AGN and host galaxies in the COSMOS survey

Christopher D. Impey, Jonathan R. Trump, Jared M. Gabor

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Abstract

The Cosmological Evolution Survey (COSMOS) is a unique tool for studying low level AGN activity and the co-evolution of galaxies and supermassive black holes. COSMOS involves the largest contiguous region of the sky ever imaged by HST; it includes very complete multiwavelength coverage, and the largest joint samples of galaxy and AGN redshifts in any deep survey. The result is a search for AGN with low black hole mass, low accretion rates, and levels of obscuration that can remove them from optical surveys. A complete census of intermediate mass black holes at redshifts of 1 to 3 is required to tell the story of the co-evolution of galaxies and their embedded, and episodically active, black holes.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationTracing the Ancestry of Galaxies
Subtitle of host publicationOn the Land of our Ancestors
EditorsClaude Carignan, Claude Carignan, Francoise Combes, Ken Freeman
Pages21-25
Number of pages5
EditionS277
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2010

Publication series

NameProceedings of the International Astronomical Union
NumberS277
Volume6
ISSN (Print)1743-9213
ISSN (Electronic)1743-9221

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Space and Planetary Science

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