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Hercules A (3C 348) hosts a black hole of several billions solar masses and exhibits huge relativistic jets extending over more than a million light years. Such objects are studied by the research unit FOR5195 from an observational perspective (right) and also from theoretical side (left).
Credit: R. Timmerman et al. 2022 (A&A 658, 5),\u202fM. Perucho et al. 2023 (MNRAS 523, 3583), F. Eppel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

12 December 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Good times for AGN-jet\u202fresearch!
Our research unit has been granted funding for phase 2. The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) – German Research Foundation has announced today, that all our requested projects will be funded from 2026 until 2030. We are very grateful to the DFG for acknowledging the quality and relevance of our scientific work and recognising the merits of fruitful cooperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Highly motivated, we can now go on to search for answers about fundamental questions related to relativistic jets. These are powerful outflows of radiation and plasma emanating\u202ffrom spinning\u202fblack holes in the centres of galaxies. With our findings from phase 1, \u201cwe have laid the foundation for new, even more ambitious goals\u201d says our spokesperson Matthias Kadler. In phase 2 we will pursue questions on three main research areas:
1. Formation of relativistic jets near supermassive black holes
2. Jet composition and radiation processes
3. Feedback of jets on the host galaxy or cluster<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DFG research units are a key measure\u202fof German funding of research. They enable researchers to collaborate\u202fon complex scientific topics. Our research unit FOR5195\u202fbrings together numerous leading scientists\u202ffrom Germany and European partner groups. It is coordinated from the Julius\u2011Maximilians\u2011Universit\u00e4t W\u00fcrzburg (JMU) and lead by Matthias Kadler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are very thankful to all our members, science partners and supporters!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Link to a press release by the DFG<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Link to a press release by the JMU<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Group picture of research unit FOR5195 members, Credit: H. Shetgaonkar \/ FOR 5195<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Institutions and PIs involved in the research unit,
Credit: M. Kadler \/ FOR 5195<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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DFG Research Unit (Forschungsgruppe) FOR 5195 \u2013 Relativistic Jets in Active Galaxies<\/a><\/h1>\n\n

Funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation)<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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