your ID: 0225 First Name: Yasuyuki Last Name: Watabe Affiliation: Center for Computational Sciences, University of Tsukuba Title: Obscuration of AGNs by Circumnuclear Starbursts Authors: Yasuyuki Watabe, Masayuki Umemura Topic: 6 Session: oral Abstract: We examine the possibility of the relation between the obscuring materials and starburst-origin dusty gas clouds. We pursue the dynamics of clouds, including the effects of radiation forces by an AGN and a starburst. We conclude that a significant part of AGN obscuration can be attributed to starburst-origin clouds.