NOAO > Observing Info > Approved Programs > 2013B-0088
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PI: William Keel, University of Alabama, wkeel@ua.edu
Address: Department of Physics and Astronomy, 206 Gallalee Hall, Box 870324, Tuscaloosa, AL, 35487-0324, USA
CoI: Peter Maksym, University of Alabama
CoI: Vardha Bennert, California Polytechnic University
CoI: Kevin Schawinski, ETH Zurich
CoI: Chris Lintott, University of Oxford
CoI: Mischa Schirmer, Gemini Observatory
Title: Fading AGN with giant ionized clouds: mode switching and outflows
Abstract:
We propose spectroscopic mapping of a set of giant ionized clouds around
local AGN, in which the energy budget suggests that the AGN have faded
significantly over timescales 10^5 years. The clouds extend 10-35 kpc from
the nuclei, affording us access to the history of the nuclear radiation
through light-travel time. These results would refine our knowledge of the
energy balance (via density), 3D location (through Doppler mapping and
models), and ionization structure (via He II/H-beta). Our goal is a stronger
test of the idea that many AGN undergo dramatic changes in luminosity and
possibly accretion mode over these timescales, which could change the way we
view the demographics of AGN in local galaxies.
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