Workshop: Gas Dynamics and Star Formation in the Extreme Environment of Galactic Nuclei, Ringberg

Session

The connection between nuclear starbursts and nuclear activity

19 Mar 2013, 15:45

Ringberg

Conveners

The connection between nuclear starbursts and nuclear activity

• Almudena Prieto (IAC)

21. New insights on post-starbursts around local AGN (R)

Richard Davies (MPE)

19/03/2013, 15:45

Review

There is increasing evidence that Seyfert nuclei in local galaxies do not co-exist with active phases of star formation in their local environment. However, the question of whether AGN are associated with post-starbursts is not settled. I will show the first results from a new project to tackle this issue by looking for direct evidence of AGB stars close around AGN. I will then discuss recent...

22. The black hole and stellar population in the centre of MCG-6-30-15

Sandra Raimundo (SISSA (International School for Advanced Studies))

19/03/2013, 16:30

Talk

In this work, we present the first results of integral-field spectroscopy observations with SINFONI, targeting the inner 400 pc of MCG--6-30-15. This Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 galaxy provides an important test case to probe AGN fuelling at higher X-ray luminosities. With the H-band data, we are able to model and remove the AGN contribution and hence probe the galaxy's stellar and gas...

23. Comparative study of active and quiescent galaxies: nuclear gas dynamics and star formation

Carole Mundell (Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool JM University)

19/03/2013, 16:55

Talk

The distribution of gas and stars in nearby galaxies traced by '3-D' studies of molecular, neutral and ionised gas provide a unique view of the role of the multi-phase medium in triggering and fuelling nuclear activity in galactic nuclei on size scales ever closer to the central black hole. I will highlight the importance of such 3D studies at optical, radio and mm wavelengths and, in...