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 …

[HTML][HTML] From Clusters to Proto-Clusters: The Infrared Perspective on Environmental Galaxy Evolution

S Alberts, A Noble - Universe, 2022 - mdpi.com
Environment is one of the primary drivers of galaxy evolution; via multiple mechanisms, it
can control the critical process of transforming galaxies from star forming to quiescent …

Mid-infrared selection of active galactic nuclei with the wide-field infrared survey explorer. II. Properties of WISE-selected active galactic nuclei in the NDWFS Boötes …

RJ Assef, D Stern, CS Kochanek, AW Blain… - The Astrophysical …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Stern et al. presented a study of Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) selection of
active galactic nuclei (AGNs) in the 2 deg 2 COSMOS field, finding that a simple criterion W1 …

The ALMA-ALPAKA survey-I. High-resolution CO and [CI] kinematics of star-forming galaxies at z= 0.5–3.5

F Rizzo, F Roman-Oliveira, F Fraternali… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
Context. Spatially resolved studies of the kinematics of galaxies provide crucial insights into
their assembly and evolution, enabling one to infer the properties of the dark matter halos …

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 …

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 …

A hard X-ray view of luminous and ultra-luminous infrared galaxies in GOALS–I. AGN obscuration along the merger sequence

C Ricci, GC Privon, RW Pfeifle, L Armus… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The merger of two or more galaxies can enhance the inflow of material from galactic scales
into the close environments of active galactic nuclei (AGNs), obscuring and feeding the …

Half of the most luminous quasars may be obscured: investigating the nature of WISE-selected hot dust-obscured galaxies

RJ Assef, PRM Eisenhardt, D Stern… - The Astrophysical …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
HALF OF THE MOST LUMINOUS QUASARS MAY BE OBSCURED: INVESTIGATING THE
NATURE OF WISE-SELECTED HOT DUST-OBSCURED GALAXIES - IOPscience Skip to content …

Characterizing the Mid-infrared Extragalactic Sky with WISE and SDSS

L Yan, E Donoso, CW Tsai, D Stern… - The Astronomical …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) has completed its all-sky survey
in four channels at 3.4–22 μm, detecting hundreds of millions of objects. We merge the WISE …

The most luminous galaxies discovered by WISE

CW Tsai, PRM Eisenhardt, J Wu, D Stern… - The Astrophysical …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT We present 20 Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)-selected galaxies
with bolometric luminosities L bol> 10 14 L☉, including five with infrared luminosities L IR≡ …