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We examine whether the spectral energy distribution of optical continuum emission of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) changes during flux variation, based on accurate and frequent monitoring observations of 11 nearby Seyfert galaxies and QSOs…

In this work we analyzed X-ray light curves of active galactic nucleus NGC 4051 obtained using Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer of Chandra satellite. Taking into account mainly flaring behaviour of AGNs we have used wavelet analysis for…

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Time variability is a strong probe of energetic phenomena which occur at small spatial scales, like Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN). We use ALMA observations at 100 GHz executed over a period of 2.5 months to look for time variability in the…

We present an analysis of the long-term optical variability for $\sim50,000$ nearby (z<0.055) galaxies from the NASA-Sloan Atlas, $35,000$ of which are low-mass ($M_{\ast}<10^{10}~M_{\odot}$). We use difference imaging of Palomar Transient…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-06-17 Vivienne F. Baldassare , Marla Geha , Jenny Greene

Number of monitoring observations of continuum emission from Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs) have been made in optical--X-ray bands. The results obtained so far show (i) random up and down on timescales longer than decades, (ii) no typical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 T. Kawaguchi , S. Mineshige

We constrain the behavior of the radio luminosity function (RLF) of two classes of active galactic nuclei (AGN) namely AGN of low radio power (LRP) and BL Lac objects. The extrapolation of the observed steep RLFs to low power predicts a…

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A search of large, HI-rich disk galaxies finds a significantly higher fraction of low luminosity AGN signatures compared to other late-type galaxies. Approximately half of the galaxies selected in this sample have AGN-like behavior in their…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 James Schombert

The spectra of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs) are often characterized by a wealth of emission lines with different profiles and intensity ratios that led to a complicated classification. Their electro-magnetic radiation spans more than 10…

We combine emission line and X-ray luminosities for 45 sources from the Chandra Deep Field South (CDF-S), and seven HELLAS sources, to obtain a new sample of 52 X-ray selected type-II active galactic nuclei (AGNs). Eighteen of our sources…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Hagai Netzer , V. Mainieri , P. Rosati , Benny Trakhtenbrot

We develop a simple method to search for changing-look (CL) active galactic nucleus (AGN) candidates, and conduct a test run. In this method, optical variations of AGNs are monitored and CL-AGNs may appear to have a pattern of being bluer…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-12-18 Li-tao Zhu , Zhongxiang Wang , P. U. Devanand , Alok C. Gupta , Karan Dogra , Jie Li , Ju-Jia Zhang , Shun-hao Ji , Si-si Sun

The formation channels of the gravitational-wave (GW) sources detected by LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA (LVK) remain poorly constrained. Active galactic nucleus (AGN) has been proposed as one of the potential hosts, but the fraction of GW events…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-12 Liang-Gui Zhu , Xian Chen

The photoionization model of narrow-line regions (NLRs) in active galactic nuclei (AGNs) has been investigated for decades. Many published models are restricted to simple linear scaling abundance relations, dust-free assumption, uniform AGN…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-05-23 Peixin Zhu , Lisa J. Kewley , Ralph S. Sutherland

We report a serendipitous discovery of six very low-luminosity active galactic nuclei (AGNs) only by optical variability in one-month baseline. The detected flux variability is ~ 1-5% of the total luminosity of host galaxies. Careful…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Tomonori Totani , Takahiro Sumi , George Kosugi , Naoki Yasuda , Mamoru Doi , Takeshi Oda

We are conducting an archival Swift program to measure multiwavelength variability in active galactic nuclei (AGN). This variability information will provide constraints on the geometry, physical conditions and processes of the structures…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-21 Jonathan Gelbord , Caryl Gronwall , Dirk Grupe , Dan Vanden Berk , Jian Wu

Links between the properties of radio-loud active galactic nuclei (RLAGNs) and the morphology of their hosts may provide important clues for our understanding of how RLAGNs are triggered. In this work, focusing on passive galaxies, we study…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-09-21 X. C. Zheng , H. J. A. Röttgering , A. van der Wel , K. Duncan

The unified model of active galactic nuclei (AGN) includes a toroidal obscuring structure to explain the differences between Type I and Type II AGN as an effect of inclination angle. This toroidal structure is thought to be 'clumpy' as the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-01-19 Isaiah Cox , Nuria Torres-Alba , Stefano Marchesi , Xiurui Zhao , Marco Ajello , Andrealuna Pizzetti , Ross Silver

We present a systematic investigation of extremely X-ray variable active galactic nuclei (AGNs) in the $\approx 5.3~{\rm deg}^2$ XMM-SERVS XMM-LSS region. Eight variable AGNs are identified with rest-frame 2 keV flux density variability…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-03-03 Zijian Zhang , Bin Luo , Linhua Jiang , W. N. Brandt , Jian Huang , Qingling Ni

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

Changing look active-galatic-nuclei (CL AGNs) can yield considerable insight into accretion physics as well as the co-evolution of black holes and their host galaxies. A large sample of these CL AGNs is essential to achieve the latter goal.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-02-05 Zhenfeng Sheng , Tinggui Wang , Ning Jiang , Jiani Ding , Zheng Cai , Hengxiao Guo , Luming Sun , Liming Dou , Chenwei Yang