Roman Shcherbakov and Alessandro Ballone

Models of the G2 cloud, particularly using CLOUDY.

Thaisa Storchi-Bergmann (Brasil): Feeding versus Feedback in Nearby AGNs

IFU views of central 100-ish pc in a number of normal spiral galaxies, e.g. NGC 1068. Outflow rates exceed infall rates: indicates mass-loading in the outflow.

Mark Morris

Impressive images of the central few pc at 6cm. "Smoke Rings" indicating Sgr A*'s outflow.

Jorge Cuadra

Formation of G2-like clumps via WR wind collisions. Most form far out, though?

Jerry Ostriker

Bondi solution inadequate: angular momentum

• boundary conditions are a problem
• self-similarity fails because bondi radius >> centrifugal radius
• at low accretion rates, 1/250 of mass hits SMBH, most gets outflow'd
• vast majority of time spent at tiny fraction of eddington...
• Equatorial outflow of angular momentum
• C Thaisa: observations include equatorial outflow
• Q Fred Lo: Compare to what we see in CMZ?
• A: Mark Morris's outflows fit the picture. Equatorial outflow may not be generic.
• Jets unimportant for galaxies, only important for IGM

Dan Marrone (USA): The Millimeter-Wavelength Polarization of Sgr A*

Accretion flow causes polarization rotation of Sgr A* backlight

• JCMT polarimeter first detection of linear poln
• there is circular poln in Sgr A*

Joey Neilsen

"fundamental plane" is correlation between BH mass, X-ray, and radio luminosity

• Sgr A* fits it only in flare mode