Colloq Abstract - Graham

April 21, 2023

11:00am Mountain

Matthew Graham (Caltech)

 

Title

Defining the AGN Zoo

 

Abstract

AGNs offer a significant dynamic channel for heavy stellar mass binary black hole (BBH) mergers with a guaranteed electromagnetic (EM) counterpart. However, modern time domain surveys are revealing a variety of EM phenomena associated with AGN accretion disks that are difficult to distinguish from such BBH events. In this talk, I will review the current state of the AGN Zoo - how good are we at detecting, characterizing, and categorizing the different possible types of beast to be found in these intense environments - and discuss future prospects for improvement.

 

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