Rationale

Accretion is the process that regulates the growth and evolution of objects in our Universe. Accreting systems across a wide range of mass and size scales exhibit rich and surprisingly consistent phenomenology. Building on the succsess of the first Vasto Accretion Meeting in 2023, this new edition will see two back-to-back conferences that will aim to facilitate the sharing of insights into accretion physics across the scales. The first week will be mostly dedicated to accretion/ejection in compact interacting binaries, while the second week will be mostly dedicated to accretion/ejection processes occuring in active galactic nuclei.

These meetings will bring together experts on all types of accreting compact objects on all mass and size scales, covering both theory and observations. Particular emphasis will be placed on the remarkable time-domain and multi-wavelength properties of these systems and on the consequences of accretion, such as disc winds, jets, outbursts, and thermonuclear eruptions. The international community interested in compact accreting systems will share insights on the several open questions in our understanding of accretion physics as a whole by combining new results from observations and theoretical developments.

Week 1: binaries
23 June - 27 June 2025

Mostly dedicated to accretion/ejection phenomena observed in binaries with white dwarf, neutron star or stellar-mass black hole accretors

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Week 2: agn
30 June - 4 July 2025

Mostly deicated to accretion/ejection in active galactic nuclei, including central engine power, outflows/jets, populations, surveys, and tidal disruption events

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