PPT-OJ287: A Quasar with a case of Schizophrenia?

Mark Kidger European Space Agency European Space Astronomy Centre Herschel Science Centre What is a Quasar Quasar is a contraction of QuasiStellar Object They are objects that look like faint blue stars but are really incredibly distant. Redshifts. Gordon Richards. Drexel University. With thanks to. Michael Strauss, . Xiaohui. Fan, Don Schneider, and . Linhua. Jiang. Quasar Luminosity Function. Croom. et al. 2004. Space density of quasars as a function of . With thanks to the members of the Quasar Working Group, particularly Don Schneider, . Xiaohui. Fan, Michael Strauss, Pat Hall, Dan . Vanden. . Berk. , Sebastian Jester, and . Scott Anderson, also Adam Myers. Quasars. Quasars were . discovered by the . radio waves that they give off. Scientists at first had no idea what to these disruptions could possibly be. They still really don’t know.. Because of the initial ambiguity surrounding the Quasars they . Massive Black Holes. Stephen Fine. Outline. What is a quasar. How do we study quasar black holes. Why do we study quasar black holes. What are the current difficulties in studying black holes. How can we improve on the current situation. Paul Hewett (. IoA. , Cambridge). James Allen (U. Sydney). Outline. Motivation: . quasar . clustering, . host-galaxy and local quasar environment, relation . to Ly. α. -absorbers and the inter-galactic medium, outflow properties of quasars themselves. http://www.pa.uky.edu. Only 10% of the class has completed the evaluations so far.. I will add 5 points on your final exam if you complete the evaluation.. Today’s model for the formation of the Milky Way and other galaxies. Brittany Vamvakias. Quasars and blazars. A quasar is an active galactic nucleus with a supermassive black hole as the center.. It is thought to be formed by the collision of two galaxies.. A blazar is a more compact and energetic quasar, with the jet pointing towards the Earth.. Division of Particle and Astrophysical Science, Nagoya University, JAPAN. with. SKA-Japan high-. z. galaxy and cosmology WG. East-Asia SKA core member meeting, 29 May, 2012, ASIAA, Taipei, Taiwan. Fluctuation, Stars, and Galaxies: Light and Shadow of the Cosmic Structure Formation through H. Reionization. . Chris . Carilli (NRAO). LANL Cosmology School, July . 2011. . Review: constraints on IGM during . reionization. CMB large scale polarization. Gunn-Peterson effect. Quasar near zones: . Division of Particle and Astrophysical Science, Nagoya University, JAPAN. with. SKA-Japan high-. z. galaxy and cosmology WG. East-Asian SKA WS, 30 . Nov. .-2 Dec., 2011, KASI, . Daejeon. , Korea. Formation and Evolution of Galaxies:. symptoms. Schizophrenia is the most common psychotic illness and characterised by two sets of symptoms; symptoms present during the acute phase; and those present when the illness is well established (chronic).. NOT a “split personality”, a split from . reality. 1% of the U.S. population. A family of disorders, not one single disorder. Many people not diagnosed until 45. Symptoms of Schizophrenia . 1) . Charles L. Steinhardt. 1. , . Heng. . Hao. 2. , . Monica . Young. 3. , . Guido Risaliti. 4. , . Francesca . Civano. . Harvard-Smithsonian . Center. for Astrophysics. and. 1. IPMU, Univ. Tokyo; 2.. V. Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders . Case scenario. A 24-year-old biology graduate is referred to the outpatient department by his general practitioner (GP). He attends with his mother, who has been becoming increasingly concerned about him for some time. He tells you that he is feeling fine in himself. Objectively, you notice that he has reduced spontaneous movements, his tone of voice is monotonous and soft in volume. There is some suggestion that he is defensive or suspicious as he often asks you the reason for your questions and refuses to answer some personal questions. His mood is flat, showing little reactivity during the course of the interview, but he denies feeling depressed. He denies any psychotic symptoms and you are unable to detect any thought disorder. His mother tells you that she began to worry 2 years ago after he finished his university degree course. He had previously been a high achiever, both academically and socially, with many friends and a hectic social life. However, since returning from university with a disappointing third class degree, he had made no efforts to gain any job and seemed to have lost contact with all of his friends. He was spending all of his time alone, often remaining upstairs in his bedroom for hours on end and interacting less and less with his family. More recently, he had begun to express some odd ideas, suggesting that someone was watching him and that other people knew where he was and what he was doing. His personal hygiene has begun to deteriorate, and he now refuses to allow his mother to clean his bedroom, which is becoming increasingly cluttered and dirty. .