Extragalactic abstracts - IRSA - California Institute of Technology
Extragalactic abstracts - IRSA - California Institute of Technology
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Spitzer_Approved_<strong>Extragalactic</strong><br />
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Spitzer Space Telescope − General Observer Proposal #3586<br />
On First Infrared Light from Large−scale Quasar Jets<br />
Principal Investigator: Megan Urry<br />
Institution: Yale University<br />
Technical Contact: Yasunobu Uchiyama, ISAS/JAXA<br />
Co−Investigators:<br />
Yasunobu Uchiyama, Yale University<br />
Jeffrey Van Duyne, Yale University<br />
Laura Maraschi, Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera<br />
Fabrizio Tavecchio, Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera<br />
Chi Cheung, Brandeis University<br />
Rita Sambruna, George Mason University<br />
Tadayuki Takahashi, JAXA/ISAS<br />
Science Category: AGN/quasars/radio galaxies<br />
Observing Modes: IracMap<br />
Hours Approved: 2.5<br />
Abstract:<br />
We propose Spitzer IRAC imaging observations to detect, for the first time,<br />
infrared emissions from the hundred−kiloparsec−scale jets <strong>of</strong> powerful quasars.<br />
From reasonable extrapolation <strong>of</strong> the measured optical flux, the bright jets that<br />
we selected are indeed detectable with Spitzer’s arcsecond imaging capability.<br />
The Spitzer observations, when combined with HST and Chandra, enable us to study<br />
simple but fundamental issues regarding the largely−unknown properties <strong>of</strong> the<br />
quasar jets.<br />
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Spitzer Space Telescope − General Observer Proposal #30745<br />
Spitzer Observations <strong>of</strong> the First Unbiased AGN Sample <strong>of</strong> the Local Universe<br />
Principal Investigator: Kimberly Weaver<br />
Institution: NASA GSFC<br />
Technical Contact: Lee Armus, Spitzer Science Center<br />
Co−Investigators:<br />
Richard Mushotzky, NASA GSFC<br />
Jack Tueller, NASA GSFC<br />
Eliot Malumuth, NASA GSFC<br />
Craig Markwardt, NASA GSFC<br />
Steve Kraemer, NASA GSFC<br />
Lee Armus, IPAC<br />
Science Category: AGN/quasars/radio galaxies<br />
Observing Modes: IrsStare MipsPhot<br />
Hours Approved: 9.1<br />
Abstract:<br />
Many questions fundamental to AGN research remain unanswered because there still<br />
exists no large uniform AGN survey <strong>of</strong> the local universe. Such surveys are<br />
difficult because the majority <strong>of</strong> AGN are obscured by large amounts <strong>of</strong> dust and<br />
gas and prior astronomical samples suffer from severe selection effects. In the<br />
IR, the observed luminosities and spectral shapes are strongly affected by star<br />
formation and dust absorption and emission and there is in fact no clear<br />
consistency in IR AGN properties − Spitzer spectra show a large variety <strong>of</strong><br />
signatures and a wide range <strong>of</strong> effective IR colors. The hard X−ray emission is<br />
the only radiation known that is both relatively unaffected by Compton−thin<br />
obscuration and is directly associated with the AGN. We propose here a "pilot<br />
study" <strong>of</strong> a new hard x−selected sample <strong>of</strong> AGN with the BAT on Swift with the<br />
goal <strong>of</strong> obtaining the first high quality IR spectral survey <strong>of</strong> an unbiased local<br />
AGN sample. These targets provide a means for insight into the IR/x−ray scatter<br />
and thus can determine the true distribution <strong>of</strong> IR properties <strong>of</strong> AGN. It is only<br />
by having an independent measure <strong>of</strong> AGN strength and total absorbing column<br />
density from a well−observed hard x−ray sample that one can untangle the<br />
complexity <strong>of</strong> the IR data. A hard x−ray survey will find all Compton thin AGN in<br />
a uniform fashion and determine their intrinsic luminosity. With these data we<br />
will search for the nonthermal continuum in the IR, constrain star formation in<br />
the galaxies, directly compare line−<strong>of</strong>−sight IR and x−ray column densities and<br />
construct non ad−hoc continuum models based on x−ray fluxes to predict the IR<br />
line ratios in gas photoionized by the AGN.<br />
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