The Central Kiloparsec: Active Galactic Nuclei and Their Hosts
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                   The Fifth RadioNet Science Workshop 
                              
                            4 - 6 June 2008

                           Ierapetra, Crete
              
               http://www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/div/vlbi/ckp08


Dear Colleague,

We  are pleased  to announce  a workshop  on "The  Central Kiloparsec"
which will be held on 4-6 June  2008 at Arion Palace Hotel in the town
of  Ierapetra,  Crete.  The  workshop  is  sponsored  by the  RadioNet
Consortium,  within the  FP6  program. 

Workshop description:
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The  interplay  between active  nuclei  and  their  galactic hosts  is
amongst the most important areas of astrophysical research, connecting
the nuclear  activity, galactic evolution  and physics of  large scale
structures in the Universe.

This research  theme relies upon synergy of  knowledge and information
obtained  in  several   different  fields  of  astrophysics  including
high-resolution radio, optical,  and X-ray observations, optical, NIR,
and X-ray spectroscopy, and  large broad-band surveys of galaxies. The
workshop  is going  to bring  together leading  scientists  working in
these fields and  provide a forum for interaction,  exchange of ideas,
and forming new cross-field collaborations in the area of AGN and host
galaxy research.

Critical areas of  AGN research will be highlighted  in a small number
of invited reviews, and further  explored in the contributed talks and
open end discussions.

The workshop will be focused on four major themes:

1. Supermassive black holes and the nuclear environment in galaxies
2. Star and gas in the central regions of galaxies
3. Jets and outflows and their effect on the galactic environment
4. Cosmological co-evolution of AGN and their hosts

Key speakers will  be invited to give introductory  reviews in each of
these areas, followed by contributed talks and poster presentations.


Program concept
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The workshop  program will  have about 10  invited and  30 contributed
talks and a number of posters. A tentative list of scientific sessions
includes:

    * A synthetis picture of AGN	
    * Extreme vicinity of SMBH
    * Accretion disks and coronae in AGN				
    * Disk-outflow connection and molecular tori 	
    * Stars and gas in the nuclear regions		
    * Relativistic jets in the nuclear regions		
    * Sub-relativstic outflows and extended regions	
    * SMBH and their galactic hosts			
    * Binary SMBH and nuclear regions			
    * AGN feedback					
    * Co-evolution of SMBH and AGN		

Contributions are invited for these topics.


Venue
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The  workshop  will  be  held  at  the Arion  Palace  Hotel  hotel  in
Ierapetra, Crete (http://www.ellada.net/arion-palace/)


Attendance and logistics
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The workshop attendance will be limited to about 50 participants.  The
conference fee is 60 Euros,  payable in cash at the registration desk.
Partial finacial  support from the RadioNet funding  will be available
for  invited  speakers, young  scientists  and  students. Request  for
financial  support should  be made  in the  registration form  (in the
field "Dietary and other requirements").


Publication
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Proceedigns of the workshop will be published in Memorie della Societa
Astronomica Italiana and will also be made available electronically.