Prospects for AGN studies with ALMA

2008/06/08 by R. Maiolino
Physics and Astronomy · #Active galactic nucleus #Astronomy #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Astrophysics #Extragalactic astronomy #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Galaxy #Physics #Redshift #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.newar.2008.06.012

42 pages, 21 figures, Lecture notes for the school "AGN at the highest angular resolution: theory and observations" (Torun), eds. A. Marconi and A. Niedzielski, New Astronomy Reviews, corrected a few typos

openalex publication_date 2008/06/08 · arxiv created 2008/08/15 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

These lecture notes provide an introduction to mm/submm extragalactic astronomy, focused on AGN studies, with the final goal of preparing students to their future exploitation of the ALMA capabilities. I first provide an overview of the current results obtained through mm/submm observations of galaxies and AGNs, both local and at high redshift. Then I summarize the main mm/submm facilities that are currently available. ALMA is then presented with a general description and by providing some details on its observing capabilities. Finally, I discuss some of the scientific goals that will be achievable with ALMA in extragalactic astronomy, and for AGN studies in particular.

Citations

• Submillimeter Galaxies as Tracers of Mass Assembly at Large M
• PAH Emission and Star Formation in the Host of the [FORMULA][F]z~2.56[/F][/FORMULA] Cloverleaf QSO
• A 1.2 mm MAMBO/IRAM–30 m study of dust emission from optically luminous z ≈ 2 quasars
• Observations of Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies with the Infrared Spectrograph on theSpitzer Space Telescope. II. TheIRASBright Galaxy Sample
• The Molecular Disk in the Cloverleaf Quasar
• Radiative transfer modeling of three-dimensional clumpy AGN tori and its application to NGC 1068
• The Assembly and Merging History of Supermassive Black Holes in Hierarchical Models of Galaxy Formation
• Mid‐Infrared Spectral Diagnosis of Submillimeter Galaxies
• A Spitzer IRS Low‐Resolution Spectroscopic Search for Buried AGNs in Nearby Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies: A Constraint on Geometry between Energy Sources and Dust
• Viewing the Shadow of the Black Hole at the Galactic Center
• Molecular gas and dust around a radio-quiet quasar at redshift 4.69
• CO Line Width and the Black Hole–Bulge Relationship at High Redshift
• SpitzerQuasar and ULIRG Evolution Study (QUEST). I. The Origin of the Far‐Infrared Continuum of QSOs
• Arp 299: A Second Merging System with Two Active Nuclei?
• Elusive AGN in theXMM-Newtonbright serendipitous survey
• The CO Tully‐Fisher Relation and Implications for the Host Galaxies of High‐Redshift Quasars
• Atomic carbon at redshift ~2.5
• The [Cii] 158 Micron Line Deficit in Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies Revisited
• Energy input from quasars regulates the growth and activity of black holes and their host galaxies
• HCN versus HCO+as Dense Molecular Gas Mass Tracers in Luminous Infrared Galaxies
• Probing the feeding and feedback of AGN through molecular line maps
• Molecular Gas at High Redshift
• A Relationship between Nuclear Black Hole Mass and Galaxy Velocity Dispersion
• A Search for Dense Molecular Gas in High‐Redshift Infrared‐Luminous Galaxies
• Supermassive black hole binaries in gaseous and stellar circumnuclear discs: orbital dynamics and gas accretion
• Dust Properties at z = 6.3 in the Host Galaxy of GRB 050904
• HCN Observations of Dense Star-forming Gas in High-Redshift Galaxies
• An interferometric CO survey of luminous submillimetre galaxies
• Diagnostics of irradiated dense gas in galaxy nuclei
• Molecular gas chemistry in AGN