Bars are important engines for the evolution of structure in galaxies. Bars can cause secular evolution of both the gas and stellar distributions in galaxies...

We present correlation between quasar properties and large-scale density with the largest spectroscopic dataset of quasars and galaxies to date. We construct a...

There is increasing speculation that quasars are intimately linked to the evolution of their host galaxies. Not only are they triggered as galaxies build up...

The magnetic landscape of the polar region (Tsuneta et al, 2008) is characterized by vertical kilogauss patches with super-equipartition field strength, a...

Lecture 1: Introduction to compact objects: The sources of power - Rotation (pulsars) - Magnetic fields (Magnetars) - Gravitation (basics of accretion in binary...

Lecture 2: Radiation processes: - Cyclo-synchrotron - Curvature radiation - Compton - Bremstrahlung - Electron/positron pair production and annihilation

Lecture 3: Models for the variable multi-wavelength emission of black hole binaries: accretion flow - The structure of inner accretion flow inferred from X-ray...

Lecture 4: Models for the variable multi-wavelength emission of black hole binaries: compact jets - standard jet spectral model and the problem of dissipation...

In the EU funded Marie Curie Excellence Team CIFIST (Cosmological Impact of the FIrst STars) work is under way to construct 3D radiation-hydrodynamical model...