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SUMMARY:A Modern View of Quasars in the LSST Era - Gordon Richards (Drexel
 \, Philadelphia)
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CONTACT:Dominic Walton
DESCRIPTION:A modern view of luminous quasars recognizes them as diverse *
 processes* as opposed to the traditional view as more static *things*.  Su
 ch a picture is important both to understanding quasars themselves and als
 o the role that they play in the evolution of galaxies.  I will present so
 me broad perspectives on the relationship between quasar physics and their
  spectral energy distributions (SED) from the X-ray to radio. I will discu
 ss connections between the accretion rate\, black hole mass\, optical/UV c
 ontinuum\, radio loudness\, broad absorption line properties\, and emissio
 n line properties.  In particular\, a case can be made that radio emission
  (while quite rare in luminous quasars) may provide a key to better unders
 tanding of the physics of the population as a whole.  I'll segue to a disc
 ussion of the prospects for quasar/AGN science from the Legacy Survey of S
 pace and Time (LSST) that will soon begin at the Vera Rubin Observatory. L
 SST will leverage deep imaging\, wide area\, the time domain\, and machine
  learning algorithms to discover on order of 100 million AGNs and quasars.
   I'll discuss how AGN experts are beginning to prepare for the influx of 
 LSST data and describe the potential for mutual benefit from cross-collabo
 rations between researchers focusing on different aspects of LSST science.
LOCATION:ONLINE - Details will be sent by email
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