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To investigate the connection between radio activity and AGN outflows, we present a study of ionized gas kinematics based on [O III] $\lambda$5007 emission line along the large-scale radio jet for six radio AGNs. These AGNs are selected…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-12-20 Huynh Anh N. Le , Jong-Hak Woo , Donghoon Son , Marios Karouzos , Aeree Chung , Taehyun Jung , Evangelia Tremou

We present IFU observations of six emission-line nebulae that surround the central galaxy of cool core clusters. Qualitatively similar nebulae are observed in cool core clusters even when the dynamics and possibly formation and excitation…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 N. A. Hatch , C. S. Crawford , A. C. Fabian

I present a broad overview of modelling of the Narrow Line Region (NLR) of active galaxies, and discuss some of the more recent models we currently have for the emission from the NLR. I show why the emission line ratios from the NLR are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Brent Groves

Active galactic nuclei (AGN) are characterized by similar broad emission lines properties at all luminosities ($10^{39}$-$10^{47}$ erg s$^{-1}$). What produces this similarity over a vast range of $10^8$ in luminosity? Photoionization is…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-02-04 Alexei Baskin , Ari Laor , Jonathan Stern

We present an overview on how variability can be used to constrain the location of the ionized outflow in nearby Active Galactic Nuclei using high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy. Without these constraints on the location of the outflow, the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 R. G. Detmers , J. S. Kaastra

Active galactic nuclei (AGN) are among the most energetic phenomena in the universe, capable of regulating star formation in galaxies via radiative and mechanical feedback. While AGN feedback is well studied in host galaxies, its influence…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-07-14 Apashanka Das , Biswajit Pandey

We present narrow- and medium-band HST imaging, with additional supporting ground-based data, for 8 galaxies identified as hosting fading AGN. These have AGN-ionized gas projected >10 kpc from the nucleus, and significant shortfall of…

The great power offered by photoionization models of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) emission-line regions has long been mitigated by the fact that very little is known about the spectral energy distribution (SED) between the Lyman limit,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-05-13 Gary Ferland , Chris Done , Chichuan Jin , Hermine Landt , Martin Ward

The observations of FIR line and continuum spectra throughout the Galactic centre and in some regions of the disc are analysed in order to determine the physical conditions (densities, shock velocities, radiation parameters, etc.) and the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-27 M. Contini

We use the Horizon Run 5 cosmological simulation to study the effect of galaxy intrinsic properties and the local environment on AGNs characterized by their threshold of the accretion rate. We select galaxies in the stellar mass range…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-08-04 Ankit Singh , Changbom Park , Ena Choi , Juhan Kim , Hyunsung Jun , Brad K. Gibson , Yonghwi Kim , Jaehyun Lee , Owain Snaith

This letter presents an analysis of the infrared ($\sim 3-28\,\mu m$) spectra extracted from the nuclear ($r < 150$ pc) regions of four low-luminosity active galactic nuclei (AGN), observed by JWST NIRSpec/IFU and MIRI/MRS as an extension…

We use the results of relativistic hydrodynamic simulations of jet-ISM interactions in a galaxy with a radio-loud AGN to quantify the extent of ionization in the central few kpcs of the gaseous galactic disc. We perform post-process…

Despite being thought to play an important role in galaxy evolution, the true impact of outflows driven by active galactic nuclei (AGN) on their host galaxies is unclear. In part, this may be because electron densities of outflowing gas are…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-06-28 Luke R. Holden , Clive N. Tadhunter

Active galactic nuclei (AGN) are generally accepted to be powered by the release of gravitational energy in a compact accretion disk surrounding a massive black hole. Such disks are also necessary to collimate powerful radio jets seen in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Jack F. Gallimore , Stefi A. Baum , Christopher P. O'Dea

In Part I of this paper we described an equilibrium model of a jet in the gravitational field corresponding to the rigid-rotation region of the galactic disk. We used linear stability analysis to find the waveguide-resonance instability of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 V. L. Afanasiev , S. N. Dodonov , S. S. Khrapov , A. V. Moiseev , V. V. Mustsevoy

Some of the most active galaxies in the Universe are obscured by large quantities of dust and emit a substantial fraction of their bolometric luminosity in the infrared. Observations of these infrared luminous galaxies with the Infrared…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Aprajita Verma , Vassilis Charmandaris , Ulrich Klaas , Dieter Lutz , Martin Haas

It is suggested that the outflowing plasma in the jets of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) is inhomogeneous and consists of separate clouds. These clouds are strongly magnetized and move away from the central engine at relativistic speeds. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-03 V. V. Usov , M. V. Smolsky

Optical spectropolarimetry and broadband polarimetry in other wavebands has been a key to understanding many diverse aspects of AGN. In some cases polarization is due to synchrotron radiation, and in other cases it's due to scattering.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. R. J. Antonucci

The ionizing fluxes from quasars and other active galactic nuclei (AGN) are critical for interpreting the emission-line spectra of AGN and for photoionization and heating of the intergalactic medium. Using ultraviolet spectra from the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 J. Michael Shull , Matthew Stevans , Charles W. Danforth

Presently there are several classes of detected gamma-ray extragalatic sources. They are mostly associated to active galactic nuclei (AGN) and (at soft gamma rays) to gamma-ray bursts (GRB), but not only. Active galactic nuclei consist of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-09-09 V. Bosch-Ramon