Active galactic nuclei: what's in a name?
P Padovani, DM Alexander, RJ Assef… - The Astronomy and …, 2017 - Springer
Active galactic nuclei (AGN) are energetic astrophysical sources powered by accretion onto
supermassive black holes in galaxies, and present unique observational signatures that …
supermassive black holes in galaxies, and present unique observational signatures that …
Revisiting the unified model of active galactic nuclei
H Netzer - Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2015 - annualreviews.org
This review describes recent developments related to the unified model of active galactic
nuclei (AGNs). It focuses on new ideas about the origin and properties of the central …
nuclei (AGNs). It focuses on new ideas about the origin and properties of the central …
Nuclear obscuration in active galactic nuclei
CR Almeida, C Ricci - Nature Astronomy, 2017 - nature.com
The material surrounding accreting supermassive black holes connects the active galactic
nucleus with its host galaxy and, besides being responsible for feeding the black hole …
nucleus with its host galaxy and, besides being responsible for feeding the black hole …
Live to die another day: the rebrightening of AT 2018fyk as a repeating partial tidal disruption event
T Wevers, ER Coughlin, DR Pasham… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Stars that interact with supermassive black holes (SMBHs) can be either completely or
partially destroyed by tides. In a partial tidal disruption event (TDE), the high-density core of …
partially destroyed by tides. In a partial tidal disruption event (TDE), the high-density core of …
The dust covering factor in active galactic nuclei
M Stalevski, C Ricci, Y Ueda, P Lira… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The primary source of emission of active galactic nuclei (AGNs), the accretion disc, is
surrounded by an optically and geometrically thick dusty structure ('the so-called dusty …
surrounded by an optically and geometrically thick dusty structure ('the so-called dusty …
The incidence of obscuration in active galactic nuclei
We study the incidence of nuclear obscuration on a complete sample of 1310 active galactic
nuclei (AGN) selected on the basis of their rest-frame 2–10 keV X-ray flux from the XMM …
nuclei (AGN) selected on the basis of their rest-frame 2–10 keV X-ray flux from the XMM …
Half of the most luminous quasars may be obscured: investigating the nature of WISE-selected hot dust-obscured galaxies
HALF OF THE MOST LUMINOUS QUASARS MAY BE OBSCURED: INVESTIGATING THE
NATURE OF WISE-SELECTED HOT DUST-OBSCURED GALAXIES - IOPscience Skip to content …
NATURE OF WISE-SELECTED HOT DUST-OBSCURED GALAXIES - IOPscience Skip to content …
New spectral model for constraining torus covering factors from broadband X-ray spectra of active galactic nuclei
M Baloković, M Brightman, FA Harrison… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
The basic unified model of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) invokes an anisotropic obscuring
structure, usually referred to as a torus, to explain AGN obscuration as an angle-dependent …
structure, usually referred to as a torus, to explain AGN obscuration as an angle-dependent …
Infrared Echoes of Optical Tidal Disruption Events:∼ 1% Dust-covering Factor or Less at Subparsec Scale
The past decade has experienced an explosive increase of optically discovered tidal
disruption events (TDEs) with the advent of modern time-domain surveys. However, we still …
disruption events (TDEs) with the advent of modern time-domain surveys. However, we still …
The obscured fraction of active galactic nuclei in the XMM-COSMOS survey: a spectral energy distribution perspective
E Lusso, JF Hennawi, A Comastri… - The Astrophysical …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
The fraction of active galactic nucleus (AGN) luminosity obscured by dust and re-emitted in
the mid-IR is critical for understanding AGN evolution, unification, and parsec-scale AGN …
the mid-IR is critical for understanding AGN evolution, unification, and parsec-scale AGN …