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SUMMARY:Chasing the Light: Shadowing\, Collimation\, and the Rapid Growth 
 of Infant Black Holes - Piero Madau (UCSC)
DTSTART:20250530T103000Z
DTEND:20250530T113000Z
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CONTACT:Sandro Tacchella
DESCRIPTION:Observations with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have u
 ncovered a substantial population of high-redshift broad-line active galac
 tic nuclei (AGNs)  characterized by moderate luminosities\, weak X-ray emi
 ssions\, and faint high-ionization lines\, challenging conventional models
  of AGN activity. In this talk I will  propose  that these sources are acc
 reting at super-Eddington rates\, and discuss how  such  accretion flows\,
  shaped by thick disk geometries and anisotropic radiation fields\, may  p
 rovide new insights into black hole growth in the early Universe.
LOCATION:Ryle Seminar Room\, KICC + online
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