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Development in astronomy in Ethiopia and East-Africa through nuclear activity in galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2021

Mirjana Pović
Mirjana Pović*
Affiliation:
Astronomy and Astrophysics Research and Develoment Division, Etiopian Space Science and Technology Institute (ESSTI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA-CSIC), Granada, Spain
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Abstract

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In this paper we summarise the research that is currently going on in Ethiopia and East-Africa in extragalactic astronomy and physics of active galaxies and active galactic nuclei (AGN). The study is focused on some of the still open questions such as: what are the stellar ages and populations of ultra hard X-ray detected AGN and connection between AGN and their host galaxies?, what are the properties of AGN in galaxy clusters and the role that environment has in triggering nuclear activity?, what are the morphological properties of AGN and how precisely we can deal with morphological classification of active galaxies?, what are the properties of galaxies in the green valley and the role of AGN in galaxy evolution?, and what are the properties of radio-loud and radio-quiet quasars (QSO) and dichotomy between the two?. Each of these questions has been developed under one specific project that will be briefly introduced. These projects involve 6 PhD and 3 MSc students and collaborations between Ethiopia, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda, Tanzania, Spain, Italy, and Chile. With all projects we aim: first, to contribute to our general knowledge about AGN, and second, to contribute to the development in astronomy and science in Ethiopia and East-Africa.

Keywords

galaxies: activegalaxies: main propertiesastronomy development in Africa
Type
Introduction
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 15 , Symposium S356: Nuclear Activity in Galaxies Across Cosmic Time , October 2019 , pp. 3 - 8
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of International Astronomical Union

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