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Accurately weigh the masses of SMBH in AGN is currently possible for only a small group of local and bright broad-line AGN through reverberation mapping (RM). Statistical demographic studies can be carried out considering the empirical…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-02-01 F. Ricci , F. La Franca , F. Onori , S. Bianchi

The active galactic nuclei X-ray luminosity function traces actively accreting supermassive black holes and is essential for the study of the properties of the active galactic nuclei (AGN) population, black hole evolution, and galaxy-black…

We investigate the local supermassive black hole (SMBH) density function and relative mass accretion rates of all active galactic nuclei (AGNs) identified in a volume-limited sample of infrared (IR) bright galaxies (L_IR > 3 x 10^9 L_sun)…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-18 Andy D. Goulding , David M. Alexander , Bret D. Lehmer , James R. Mullaney

We investigate the far-infrared (far-IR) incidence of X-ray-selected active galactic nuclei (AGN) and non-AGN galaxies as a function of stellar mass (M$_*$), star formation rate (SFR), and specific black hole accretion rate…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-08-27 G. Mountrichas , F. J. Carrera , I. Georgantopoulos , S. Mateos , A. Ruiz , A. Corral

We investigate the physical properties, such as star-forming activity, disk vs. bulge nature, galaxy size, and obscuration of 3796 X-ray selected AGNs at $0.2<z<0.8$ in the eFEDS field. Using Subaru Hyper Suprime-Cam imaging data in the…

Our objective is to critically assess the X-ray flux variability as a tool for measuring the black hole (BH) mass in active galactic nuclei (AGN). We aim to establish a prescription for estimating BH masses based on measurements of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-10-19 A. Akylas , I. Papadakis , A. Georgakakis

A supermassive black hole has been found at the centre of nearly every galaxy observed with sufficient sensitivity. The masses of these black holes are observed to increase with either the total mass or the mean (random) velocity of the…

RXJ 1301.9+2747 is an optically identified very low mass AGN candidate with M_BH~1x10^6M_sun, which shows extremely soft X-ray emission and unusual X-ray variability in the form of short-lived flares. We present an analysis of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-04-11 Xinwen Shu , Tinggui Wang , Ning Jiang , Junxian Wang , Luming Sun , Hongyan Zhou

With the aim of assessing the effects of bars on active galactic nuclei (AGN), we present an analysis of host characteristics and nuclear activity of AGN galaxies with and without bars selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Sol Alonso , Georgina Coldwell , Diego Garcia Lambas

We analyze the emission properties of a new sample of 3,579 type 1 AGN, selected from the SDSS DR7 based on the detection of broad H-alpha emission. The sample extends over a broad H-alpha luminosity L_bHa of 10^40 - 10^44 erg s^-1 and a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 Jonathan Stern , Ari Laor

The morphology of a galaxy reflects the mix of physical processes occurring within and around it, offering indirect clues to its formation and evolution. We apply both visual classification and computer vision to test the suspected…

The incidence and properties of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) in the field, groups, and clusters can provide new information about how these objects are triggered and fueled, similar to how these environments have been employed to study…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 Timothy J. Arnold , Paul Martini , John S. Mulchaey , Angela Berti , Tesla E. Jeltema

Based on the spectroscopic and shear catalogs for SDSS galaxies in the local Universe, we compare optically-selected active galactic nuclei (AGNs) with control star-forming and quiescent galaxies on galactic, inter-halo and larger scales.…

A fundamental role is attributed to supermassive black holes (SMBH), and the feedback they generate, in the evolution of galaxies. But theoretical models trying to reproduce the relation between the SMBH mass and stellar velocity dispersion…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-03-25 Thaisa Storchi-Bergmann

We present the two--point correlation function (2PCF) of narrow-line active galactic nuclei (AGN) selected within the First Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Using a sample of 13605 AGN in the redshift range 0.055 < z < 0.2, we…

There is mounting evidence that supermassive black holes form and grow in bulgeless galaxies. However, a robust determination of the fraction of AGNs in bulgeless galaxies, an important constraint to models of supermassive black hole seed…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-08-17 S. Satyapal , N. J. Secrest , B. Rothberg , J. O'Connor , S. L. Ellison , R. C. Hickox , A. Constantin , M. Gliozzi , J. L. Rosenberg

We assume that the gravitational instability of standard thin accretion disks leads to the Broad Line Regions (BLRs), the B band luminosity comes from standard thin disk and the motion of BLRs is virial. The central black hole masses, the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 W. Bian , Y. Zhao

The nearby dwarf galaxy POX 52 at $z = 0.021$ hosts an active galactic nucleus (AGN) with a black-hole (BH) mass of $M_{\rm BH} \sim 10^{5-6} M_\odot$ and an Eddington ratio of $\sim$ 0.1-1. This object provides the rare opportunity to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-11-01 Taiki Kawamuro , Claudio Ricci , Satoshi Yamada , Hirofumi Noda , Ruancun Li , Matthew J. Temple , Alessia Tortosa

We discuss the environment of local hard X-ray selected active galaxies, with reference to two independent group catalogues. We find that the fraction of these AGN in S0 host galaxies decreases strongly as a function of galaxy group size…