- Can AGN-powered molecular jets appear as disk-winds similar to what we see in protostars? If so – will we then see molecular jets also in the quasar mode of accretion?
- Is it possible that molecular jets are important processes in solving the angular momentum problem for SMBH growth – or is the jet of NGC1377 a unique phenomenon?
- What is the fate of the gas in AGN/starburst outflows? Can it fall back onto the galaxy again – serving as an “engine” for SMBH and stellar growth? If so – how is this then linked to the “cold accretion” hypothesis?
- How is it possible that molecules are surviving in 1000 km/s outflows? Are the molecules carried out from the disk, or are they formed in-situ from the hot gas?
- What are the physical conditions of the gas in the outflow? Can the gas clumps really be self-gravitating – or are we seeing diffuse, unbound molecular gas. (A related question is if the gas can form stars in the flow). The answer to this queston is important also for the mass estimates of the cold gas, which currently has at least a factor of 10 uncertainty.
- Are the physical conditions and ultimate fate of the gas different in AGN and starburst flows?
- Will AGN and starburst feedback impact their host galaxies differently? Are quasars and their outflows really “a waste of space”? (quote from J. Binney)
22-26 May 2017
