The size of the dust torus in active galactic nuclei (AGNs) and their high-luminosity counterparts, quasars, can be inferred from the time delay between UV...
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PublicaciónDust Reverberation Mapping in Distant Quasars from Optical and Mid-infrared Imaging Surveys
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NoticiaEl Gran Telescopio Canarias encuentra el agujero negro más lejano perteneciente a una rara familia de galaxias
Un equipo internacional de astrónomos ha identificado una rara clase de galaxias que emiten rayos gamma, conocidas como BL Lacertae, dentro de los primeros 2...
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NoticiaEl telescopio James Webb investiga moléculas orgánicas cerca de agujeros negros
Una investigación, liderada por la Universidad de Oxford y en la que participa el Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), ha conseguido estudiar, por...
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NoticiaEl telescopio LST-1 en La Palma descubre el cuásar más lejano en muy altas energías
El primer prototipo de Large-Sized Telescope (LST) del Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO ), ubicado en el Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos...
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PublicaciónEvidence for Low-power Radio Jet-ISM Interaction at 10 pc in the Dwarf AGN Host NGC 4395
Black-hole-driven outflows in galaxies hosting active galactic nuclei (AGN) may interact with their interstellar medium (ISM) affecting star formation (SF)...
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PublicaciónEvolutionary phenomena in galaxies
Topics discussed include the origin and early development of galaxies; gas and global star formation; galactic nuclei; population, age, and dynamics of the...
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PublicaciónExploring the Mid-infrared SEDs of Six AGN Dusty Torus Models. I. Synthetic Spectra
At distances from the active galaxy nucleus where the ambient temperature falls below ̃1500-1800 K, dust is able to survive. It is thus possible to have a large...
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PublicaciónExploring the Mid-infrared SEDs of Six AGN Dusty Torus Models. II. The Data
This is the second in a series of papers devoted to exploring a set of six dusty models of active galactic nuclei (AGN) with available spectral energy...
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PublicaciónExtended line emission in AGN: Looking at the central engine
The regions of high excitation gas detected around various Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) are examined. The radiation emitted by the nucleus may be responsible...