EPSAM

Active galactic nuclei

Lead supervisor:  Dr James Reeves

The project will investigate the prevalence of high energy ionised outflows in Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) and how the associated feedback mechanisms influence the evolution of the host galaxy. In particular use will be made from X-ray/UV spectroscopic data from Suzaku, Chandra, XMM-Newton, HST, in order to characterise the absorption from outflows and determine their physical properties, for a wide variety of AGN types (type I and II, radio-quiet vs radio-loud) and using the latest state of the art photo-ionisation models. The evidence for fast, highly ionised outflows will be assessed and the question of whether such outflows can play a role in the evolution of the host galaxy via feedback mechanisms will be addressed.