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Multiwavelength surveys for Active Galactic Nuclei

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2021

William Nielsen Brandt*
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, 525 Davey Lab, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA16802, USA email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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Most of what we know about active galactic nuclei (AGNs) has been driven, or at least strongly shaped, by our methods for finding them, and multiwavelength AGN surveys have achieved remarkable successes in recent decades. I will present a broad, and thus necessarily shallow, review of such multiwavelength AGN surveys. I will first present some brief introductory points on, e.g., general survey approaches, AGN luminosities, host galaxies, and anisotropic emission/obscuration. I will then review many of the key current surveys and their results, separating these into ground-based and space-based surveys. Finally, I will discuss some future prospects including essential remaining questions and “discovery space” considerations.

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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of International Astronomical Union