From October 13 to 16, 2024, the Second AGN Feedback Conference was successfully held at Fudan University. Organized by the Fudan Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, the conference aimed to provide a high-level platform for researchers in China engaged in active galactic nucleus (AGN) feedback studies, promoting in-depth development in this field.
Before the academic presentations commenced, Professor Wu Yizheng, Chair of the Department of Physics at Fudan University, and Professor Yuan Feng, Director of the Fudan Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, each gave opening remarks. Professor Wu expressed Fudan University’s support for cutting-edge research in astrophysics, hoping the conference would further advance AGN feedback research in China. Professor Yuan highlighted AGN feedback as a key mechanism linking the co-evolution of supermassive black holes and their host galaxies. He noted that this conference would focus on core topics in AGN feedback, exploring research findings and future directions from observational and theoretical perspectives.
Recent studies have shown that supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies are closely related to the evolutionary processes of their host galaxies, with AGN feedback playing an important role in this co-evolution. Research on AGN feedback has become a significant area of interest in international astrophysics, bridging the fields of black hole astrophysics and galaxy formation and evolution. Despite remarkable progress over the past two decades, researchers still face key challenges and bottlenecks in both observational and theoretical aspects.
This conference attracted over 100 scholars and students. The topics covered included AGN outflows and their interactions with the interstellar medium, the relationship between star formation and black hole activity, the impact of feedback on the circumgalactic medium (CGM) and large-scale environments, and the co-evolution of high-redshift black holes and galaxies in the JWST era. Through academic presentations and discussions, participants delved into the latest advances and future research directions in AGN feedback.
This conference was the second in the AGN Feedback series, with the first held in September 2023 in Wuhu, Anhui. The successful organization of this event not only strengthened academic exchange on AGN feedback research within China but also provided new momentum for the development of this field.
