Evolution of AGN - an optical view

Details Evolution of AGN - an optical view Evolution of AGN - an optical view

2004-11-23

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0411632v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Invited review to the 2nd RadioNet Science Workshop, 8 pages

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This article discusses the our changing knowledge of the evolution of AGN from an optical perspective. It focusses on optically-unobscured (type-1) AGN as it is much trickier to investigate the evolution type-2 objects from an optical point of view. It discusses major optical survey work that improved our knowledge of QSO evolution during the last five years. It touches on the shape of the QSO luminosity function, on the peak of QSO activity, the quest for reddened QSOs and spectral evolution. Finally, it summarizes recent advances in the research of host galaxies, which probably hold the key for the triggering mechanisms of the activity, and reiterates the difficulty of understanding the physical evolution of AGN and its place in the context of galaxy evolution.

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