论文标题
AGN中海研究的过去和未来
The Past and Future of Mid-Infrared Studies of AGN
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论文摘要
AGN在中红外制度中的观察性研究对于我们对AGN的理解及其在星系进化中的作用至关重要。基于IR的AGN选择与更传统的技术相辅相成，允许在宇宙时间进行更完整的AGN活动普查。 MID-IR观察结果在内，包括时间变异性和空间解析的成像为我们提供了对AGN周围模糊结构的性质的独特见解。 IR中IR的精细结构，分子和灰尘特征的丰富丰富使我们能够同时探测ISM的多个组件，从而使我们能够通过存在AGN的存在来详细探索对宿主星系的影响 - AGN的存在 - 了解Galaxy-SMBH共同进化的关键步骤。这篇综述概述了这一广泛的研究。它还旨在通过重大进步，从1960年代的纳斯奇开始，这要归功于几代空间基础和地面设施，以及即将到来的设施（例如{\ sl James Webb太空望远镜（JWST）}）的承诺。
Observational studies of AGN in the mid-infrared regime are crucial to our understanding of AGN and their role in the evolution of galaxies. Mid-IR-based selection of AGN is complementary to more traditional techniques allowing for a more complete census of AGN activity across cosmic time. Mid-IR observations including time variability and spatially resolved imaging have given us unique insights into the nature of the obscuring structures around AGN. The wealth of fine structure, molecular, and dust features in the mid-IR allow us to simultaneously probe multiple components of the ISM allowing us to explore in detail the impact on the host galaxy by the presence of an AGN -- a crucial step toward understanding galaxy-SMBH co-evolution. This review gives a broad overview of this wide range of studies. It also aims to show the evolution of this field starting with its nascency in the 1960s, through major advances thanks to several generations of space-based and ground-based facilities, as well as the promise of upcoming facilities such as the {\sl James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)}.
