Active Galactic Nuclei in polarized light

Author:

Shablovinskaya Elena1,Afanasiev Viktor1

Affiliation:

1. Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Science , Nizhnii Arkhyz, 369167 , Russia

Abstract

Abstract Due to the compactness active galactic nuclei (AGN) are still unresolved with optical observations. However, structure and physical conditions of the matter in their central parts are especially important to study the processes of the matter accretion to supermassive black holes and eventually these investigations are essential to understand the galaxy evolution. Polarization contains information about the interaction of electromagnetic waves with the environment and provides information about the physical processes in the central regions of the AGNs that could not be found with the help of other optical observations. In this paper the importance of applying polarimetry methods to the study of geometry, kinematics, and physical processes in AGN in polarized light is discussed. An overview of the mechanisms of polarization formation, their connection with different structures and scales are provided. Also, we overview the polarimetric investigations based on different assumptions that are done using the observations conducted in Special Astrophysical Observatory of Russian Academy of Sciences.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

Space and Planetary Science,Astronomy and Astrophysics

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