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 …

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 …

Active Galactic Nuclei Selection and Demographics: A New Age with JWST/MIRI

J Lyu, S Alberts, GH Rieke, I Shivaei… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Understanding the coevolution of supermassive black holes and their host systems requires
a comprehensive census of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) behavior across a wide range of …

Universal bolometric corrections for active galactic nuclei over seven luminosity decades

F Duras, A Bongiorno, F Ricci, E Piconcelli… - Astronomy & …, 2020 - aanda.org
Context. The AGN bolometric correction is a key element for understanding black hole (BH)
demographics and computing accurate BH accretion histories from AGN luminosities …

The bolometric quasar luminosity function at z = 0–7

X Shen, PF Hopkins… - Monthly Notices of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
In this paper, we provide updated constraints on the bolometric quasar luminosity function
(QLF) from z= 0 to z= 7. The constraints are based on an observational compilation that …

Supermassive black holes at high redshift are expected to be obscured by their massive host galaxies' interstellar medium

R Gilli, C Norman, F Calura, F Vito, R Decarli… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
We combine results from deep ALMA observations of massive (M*> 10 10 M⊙) galaxies at
different redshifts to show that the column density of their interstellar medium (ISM) rapidly …

AGN wind scaling relations and the co-evolution of black holes and galaxies

F Fiore, C Feruglio, F Shankar, M Bischetti… - Astronomy & …, 2017 - aanda.org
Context. Feedback from accreting supermassive black holes (SMBHs) is often identified as
the main mechanism responsible for regulating star formation in active galactic nucleus …

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 evolution of the X-ray luminosity functions of unabsorbed and absorbed AGNs out to z∼ 5

J Aird, AL Coil, A Georgakakis, K Nandra… - Monthly Notices of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
We present new measurements of the evolution of the X-ray luminosity functions (XLFs) of
unabsorbed and absorbed active galactic nuclei (AGNs) out to z∼ 5. We construct samples …

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 …