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AGN中红外研究的过去与未来

The Past and Future of Mid-Infrared Studies of AGN

Anna Sajina, Mark Lacy, Alexandra Pope

摘要:

活动星系核的中红外观测研究对于我们理解活动星系核及其在星系演化中的作用至关重要。基于中红外的活动星系核选择是对传统技术的补充,可以对整个宇宙时间内的活动星系核活动进行更完整的普查。中红外观测,包括时间变化和空间分辨成像给了我们独特的见解周围活动星系核的遮蔽结构的性质。中红外线中丰富的精细结构,分子和尘埃特征使我们能够同时探测ISM的多个组成部分,使我们能够详细探索AGN对宿主星系的影响-这是理解星系-SMBH共同进化的关键一步。这篇综述对这一广泛的研究进行了广泛的概述。它还旨在展示这一领域的演变,从20世纪60年代开始,通过几代天基和地基设施的重大进展,以及即将到来的设施,如{ \sl詹姆斯韦伯太空望远镜(JWST)}的承诺。

英文摘要:

Observational studies of AGN in the mid-infrared regime are crucial to our understanding of AGN and their role in the evolution of galaxies. Mid-IR-based selection of AGN is complementary to more traditional techniques allowing for a more complete census of AGN activity across cosmic time. Mid-IR observations including time variability and spatially resolved imaging have given us unique insights into the nature of the obscuring structures around AGN. The wealth of fine structure, molecular, and dust features in the mid-IR allow us to simultaneously probe multiple components of the ISM allowing us to explore in detail the impact on the host galaxy by the presence of an AGN -- a crucial step toward understanding galaxy-SMBH co-evolution. This review gives a broad overview of this wide range of studies. It also aims to show the evolution of this field starting with its nascency in the 1960s, through major advances thanks to several generations of space-based and ground-based facilities, as well as the promise of upcoming facilities such as the {\sl James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)}.

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