Dust in Active Galactic Nuclei
Astrophysics
2008-09-01 v1
Abstract
Dust plays an essential role in the unification theory of active galactic nuclei (AGNs). This review summarizes our current understanding of the extinction and infrared emission properties of the circumnuclear dust in AGNs as well as the inferred dust composition and size distribution.
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@article{arxiv.0808.4117,
title = {Dust in Active Galactic Nuclei},
author = {Aigen Li},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0808.4117},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
12 pages, 4 figures; invited review article, published in "The Central Engine of Active Galactic Nuclei", Ho, L.C., & Wang, J.-M. (eds.), ASP Conf. Ser., vol. 373, pp. 561--572;