B.M. (1997), Active Galactic Nuclei, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press

[5] Karas, V., Svoboda, J., and Zajaček M. (2019), Active Galactic Nuclei as relativistic engines

učební text

Teaching methods - Czech

Last update: KARAS/MFF.CUNI.CZ (01.04.2008)

Přednáška.

Syllabus -

Last update: prof. RNDr. David Vokrouhlický, DrSc. (08.01.2019)

Active galactic nuclei (AGN) are the most luminous persistent sources of

electromagnetic radiation in the universe. In this lecture we will learn

the rich phenomenology and the classification of different types of AGN

ranging from Seyfert galaxies to quasars. We will discuss basic

astrophysical processes relevant for these objects: accretion of matter

onto supermassive black holes, acceleration of collimated outflows,

emission of non-thermal spectra, rapid variability, etc. We will explore

basic differences between active galaxies and "quiet", non-active

objects, such as our own Galaxy - The Milky Way. We will also mention

similarities of active galaxies to million times smaller microquasars.