Project Details
Testing the AGN unified scheme for the most luminous 3CR radio galaxies and quasars
Applicant
Privatdozent Dr. Martin Haas
Subject Area
Astrophysics and Astronomy
Term
from 2007 to 2011
Project identifier
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 58385755
While observationally at least a dozen classes of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) are discernible, intrinsically the diversity of classes may be reduced according to unification concepts. Here we wish to explore unification of AGN at high luminosity. To overcome the orientation-dependent extinction, infrared observations are required. The project is based on approved mid-infrared observations of 3CR radio galaxies and quasars at z>1 with the Spitzer Space Telescope:1) For the 20 bright sources at 1
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