A meeting focusing on Massive Black Holes:
Unveiling Growth, Evolution, and Impact from the Early Universe to Today
Registration opened for accepted abstracts/posters - deadline 23rd of May
The decisive role of massive black holes in galaxy evolution is implied through scaling relations with galaxy properties and observations of ubiquitous nuclear outflows across a wide redshift range. In simulations, accretion onto black holes is a key ingredient in matching observed galaxy mass functions. Recently, the surprisingly high abundance of AGN at z>4 revealed through JWST observations has sparked renewed interest in massive black hole seeding and growth during the first billion years from both observational and theoretical sides.
The conference aims at bringing together researchers studying massive black holes across and beyond the electromagnetic spectrum, as well as theorists and simulators to discuss recent advances in the research of massive black hole growth, evolution, demographics, and impact across cosmic time.
We will focus on the following key themes:
Observational indicators of massive black holes across cosmic time
Observational constraints on black hole masses through a variety of techniques and across wavelengths (including stellar dynamics, reverberation mapping, single-epoch virial relations, scaling relations, and gravitational waves)
Black hole demographics as a function of redshift through simulations
Constraints on massive black hole formation (including seeding models) and growth pathways through theory, and in combination with observations
Impact of black holes on galaxy evolution evidenced through feedback and scaling relations in observations and simulations
January - Abstract submission opening
21st February 2025 - Abstract submission deadline
8th - 12th September 2025 - Conference in Cambridge
23rd of May - Registration Deadline - registration link sent to people with accepted Talks and Posters.
Invited Speakers
Cristina Ramos Almeida (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias)
Eduardo Bañados (MPIA)
Tiago Costa (University of Newcastle)
Suvi Gezari (University of Maryland)
Dale Kocevski (Colby College)
Andrea Merloni (MPE)
Raffaella Schneider (Sapienza University)
Alberto Sesana (Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca)
Eckhard Sturm (MPIE)
Marta Volonteri (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris)
Jonelle Walsh (Texa A&M University)
Scientific Organising Committee
Xiaohui Fan (University of Arizona)
Jenny Greene (Princeton University)
Sophie Koudmani (Herts/KICC)
Roberto Maiolino (KICC, co-chair)
Chris Moore (KICC/IoA/DAMPT)
Priyamvada Natarajan (Yale University)
Debora Sijacki (KICC)
Hannah Übler (MPE, co-chair)
Local Organising Committee
Steve Brereton
(admin)
Debora Sijacki
Alison Wilson
(admin)