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We present results of an all-sky hard X-ray survey based on almost four years of observations with the IBIS telescope on board the INTEGRAL observatory. The dead time-corrected exposure of the survey is ~33 Ms. Approximately 12% and 80% of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 R. Krivonos , M. Revnivtsev , A. Lutovinov , S. Sazonov , E. Churazov , R. Sunyaev

The smallest supermassive black holes (BHs), which provide constraints on BH seeds, reside in low-mass galaxies. Here, we present a systematic analysis of 990 low-mass galaxies in the SAMI Galaxy Survey to identify emission from accreting…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-05-01 Stellan Bechtold , Amy Reines

We present a catalog of physical properties for galaxies hosting active galactic nuclei (AGN) detected by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE). By fitting broadband spectral energy distributions of sources in the WISE AGN Catalog…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-12-08 R. Scott Barrows , Julia M. Comerford , Daniel Stern , Roberto J. Assef

Our aim is to explore the nature of emission line galaxies by combining high-resolution observations obtained in different bands to understand which objects are powered by an Active Galactic Nucleus(AGN). From the spectroscopic Palomar…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 B. Balmaverde , A. Capetti

The physics of active super massive black holes (BHs) is governed by their mass (M_BH), spin (a*) and accretion rate ($\dot{M}$). This work is the first in a series of papers with the aim of testing how these parameters determine the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 Daniel M. Capellupo , Hagai Netzer , Paulina Lira , Benny Trakhtenbrot , Julían Mejía-Restrepo

The co-evolution of host galaxies and the active black holes which reside in their centre is one of the most important topics in modern observational cosmology. Here we present a study of the properties of obscured Active Galactic Nuclei…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 M. Brusa , F. Fiore , P. Santini , A. Grazian , A. Comastri , G. Zamorani , G. Hasinger , A. Merloni , F. Civano , A. Fontana , V. Mainieri

Active galactic nuclei (AGNs) are the compact, energetic central regions of galaxies, powered by supermassive black holes that accrete surrounding gas and dust. Their optical spectra can be identified by strong emission-line signatures…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-01-09 Sruthi Suresh , Wei Jeat Hon , Rachel L Webster , Christian Wolf , Christopher A Onken

We have newly identified a substantial number of type 1 active galactic nuclei (AGN) featuring weak broad-line regions (BLRs) at z < 0.2 from detailed analysis of galaxy spectra in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 7. These objects…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-07-15 Kyuseok Oh , Sukyoung K. Yi , Kevin Schawinski , Michael Koss , Benny Trakhtenbrot

In preparation for the full Arecibo Legacy Fast ALFA extragalactic HI survey, precursor observations were carried out in Aug--Sep 2004 with the 7-beam Arecibo L-band feed array (ALFA) receiver system and the WAPP spectral processors. While…

We have recently completed a 64-night spectroscopic monitoring campaign at the Lick Observatory 3-m Shane telescope with the aim of measuring the masses of the black holes in 12 nearby (z < 0.05) Seyfert 1 galaxies with expected masses in…

We have conducted a new spectroscopic survey to characterize the nature of nuclear activity in Hickson Compact Groups (HCGs) galaxies and establish its frequency. We have obtained new intermediate resolution optical spectroscopy for 200…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 M. A. Martinez , A. del Olmo , R. Coziol , J. Perea

Recent targeted studies of associated HI absorption in radio galaxies are starting to map out the location, and potential cosmological evolution, of the cold gas in the host galaxies of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN). The observed 21 cm…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 J. R. Allison , E. M. Sadler , S. J. Curran , S. N. Reeves

As part of our ongoing HII Region Discovery Survey (HRDS), we report the Green Bank Telescope detection of 148 new angularly-large Galactic HII regions in radio recombination line (RRL) emission. Our targets are located at a declination…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-02-21 L. D. Anderson , W. P. Armentrout , Matteo Luisi , T. M. Bania , Dana S. Balser , Trey V. Wenger

The Six-degree Field Galaxy Survey (6dFGS) is a spectroscopic redshift survey of the Southern hemisphere completed in 2006. While it provides 136,304 spectra of mostly low-redshift galaxies, a large and reliable catalogue of Active Galactic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-10-14 Wei Jeat Hon , Rachel Webster , Christian Wolf

We present a comprehensive analysis of the X-ray spectral properties of 198 newly identified active galactic nuclei (AGNs), leveraging archival data from the {\it Chandra} X-ray Observatory. All these AGNs exhibit a powerlaw spectral…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-10-08 Samrat Ghosh , Samir Mandal , Sudip Bhattacharyya , Shivam Kumaran

Broad H$\alpha$ and H$\beta$ emission lines (FWHM > 1,000 km s$^{-1}$) are incredibly efficient tracers of the high-velocity clouds encircling Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN). As a result, we search for these broad line AGN in the Sloan…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-06-13 James Negus , Julia M. Comerford , Francisco Müller Sánchez

(Abridged) We present STIS observations of 14 nearby low-luminosity active galactic nuclei, including 13 LINERs and 1 Seyfert, taken at multiple parallel slit positions centered on the galaxy nuclei and covering the H-alpha spectral region.…

We perform an HI stacking analysis to study the relation between HI content and optical/radio/IR properties of galaxies located in the Lockman Hole area. In the redshift range covered by the observations (up to z = 0.09), we use the SDSS to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 K. Geréb , R. Morganti , T. A. Oosterloo , G. Guglielmino , I. Prandoni

HI absorption studies yield information on both AGN feeding and feedback processes. This AGN activity interacts with the neutral gas in compact radio sources, which are believed to represent the young or recently re-triggered AGN…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-02-01 M. Glowacki , J. R. Allison , E. M. Sadler , V. A. Moss , S. J. Curran , A. Musaeva , C. Deng , R. Parry , M. C. Sligo

We present the Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) catalog from the fourth data release (HDR4) of the Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment Survey (HETDEX). HETDEX is an untargeted spectroscopic survey. HDR4 contains 345,874 Integral Field…