6th FERO meeting

ASTRONOMICAL INSTITUTE
ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, PRAGUE
Boční II 1401, 141 00 Praha 4
Czech Republic

30th – 31st of August 2012



Euro in Czech Crowns: 1€ = Kč
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August



Matteo Guainazzi

Measuring black hole spins in AGN: where do we stand?

[presentation]

Measuring the spin in a sizeable sample of local AGN has been one of the big hopes of modern X-ray astrophysics. I will try and review where we stand on this issue, highlighting the significance of the existing measurements, the main issues affecting them, and the perspectives of overcoming them through future observations with new facilities like NuSTAR and ASTRO-H. I will also sketch possible multi-wavelength approaches, which may help us validating/falsifying the conclusions drawn so far, in order to stimulate discussions and opinions during the meeting.