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 …

Little Red Dots: An Abundant Population of Faint Active Galactic Nuclei at z∼ 5 Revealed by the EIGER and FRESCO JWST Surveys

J Matthee, RP Naidu, G Brammer… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Characterizing the prevalence and properties of faint active galactic nuclei (AGNs) in the
early Universe is key for understanding the formation of supermassive black holes (SMBHs) …

Cool outflows in galaxies and their implications

S Veilleux, R Maiolino, AD Bolatto, S Aalto - The Astronomy and …, 2020 - Springer
Neutral-atomic and molecular outflows are a common occurrence in galaxies, near and far.
They operate over the full extent of their galaxy hosts, from the innermost regions of galactic …

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 …

CEERS Key Paper. VI. JWST/MIRI Uncovers a Large Population of Obscured AGN at High Redshifts

G Yang, KI Caputi, C Papovich, PA Haro… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Mid-infrared (mid-IR) observations are powerful in identifying heavily obscured
active galactic nuclei (AGN) that have weak emission in other wavelengths. Data from the …

Cosmic X-ray surveys of distant active galaxies: The demographics, physics, and ecology of growing supermassive black holes

WN Brandt, DM Alexander - The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review, 2015 - Springer
We review results from cosmic X-ray surveys of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) over the past
≈ 15≈ 15 years that have dramatically improved our understanding of growing …

Growing supermassive black holes in the late stages of galaxy mergers are heavily obscured

C Ricci, FE Bauer, E Treister… - Monthly Notices of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Mergers of galaxies are thought to cause significant gas inflows to the inner parsecs, which
can activate rapid accretion on to supermassive black holes (SMBHs), giving rise to active …

BASS XXXVII: The role of radiative feedback in the growth and obscuration properties of nearby supermassive black holes

C Ricci, TT Ananna, MJ Temple, CM Urry… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We study the relation between obscuration and supermassive black hole (SMBH) accretion
using a large sample of hard X-ray selected active galactic nuclei (AGNs). We find a strong …

Discovery of extreme [O iii] λ5007 Å outflows in high-redshift red quasars

NL Zakamska, F Hamann, I Pâris… - Monthly Notices of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Black hole feedback is now a standard component of galaxy formation models. These
models predict that the impact of black hole activity on its host galaxy likely peaked at z= 2 …