High Energy Astrophysics and Cosmology in the era of all-sky surveys

Possible extensions to the RL/RQ AGN dichotomy

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15m

AGN, blazars and jets

Speaker

Elena Fedorova (INAF-OAR)

Description

Since its discovery, the quasars/AGN are known to belong to one of two subclasses: radio-loud (RL), associated with powerful large-scale subluminal jet structures, or radio-quiet (RQ), known as devoid of such structures. Nowadays knowledge about the jets in AGN is significantly more variegated and need to be systematized taking into account the level and variability of the radio emission and the jet properties both.
We propose the scheme of the RQ/RL dichotomy extension based on the intensity of synchrotron radio emission, amplitude of its variations, and visual appearances of jets as well. The AGN sample of different radio types is proposed for future multiwaveband (radio and X-ray to gamma-ray) observations.