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We explore host galaxy properties and environment of a sample of Type 1 and 2 active galactic nuclei (AGN) taken from the COSMOS2015 catalog, within 0.3 $\leq z \leq$ 1.1 selected for their emission in X-rays, optical spectra and SED…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-07-11 Carlos Guillermo Bornancini , Diego García Lambas

Selection of active galactic nuclei (AGN) in the infrared allows the discovery of AGN whose optical emission is extinguished by dust. In this paper, we use the Spitzer Space Telescope First Look Survey (FLS) to assess what fraction of AGN…

Using self-consistent, physically motivated models, we investigate the X-ray obscuration in 19 Type 2 [OIII] 5007 \AA\ selected AGN, 9 of which are local Seyfert 2 galaxies and 10 of which are Type 2 quasar candidates. We derive reliable…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-19 Stephanie M. LaMassa , Tahir Yaqoob , Andrew F. Ptak , Jianjun Jia , Timothy M. Heckman , Poshak Gandhi , C. Meg Urry

We determine the intrinsic shapes and orientations of 27,450 type I and II active galactic nucleus (AGN) galaxies in the spectroscopic sample of the SDSS DR7, by studying the distribution of projected axis ratios of AGN hosts. Our aim is to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Claudia del P. Lagos , Nelson D. Padilla , Michael A. Strauss , Sofia A. Cora , Lei Hao

We investigated the gas obscuration and host galaxy properties of active galactic nuclei (AGN) during the peak of cosmic accretion growth of supermassive black holes (SMBHs) at redshift 0.8-1.8 using X-ray detected AGN with mid-infrared and…

Some Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) host outflows which have the potential to alter the host galaxy's evolution (AGN feedback). These outflows have been linked to enhanced radio emission. Here we investigate the connection between…

Based on large optical and mid-infrared (IR) surveys, we investigate the relation between nuclear activity in local Seyfert 2 galaxies and galaxy interactions using a statistical neighbour counting technique. At the same level of host…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 Li Shao , Cheng Li , Guinevere Kauffmann , Jing Wang

We provide a comprehensive census of the near-Infrared (NIR, 0.8-2.4 $\mu$m) spectroscopic properties of 102 nearby (z < 0.075) active galactic nuclei (AGN), selected in the hard X-ray band (14-195 keV) from the Swift-Burst Alert Telescope…

We use the sample of emission-line nuclei derived from a recently completed optical spectroscopic survey of nearby galaxies to quantify the incidence of local (z = 0) nuclear activity. Consistent with previous studies, we find detectable…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Luis C. Ho , Alexei V. Filippenko , Wallace L. W. Sargent

We investigate the star formation activity and black hole scaling relations in a sample of 1451 AGN hosted by dwarf galaxies at redshift 0.5 to 0.9, drawn from the VIPERS survey. The sample comprises Seyferts and LINERs identified through…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-10-01 G. Mountrichas , M. Siudek , F. J. Carrera

We present optical integral field spectroscopy for five $z<0.062$ narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies (NLS1s) host galaxies, probing their host galaxies at $\gtrsim 2-3$ kpc scales. Emission lines in the nuclear AGN spectra and the large-scale…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-11-22 J. Scharwächter , B. Husemann , G. Busch , S. Komossa , M. A. Dopita

We explore the kinematics of ionized gas via the [O III] $\lambda$5007 emission lines in active galactic nuclei (AGN) selected on the basis of their mid-infrared (IR) emission, and split into obscured and unobscured populations based on…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-04-11 M. A. DiPompeo , R. C. Hickox , C. M. Carroll , J. C. Runnoe , J. R. Mullaney , T. C. Fischer

In this paper we study the nuclear obscuration of galaxies hosting LINERs based on their X-ray and optical emission. They show column densities (N_H) at soft energies (0.5-2 keV) mostly related to the diffuse emission around the AGN,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-11-20 O. Gonzalez-Martin , J. Masegosa , I. Marquez , M. Guainazzi

We present the AKARI near-infrared (NIR; 2.5-5 micron) spectroscopic study of 36 (ultra)luminous infrared galaxies [(U)LIRGs] at z=0.01-0.4. We measure the NIR spectral features including the strengths of 3.3 micron polycyclic aromatic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Jong Chul Lee , Ho Seong Hwang , Myung Gyoon Lee , Minjin Kim , Joon Hyeop Lee

At low Eddington ratio (mdot), two effects make it harder to detect AGN given some selection criteria. First, even with fixed accretion physics, AGN are diluted/less luminous relative to their hosts; the magnitude of this depends on host…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-13 Philip F. Hopkins , Ryan Hickox , Eliot Quataert , Lars Hernquist

We present the emission properties of a sample of 3,579 type 1 AGN, selected based on the detection of broad H-alpha emission. The sample covers the range of black hole mass 10^6<M_BH/M_Sun<10^9.5 and luminosity in Eddington units 10^-3 <…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-03-23 Jonathan Stern , Ari Laor

We investigate the multi-wavelength properties of host galaxies of 3701 X-ray-selected active galactic nuclei (AGNs) out to z~5 in the Chandra-COSMOS Legacy Survey. Thanks to the extensive multi-wavelength photometry available in the COSMOS…

Many X-ray bright active galactic nuclei (AGN) are predicted to follow an extended stage of obscured black hole growth. In support of this picture we examine the X-ray undetected AGNs in the COSMOS field and compare their host galaxies with…

We present an X-ray stacking analysis of $\sim$75,000 star-forming galaxies between $0.1<z<5.0$ using the Chandra COSMOS Legacy survey to study the X-ray emission of low-luminosity active galactic nuclei (AGN) and its connection to host…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-09-26 Francesca M. Fornasini , Francesca Civano , Giuseppina Fabbiano , Martin Elvis , Stefano Marchesi , Takamitsu Miyaji , Andreas Zezas

The role of galaxy mergers in fueling active galactic nuclei (AGN) is still debated, owing partly to selection effects inherent to studies of the merger/AGN connection. In particular, luminous AGN are often heavily obscured in late-stage…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-07-23 Laura Blecha , Gregory F. Snyder , Shobita Satyapal , Sara L. Ellison