International Conference
Evolution of galaxies, their central black holes and
their large-scale environment
20.-24.9.2010 in Potsdam (Germany)
Information
The conference addressed recent developments in understanding the
time evolution of galaxies in the context of today's standard
cosmological model. The central supermassive black holes in the nuclei
of these galaxies whose mass is strongly correlated with their host's
properties, are at the focus of the meeting, as well as the larger-scale
environments of the galaxies, such as galaxy groups and clusters.
Combining the phenomena from small to large scales heralds a new epoch
of extragalactic astronomy which is driven by the recent generation of
extremely powerful ground- and space-based telescopes as well as newly
developed theoretical models and the dramatically increased capacity for
astrophysical numerical simulations.
Galaxy evolution is a timely and active topic, and this conference provided an opportunity to summarize where the field stands and how it is developing, and to exchange ideas.
For requests please contact us via spp(at)astro.uni-bonn.de.
Press
Click image for the article (from BZ, 25.09.2010).
A second (more informative) article was published in the local paper "Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten", it is also online on the PNN homepage. Unfortunately, both articles are available in German only.
We uploaded some pictures from the conference, mostly taken by Madleen Köppen. Thanks to Tom McCavana for additional pictures!
If you took particularly nice photos during the conference (especially during the reception or conference dinner) and feel that some of them should be shown here, please send them to us.
Pictures
