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Active Galaxies in the UV |
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| Authors: | Wolfram Kollatschny Wang Ting-Gui |
| Institution: | 1. Institut für Astrophysik, Universit?t G?ttingen, Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, D-37077, G?ttingen, Germany 2. Center for Astrophysics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China |
| Abstract: | In this article we present different aspects of AGN studies demonstrating the importance of the UV spectral range. Most important diagnostic lines for studying the general physical conditions as well as the metalicities in the central broad line region in AGN are emitted in the UV. The UV/FUV continuum in AGN excites not only the emission lines in the immediate surrounding but it is responsible for the ionization of the intergalactic medium in the early stages of the universe. Variability studies of the emission line profiles of AGN in the UV give us information on the structure and kinematics of the immediate surrounding of the central supermassive black hole as well as on its mass itself. |
| Keywords: | ultraviolet: galaxies galaxies: active galaxies: seyfert quasars emission lines quasars absorption lines |
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