Super Massive Black Holes and Active Galactic Nuclei

PhD Course: Supermassive Black Holes and Active Galactic Nuclei

• Chair : Gianluca Castignani

• Institution: University of Camerino (UNICAM), Italy

• Date: April 2025

• Level: PhD

• Description: I developed and delivered lectures and teaching materials covering the physics, observations, and astrophysical implications of supermassive black holes and active galactic nuclei.

• Lectures :

  • Lecture 0 : Introduction (PDF) 

  • Lecture 1 : Galaxies : general properties (PDF)

  • Lecture 2 : An Introduction to Active Galactic Nuclei (PDF)

  • Lecture 3 : Radio-loud Active Galactic Nuclei (PDF)

  • Lecture 4 : Radiative Processes in Active Galactic Nuclei (PDF)

  • Lecture 5 : Particle Acceleration (PDF)

  • Lecture 6 : Super Massive Black Hole Mass Estimates (PDF)

• Additional Material. Presentations given by PhD students

  • Formation of Super Massive Black Holes, by Antonino Marino (PDF)

  • Lensed quasars and the measurement of H0, by Tommaso Mengoni (PDF)