48th Saas-Fee course: Black hole formation and growth
from
Sunday 28 January 2018 (18:00)
to
Saturday 3 February 2018 (12:25)
Monday 22 January 2018
Tuesday 23 January 2018
Wednesday 24 January 2018
Thursday 25 January 2018
Friday 26 January 2018
Saturday 27 January 2018
Sunday 28 January 2018
18:00
Registration
18:00 - 19:45
18:45
Welcome Drink
18:45 - 19:45
20:00
Dinner
20:00 - 22:00
Monday 29 January 2018
07:45
Registration: Registration
Registration
07:45 - 08:15
08:30
Introduction
08:30 - 08:40
08:40
Lectures: Foundations of general relativity and black-holes
Foundations of general relativity and black-holes
08:40 - 09:30
09:30
Lectures: Primordial black holes
Primordial black holes
09:30 - 10:20
10:20
Coffee break
10:20 - 10:50
10:50
Lectures: How do black holes accrete, accretion yields, importance of feedback, SMBH and galaxies
How do black holes accrete, accretion yields, importance of feedback, SMBH and galaxies
10:50 - 11:40
17:20
Lectures: The physics of gravitational waves
The physics of gravitational waves
17:20 - 18:10
18:10
Lectures: BH and their role in re-ionization
BH and their role in re-ionization
18:10 - 19:00
20:00
Dinner
20:00 - 22:00
Tuesday 30 January 2018
08:40
Lectures: Accretion discs, Eddington limit
Accretion discs, Eddington limit
08:40 - 09:30
09:30
Lectures: Interferometric gravitational wave detectors, ground, space and pulsar timing
Interferometric gravitational wave detectors, ground, space and pulsar timing
09:30 - 10:20
10:20
Coffee break
10:20 - 10:50
10:50
Lectures: The first quasars
The first quasars
10:50 - 11:40
17:20
Lectures: Binaries and transients
Binaries and transients
17:20 - 18:10
18:10
Lectures: Interferometric gravitational wave detectors, ground, space and pulsar timing
Interferometric gravitational wave detectors, ground, space and pulsar timing
18:10 - 19:00
20:00
Dinner
20:00 - 22:00
Wednesday 31 January 2018
08:40
Lectures: The growth of the BH mass function, BH merger rates
The growth of the BH mass function, BH merger rates
08:40 - 09:30
09:30
Lectures: Spin evolution of SMBH, limits to growth
Spin evolution of SMBH, limits to growth
09:30 - 10:20
10:20
Coffee break
10:20 - 10:50
10:50
Lectures: Interferometric gravitational wave detectors, ground, space and pulsar timing
Interferometric gravitational wave detectors, ground, space and pulsar timing
10:50 - 11:40
17:20
Lectures: The peak of the quasar phase in galaxies, the dormant, massive BH population
The peak of the quasar phase in galaxies, the dormant, massive BH population
17:20 - 18:10
18:10
Lectures: Super-Eddington accretion, winds and interaction with surroundings, M - sigma relation
Super-Eddington accretion, winds and interaction with surroundings, M - sigma relation
18:10 - 19:00
20:00
Dinner: Gala + concert Vouipe
Gala + concert Vouipe
20:00 - 23:50
Thursday 1 February 2018
08:40
Lectures: Gravitational wave signals from binary systems
Gravitational wave signals from binary systems
08:40 - 09:30
09:30
Lectures: Quasars and Cosmology/large scale structure
Quasars and Cosmology/large scale structure
09:30 - 10:20
10:20
Coffee break
10:20 - 10:50
10:50
Lectures: Episodic nature of feedback
Episodic nature of feedback
10:50 - 11:40
17:20
Lectures: Quasars LFs and clustering, AGN feedback and its effects on DM power spectrum
Quasars LFs and clustering, AGN feedback and its effects on DM power spectrum
17:20 - 18:10
21:00
Concert: Moncef Genoud
Moncef Genoud
21:00 - 22:30
Friday 2 February 2018
08:40
Lectures: Gravitational wave data analysis
Gravitational wave data analysis
08:40 - 09:30
09:30
Lectures: Transition to energy-driven outflow, large-scale outflows
Transition to energy-driven outflow, large-scale outflows
09:30 - 10:20
10:20
Coffee break
10:20 - 10:50
10:50
Lectures: Cosmological Simulations of Structure formation: galaxies and BHs in large volumes
Cosmological Simulations of Structure formation: galaxies and BHs in large volumes
10:50 - 11:40
17:20
Lectures: Gravitational wave data analysis
Gravitational wave data analysis
17:20 - 18:10
18:10
Lectures: Feedback effects on star formation, SMBH - bulge mass relation, radiation feedback
Feedback effects on star formation, SMBH - bulge mass relation, radiation feedback
18:10 - 19:00
20:00
Dinner
20:00 - 22:00
Saturday 3 February 2018
08:40
Lectures: Astrophysical rate and population constraints
Astrophysical rate and population constraints
08:40 - 09:30
09:30
Lectures: Open problems
Open problems
09:30 - 10:20
10:20
Conclusions
10:20 - 10:50