Collaborative Proposal: Resolved Mid-IR Observations and Modeling of AGN and Their Hosts

合作提案：解决活动星系核及其宿主的中红外观测和建模问题

• 批准号: 0904421
• 负责人: Stephen Eikenberry
• 金额: $ 37.84万
• 依托单位: University of Florida
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-15 至 2013-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0904421&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Proposal; Resolved; Mid; IR

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). The investigators will carry out high spatial resolution mid-infrared imaging, spectroscopy, and polarimetry of nearby active galactic nuclei (AGN), taking advantage of the subarcsecond, diffraction limited resolution afforded by 8-10m telescopes to probe the inner regions of AGN. The main goal is to elucidate the spectral energy distribution (i.e., the brightness versus wavelength) of the circumnuclear gas/dust torus in the infrared region, and compare the data to detailed models for this emission. The group has substantial guaranteed time using their polarimetric camera CanariCam on the 10.4m-diameter Gran Telescopio CANARIAS (GTC).Broader impacts of this program include developing international collaborations, archival data release, bilingual outreach, and training of graduate students and a postdoctoral researcher. The research will enhance our understanding of the environs of active galactic nuclei, particularly the torus thought to block the light from the central region depending on orientation.

该奖项是根据2009年《美国复苏与再投资法》（公法111-5）资助的。研究人员将利用SubarcSecond，衍射有限的分辨率，由8-10m的望远镜探测AGN的内部区域。 主要目标是阐明红外区域中环核气体/尘埃圆环的光谱能量分布（即亮度与波长），并将数据与该发射的详细模型进行比较。 该小组在104m直径的Gran Telescopio Canarias（GTC）上使用其偏光摄像机CanariCAM有大量保证的时间。该计划的影响包括开发国际合作，档案数据发布，双林透明活动，锻炼研究生以及对研究生的培训以及对博士后研究员的培训。 这项研究将增强我们对主动银河核的周围环境的理解，尤其是根据方向阻止中央区域的光线的圆环。