Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2003-10-31
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
11 pages, 7 figures. Invited review, to appear in "AGN Physics with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey" (July 2003; Princeton, NJ),
Scientific paper
Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) are multiwavelength emitters. To have any hope of understanding them, or even to determine their energy output, we must observe them with many telescopes. I will review what we have learned from broad-band observations of relatively bright, low-redshift AGN over the past 15 years. AGN can be found at all wavelengths but each provides a different view of the intrinsic population, often with little overlap between samples selected in different wavebands. I look forward to the full view of the intrinsic population which we will obtain over the next few years with surveys using today's new, sensitive observatories. These surveys are already finding enough new and different AGN candidates to pose the question "What IS an AGN?".
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