A Complete Census of AGN and Their Hosts from Optical Surveys?

Vivienne Wild; Timothy Heckman; Paule Sonnentrucker; Brent Groves; Lee Armus; David Schiminovich; Benjamin Johnson; Lucimara Martins; Stephanie LaMassa

doi:10.1017/S1743921310005636

A Complete Census of AGN and Their Hosts from Optical Surveys?

Vivienne Wild, Timothy Heckman, Paule Sonnentrucker, Brent Groves, Lee Armus, David Schiminovich, Benjamin Johnson, Lucimara Martins, Stephanie LaMassa

School of Physics and Astronomy

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Abstract

Large optical surveys provide an unprecedsCeented census of galaxies in the local Universe, forming an invaluable framework into which more detailed studies of objects can be placed. But how useful are optical surveys for understanding the co-evolution of black holes and galaxies, given their limited wavelength coverage, selection criteria, and depth? Here we present work-in-progress comparing optical and mid-IR, diagnostics of three "unusual" low-z populations (luminous Seyferts, dusty Balmer-strong AGN, ULIRCs) with a set of ordinary star-forming galaxies from the SDSS. We address the questions "how well do the mid-IR and optical diagnostics of star formation and AGN strength agree?" and "to what extent do optical surveys allow us to include extreme, dusty, morphologically disturbed galaxies in our 'complete' census of BB-galaxy co-evolution?

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CO-EVOLUTION OF CENTRAL BLACK HOLES AND GALAXIES
Editors	BM Peterson, RS Somerville, T StorchiBergmann
Place of Publication	CAMBRIDGE
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Pages	96-102
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Print)	978-0-521-76502-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921310005636
Publication status	Published - 2010
Event	267th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union - Rio de Janeiro Duration: 10 Aug 2009 → 14 Aug 2009

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Conference	267th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union
City	Rio de Janeiro
Period	10/08/09 → 14/08/09

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Wild, V., Heckman, T., Sonnentrucker, P., Groves, B., Armus, L., Schiminovich, D., Johnson, B., Martins, L., & LaMassa, S. (2010). A Complete Census of AGN and Their Hosts from Optical Surveys? In BM. Peterson, RS. Somerville, & T. StorchiBergmann (Eds.), CO-EVOLUTION OF CENTRAL BLACK HOLES AND GALAXIES (pp. 96-102). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921310005636

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Wild, V, Heckman, T, Sonnentrucker, P, Groves, B, Armus, L, Schiminovich, D, Johnson, B, Martins, L & LaMassa, S 2010, A Complete Census of AGN and Their Hosts from Optical Surveys? in BM Peterson, RS Somerville & T StorchiBergmann (eds), CO-EVOLUTION OF CENTRAL BLACK HOLES AND GALAXIES. Cambridge University Press, CAMBRIDGE, pp. 96-102, 267th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, Rio de Janeiro, 10/08/09. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921310005636

A Complete Census of AGN and Their Hosts from Optical Surveys? / Wild, Vivienne; Heckman, Timothy; Sonnentrucker, Paule et al.
CO-EVOLUTION OF CENTRAL BLACK HOLES AND GALAXIES. ed. / BM Peterson; RS Somerville; T StorchiBergmann. CAMBRIDGE: Cambridge University Press, 2010. p. 96-102.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution