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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

We present a spectroscopic sample of 23 broad-line AGNs (BLAGNs) at $3\lesssim z\lesssim 6$ selected using F322W2+F444W NIRCam/WFSS grism spectroscopy of the central 100 ${\rm arcmin^2}$ area of the NEXUS survey. Among these BLAGNs, 15 are…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-05-28 Ming-Yang Zhuang , Junyao Li , Yue Shen , Xiaojing Lin , Alice E. Shapley , Feige Wang , Qiaoya Wu , Qian Yang

This is the first paper in a dedicated series to study the properties of the optically selected BLR-less AGNs (Active Galactic Nuclei with no-hidden central broad emission line regions). We carried out a systematic search for the BLR-less…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-17 Xue Guang Zhang

Although the super-massive (AGN) and stellar mass (XRBs) black holes have many properties in common, the broad emission lines (BELs) are exclusively signatures of the AGN. Based on the detection of these lines from SDSS data bases, there…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Susmita Chakravorty , Martin Elvis , Gary Ferland

JWST has uncovered a substantial population of high-$z$ ($z \gtrsim 4$) galaxies exhibiting broad H$\alpha$ emission line with a Full Width at Half Maximum exceeding 1,000 km/s. This population consists of a well-known subset called Little…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-11-14 Mitsuru Kokubo , Yuichi Harikane

We present ultradeep optical spectroscopy obtained with FORS2 on VLT of seven Lyman-break galaxy (LBG) candidates at z>6.5 selected in the GOODS-S field from Hawk-I/VLT and WFC3/HST imaging. For one galaxy we detect a low significance…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 A. Fontana , E. Vanzella , L. Pentericci , M. Castellano , M. Giavalisco , A. Grazian , K. Boutsia , S. Cristiani , M. Dickinson , E. Giallongo , M. Maiolino , A. Moorwood , P. Santini

Using the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) data release 4 (DR 4), we investigate the spatial distribution of low and high surface brightness galaxies (LSBGs and HSBGs, respectively). In particular, we focus our attention on the influence of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Gaspar Galaz , Rodrigo Herrera-Camus , Diego Garcia-Lambas , Nelson Padilla

Recent observations have revealed an interesting active galactic nuclei (AGN) subclass that shows strong activity at large scales ($\sim1$ kpc) but weaker at small scales ($<10$ pc), suggesting a strong change in the mass accretion rate of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-10-26 J. Pflugradt , K. Ichikawa , M. Akiyama , M. Kokubo , B. Vijarnwannaluk , H. Noda , X. Chen

We examine the properties of the host galaxies of 22,623 narrow-line AGN with 0.02<z<0.3 selected from a complete sample of 122,808 galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. We focus on the luminosity of the [OIII]$\lambda$5007 emission…

We present an X-ray and optical analysis of a 2-8 keV flux limited (fx > 10e-14 erg s^-1 cm^-2) sample of 126 AGN detected in 16 Chandra fields. This work represents a small though significant subset of the Chandra Multiwavelength Project…

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 present medium resolution optical spectroscopy of a sample of nine Low Surface Brightness (LSB) galaxies. For those that show clear signatures of AGN emission, we have disentangled the AGN component from stellar light and any Fe I and Fe…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 S. Ramya , T. P. Prabhu , M. Das

We investigate spatially-resolved emission-line ratios in a sample of 219 galaxies ($0.6<z<1.3$) detected using the G102 grism on the \emph{Hubble Space Telescope} Wide Field Camera 3, taken as part of the CANDELS Ly$\alpha$ Emission at…

In this paper, we present a semi-empirical calibration between the oxygen abundance and the $N2$ emission-line ratio for Low Ionization Nuclear Emission Regions (LINERs). This relation was derived by comparing the optical spectroscopic data…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-11-05 C. B. Oliveira , O. L. Dors , I. A. Zinchenko , M. V. Cardaci , G. F. Hägele , I. N. Morais , P. C. Santos , G. C. Almeida

We systematically determine the electron density and electron temperature of active galaxies and star-forming galaxies using spectroscopy from the SDSS DR7, while mainly focusing on the NLRs. Density and temperature are determined through…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-02-18 Zhitai Zhang , Yanchun Liang , François Hammer

This study aims to explore the relation between dwarf galaxies ($M_* \leq 5\times10^9 M_\odot$) with AGNs and their environment by comparing neighbourhood parameters of AGN and non-AGN samples. Using the NASA-Sloan Atlas, both the local…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-06-16 Mikkel T. Kristensen , Kevin Pimbblet , Samantha Penny

We present an estimate of the space density of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) at z=3. Combining deep X-ray data with Lyman Break Galaxy (LBG) colour-selection in the rest-frame UV makes for highly efficient identification of AGN in a narrow…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 K. Nandra , E. S. Laird , C. C. Steidel

We investigate the global neutral hydrogen (HI) content of isolated galaxies selected from the SDSS spectroscopic survey with optical evidence of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN). Our sample includes galaxies with unresolved HI observations…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-07-18 Jeremy D. Bradford , Marla C. Geha , Jenny E. Greene , Amy E. Reines , Claire M. Dickey

We present the 9 and 18 micron luminosity functions (LFs) of galaxies at 0.006 < z < 0.8 (with an average redshift of ~ 0.04) using the AKARI mid-infrared all-sky survey catalog. We selected 243 galaxies at 9 micron and 255 galaxies at 18…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Yoshiki Toba , Shinki Oyabu , Hideo Matsuhara , Matthew A. Malkan , Daisuke Ishihara , Takehiko Wada , Youichi Ohyama , Satoshi Takita , Chisato Yamauchi