Quasars and Active Galactic
Nuclei (AGNs)
• The AGN “Zoo”
– Orientation
– Luminosity
– Radio Properties
• Quasar Surveys – brief review of SDSS, etc.
• AGN Physics
– Accretion Disks
– Emission Lines and Photoionization
• Relationship with their host galaxies
– Host galaxies
– Reverberation (Sabrina may cover this)
– Mutual Evolution?
• GREAT compilation of review articles:
http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/active_galaxies.html