Active Galactic Nuclei XVI: A Sea of Discoveries

(Highlight) Millimeter and Infrared Probes of Active Galactic Nuclei: From ALMA to the Future Infrared mission PRIMA

15 Jun 2026, 16:15

20m

Sala Conferenze presso Autorità di Sistema Portuale (Brindisi)

Talk S9 - Current and Future Facilities for AGN Science: Discussing the implementation and scientific exploitation of major current and future space-based and ground-based facilities with Italian involvement, focusing on maximizing their impact on AGN studies

Speaker

Francesca Pozzi (University of Bologna)

Description

Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) are key probes for understanding the growth of supermassive black holes and their interplay with galaxy evolution. In the coming decades, the synergy between current and future observational facilities will significantly advance our ability to detect and characterize AGN across cosmic time.

In this context, particular emphasis is placed on the scientific exploitation of millimeter and infrared observations, which are crucial for probing obscured accretion and disentangling the different components contributing to the spectral energy distribution (SED), namely accretion-powered emission and the emission associated with star formation in the host galaxy.

This talk will focus in particular on recent results obtained with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, as well as on the expected scientific advances from future facilities, including the ALMA2040 upgrade and the infrared space mission PRIMA.