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 …

What drives the growth of black holes?

DM Alexander, RC Hickox - New Astronomy Reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
Massive black holes (BHs) are at once exotic and yet ubiquitous, residing at the centers of
massive galaxies in the local Universe. Recent years have seen remarkable advances in …

The VLA-COSMOS 3 GHz Large Project: Continuum data and source catalog release

V Smolčić, M Novak, M Bondi, P Ciliegi… - Astronomy & …, 2017 - aanda.org
We present the VLA-COSMOS 3 GHz Large Project based on 384 h of observations with the
Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) at 3 GHz (10 cm) toward the two square degree …

Nuclear activity in nearby galaxies

LC Ho - Annu. Rev. Astron. Astrophys., 2008 - annualreviews.org
A significant fraction of nearby galaxies show evidence of weak nuclear activity unrelated to
normal stellar processes. Recent high-resolution, multiwavelength observations indicate that …

The VLA-COSMOS 3 GHz Large Project: Multiwavelength counterparts and the composition of the faint radio population

V Smolčić, I Delvecchio, G Zamorani, N Baran… - Astronomy & …, 2017 - aanda.org
We study the composition of the faint radio population selected from the Karl G. Jansky Very
Large Array Cosmic Evolution Survey (VLA-COSMOS) 3 GHz Large Project, which is a radio …

A simplified view of blazars: clearing the fog around long-standing selection effects

P Giommi, P Padovani, G Polenta… - Monthly Notices of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
We propose a scenario where blazars are classified into flat-spectrum radio quasars
(FSRQs), BL Lacertae (BL Lac) objects, low-synchrotron, or high-synchrotron peaked …

First X-ray-based statistical tests for clumpy-torus models: eclipse events from 230 years of monitoring of Seyfert AGN

AG Markowitz, M Krumpe… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
We present an analysis of multitime-scale variability in line-of-sight X-ray-absorbing gas as a
function of optical classification in a large sample of Seyfert active galactic nuclei (AGN) to …

Hot and cold gas accretion and feedback in radio-loud active galaxies

MJ Hardcastle, DA Evans… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
We have recently shown that X-ray observations of the population of 'low-excitation'radio
galaxies, which includes most low-power, Fanaroff–Riley class I sources as well as some …

The faint radio sky: radio astronomy becomes mainstream

P Padovani - The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review, 2016 - Springer
Radio astronomy has changed. For years it studied relatively rare sources, which emit
mostly non-thermal radiation across the entire electromagnetic spectrum, ie radio quasars …

The nature of compact radio sources: the case of FR 0 radio galaxies

RD Baldi - The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review, 2023 - Springer
Radio-loud compact radio sources (CRSs) are characterised by morphological compactness
of the jet structure centred on the active nucleus of the galaxy. Most of the local elliptical …