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We use the observational data in radio, optical and X-ray wavebands, for a sample of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) with measured black hole masses, to explore the origin of radio emission from nearby low-luminosity active galactic nuclei…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Qingwen Wu , Xinwu Cao

We quantify the presence of Active Galactic nuclei (AGN) in a mass-complete (M_* >5e10 M_sun) sample of 123 star-forming and quiescent galaxies at 1.5 < z < 2.5, using X-ray data from the 4 Ms Chandra Deep Field-South (CDF-S) survey.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Karen Pardos Olsen , Jesper Rasmussen , Sune Toft , Andrew W. Zirm

The detection of gamma rays from a small number of Narrow Line Seyfert 1 galaxies by the LAT instrument onboard Fermi seriously challenged our understanding of AGN physics. Among the most important findings associated with their discovery…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-04-08 E. Angelakis , L. Fuhrmann , I. Myserlis , I. Nestoras , V. Karamanavis , T. P. Krichbaum , J. A. Zensus , N. Marchili , L. Foschini , H. Ungerechts , A. Sievers

Active Galactic Nuclei are considered as possible sites of cosmic ray acceleration and some of them have been observed as high energy gamma ray emitters (Blazars). There naturally comes an appealing idea that the acceleration of the highest…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-03 G. Henri , G. Pelletier , P. O. Petrucci , N. Renaud

For nearly seven decades astronomers have been studying active galaxies, that is to say galaxies with actively accreting central supermassive black holes, AGN. A small fraction of these are characterized by luminous, powerful radio…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-05-12 J. F. Radcliffe , P. D. Barthel , M. A. Garrett , R. J. Beswick , A. P. Thomson , T. W. B. Muxlow

A sample of radio-loud active galactic nuclei (AGN) at 2cm is studied to test the isotropic distribution of radio sources in the sky and their uniform distribution in space. The sample is complete flux-density limits of 1.5Jy for positive…

Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-23 T. G. Arshakian , E. Ros , J. A. Zensus , M. L. Lister

The uncertainty surrounding the nature of the heating mechanism for the dust that emits at mid- to far-IR (MFIR) wavelengths in active galaxies limits our understanding of the links between active galactic nuclei (AGN) and galaxy evolution,…

A thorough study of radio emission in Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) is of fundamental importance to understand the physical mechanisms responsible for the emission and the interplay between accretion and ejection processes. High frequency…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-05-27 E. Chiaraluce , F. Panessa , G. Bruni , R. D. Baldi , E. Behar , F. Vagnetti , F. Tombesi , I. McHardy

Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) are believed to be one of the main source candidates for the high-energy (TeV-PeV) cosmic neutrino flux recently discovered by the IceCube neutrino observatory. Nevertheless, several correlation studies between…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-11-23 G. Maggi , S. Buitink , P. Correa , K. D. de Vries , G. Gentile , J. Leon Tavares , O. Scholten , N. van Eijndhoven , M. Vereecken , T. Winchen

Jetted Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) exhibit variability across a wide range of time scales. Traditionally, this variability can often be modeled well as a stochastic process. However, in certain cases, jetted AGN variability displays…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-03 P. Penil , A. Domínguez , S. Buson , M. Ajello , S. Adhikari , A. Rico

Before the launch of the Fermi satellite only two classes of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) were known to generate relativistic jets and thus to emit up to the gamma-ray energy range: blazars and radio galaxies, both hosted in giant…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 F. D'Ammando , M. Orienti , J. Finke , M. Giroletti , J. Larsson

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…

The discovery of bright gamma-ray emission coincident with supernova remnant (SNR) W51C is reported using the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on board the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. W51C is a middle-aged remnant (~10^4 yr) with intense…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-08-27 Fermi LAT collaboration

Star-forming galaxies produce gamma-rays primarily via pion production, resulting from inelastic collisions between cosmic ray protons and the interstellar medium (ISM). The dense ISM and high star formation rates of luminous and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-05-25 Rhiannon D. Griffin , Xinyu Dai , Todd A. Thompson

The Fermi-LAT telescope has measured the extragalactic gamma-ray background (EGB) generated by the ensemble of all extragalactic sources. The energy distribution of the EGB is well described as a power-law with a spectral index…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-09-09 Paolo Lipari

Star formation in galaxies is observed to be associated with gamma-ray emission. The detection of gamma rays from star-forming galaxies by the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) has allowed the determination of a functional relationship…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-08-07 Emma Storm , Tesla E. Jeltema , Stefano Profumo

Using photometric variability information from the new Gaia DR3 release, I show for the first time that photometric variability is inversely correlated with the prevalence of optical-radio position offsets in the active galactic nuclei…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-11-30 Nathan Secrest

Low-luminosity active galactic nuclei (LLAGNs) are generally believed to be powered by an inner radiatively inefficient, advection-dominated accretion flow (ADAF), an outer truncated thin disk, and a jet. Maoz (2007) recently challenged…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-20 Zhaolong Yu , Feng Yuan , Luis Ho

We report our identification of three gigaelectronvolt $\gamma$-ray sources, 4FGL J0502.6+0036, 4FGL J1055.9+6507, and 4FGL J1708.2+5519, as Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs). They are listed in the latest Fermi-LAT source catalog as…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-06-21 Shunhao Ji , Zhongxiang Wang , Qiangmeng Huang , Ruoheng Yang

Relativistic jets around supermassive black holes (SMBHs) are well-known powerful $\gamma$-ray emitters. In absence of the jets in radio-quiet active galactic nuclei (AGNs), how the SMBHs work in $\gamma$-ray bands is still unknown despite…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-06-25 Jun-Rong Liu , Jian-Min Wang , Fermi-LAT Collaboration