Life-cycle workshop 2018

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From Monday 26 to Wednesday 28 March, ASTRON will host a workshop focussing on the life cycles and the energetics of radio sources. The main aims of the meeting are to discuss what we are learning from the data now coming from new radio and optical facilities, as well as the recent progress that has been made in numerical models of the evolution of radio sources.

The topic of the life cycles of radio sources has regained a lot of interest recently in the astronomical community because radio galaxies and their radio jets can strongly affect the surrounding gaseous medium over very large scales, thus potentially playing a key role in the evolution of their host galaxy.

There are about 50 participants and this should ensure that there is enough room in the programme for all attendants to present their results (with a talk or a poster), but also that there is ample time for discussion and for planning new projects and collaborations.

As you can see in the picture, a nice collection of famous radio galaxies has been used for the badges: we hope all participants are happy with the galaxy they got!

See more about the workshop and the programme on our website and please don't hesitate to join us if you are interested in some of the talks, or in the discussion sessions.