Obscuration and circumnuclear medium in nearby and distant AGN
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
Some recent results on the physical and statistical properties of nearby and distant AGN are presented. I first discuss the properties of "elusive" AGNs, i.e. obscured AGNs which do not show a Seyfert-like spectrum in the optical. Then I present preliminary results from a detailed study of the contribution of obscured AGNs and of their host galaxies to the infrared cosmic background. Finally I discuss an observational program aimed at investigating the properties of the most distant quasars, of their circumnuclear medium and the implications for their host galaxies.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0312126,
title = {Obscuration and circumnuclear medium in nearby and distant AGN},
author = {R. Maiolino},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0312126},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
6 pages. Invited talk to appear in "Multiwavelength Mapping of Galaxy Evolution" eds.R.Bender and A.Renzini