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Optical Variability as a Probe of Accretion and Jet Dominance in Active Galactic Nuclei
This event explores how brightness variations over time in active galactic nuclei (AGN) can reveal the underlying physics of their central engines, distinguishing between variability driven by accretion disk processes and that caused by relativistic jets. By analyzing optical light curves, researchers can probe where the emission originates and which mechanism—accretion fluctuations or jet dominan