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 …

Obscured active galactic nuclei

RC Hickox, DM Alexander - Annual Review of Astronomy and …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Active galactic nuclei (AGN) are powered by the accretion of material onto a supermassive
black hole (SMBH) and are among the most luminous objects in the Universe. However, the …

UNCOVER Spectroscopy Confirms the Surprising Ubiquity of Active Galactic Nuclei in Red Sources at z> 5

JE Greene, I Labbe, AD Goulding… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The James Webb Space Telescope is revealing a new population of dust-reddened
broad-line active galactic nuclei (AGN) at redshifts z≳ 5. Here we present deep …

The MeerKAT Galaxy Cluster Legacy Survey-I. Survey Overview and Highlights

K Knowles, WD Cotton, L Rudnick, F Camilo… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
MeerKAT's large number (64) of 13.5 m diameter antennas, spanning 8 km with a densely
packed 1 km core, create a powerful instrument for wide-area surveys, with high sensitivity …

First tidal disruption events discovered by SRG/eROSITA: X-ray/optical properties and X-ray luminosity function at z < 0.6

S Sazonov, M Gilfanov, P Medvedev… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
We present the first sample of tidal disruption events (TDEs) discovered during the SRG all-
sky survey. These 13 events were selected among X-ray transients detected in the 0°< l< …

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 …

The quest for dual and binary supermassive black holes: A multi-messenger view

A De Rosa, C Vignali, T Bogdanović, PR Capelo… - New Astronomy …, 2019 - Elsevier
The quest for binary and dual supermassive black holes (SMBHs) at the dawn of the multi-
messenger era is compelling. Detecting dual active galactic nuclei (AGN)–active SMBHs at …

Revisiting the Fanaroff–Riley dichotomy and radio-galaxy morphology with the LOFAR Two-Metre Sky Survey (LoTSS)

B Mingo, JH Croston, MJ Hardcastle… - Monthly Notices of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The relative positions of the high and low surface brightness regions of radio-loud active
galaxies in the 3CR sample were found by Fanaroff and Riley to be correlated with their …

The close environments of accreting massive black holes are shaped by radiative feedback

C Ricci, B Trakhtenbrot, MJ Koss, Y Ueda… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
The majority of the accreting supermassive black holes in the Universe are obscured by
large columns of gas and dust,,. The location and evolution of this obscuring material have …

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 …