Supermassive Black Holes Studies in the Time Domain with LSST

Carole Mundell, University of Bath

LSST will revolutionise our view of accreting supermassive black holes in
the Universe and their role in galaxy formation and evolution. The goal of
this talk is to frame the discussion of AGN studies in the time-domain,
including challenges and opportunities. I will review different classes of
Active Galactic Nuclei and their currently known optical variability
properties, before leading on to the range of variability LSST may probe
from high-energy flares in known accreting systems to one-off transient
events such as tidal disruption events. I will also discuss other
facilities that will be operating or coming online during the LSST era and
look at some of the triggering and followup issues associated with the
multi-messenger era in which LSST will operate.