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We revisit the dependence of covering factor (CF) of dust torus on physical properties of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) by taking into account an AGN polar dust emission. The CF is converted from a ratio of infrared (IR) luminosity…

We have derived the dust emissivity in the Far-Infrared (FIR) using data available in the literature. We use two wavelength dependences derived from spectra of Galactic FIR emission (Reach et al. 1995). A value for the emissivity,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Simone Bianchi , Jonathan I. Davies , Paul B. Alton

Spectroscopic observations of quasar outflows at rest-frame 500-1000 Angstrom have immense diagnostic power. We present analyses of such data, where absorption troughs from three important ions are measured: first, O IV and O IV* that allow…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Nahum Arav , Benoit Borguet , Carter Chamberlain , Doug Edmonds , Charles Danforth

There is a maximum for the gravity of a black hole in the vertical direction in the accretion disc. Outflows may probably be driven from the disc if the radiation flux of the disc is greater than a critical value corresponding to the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-23 Xinwu Cao , Wei-Min Gu

We conducted a survey of quasar outflows using the VLT/X-shooter spectrograph. When choosing the 14 BAL and mini-BALs comprising this sample, the data did not cover the S IV and S IV* troughs, whose ratio can be used to determine the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-05-14 Xinfeng Xu , Nahum Arav , Timothy Miller , Chris Benn

Outflows in quasars during the early epochs of galaxy evolution are an important part of the feedback mechanisms potentially affecting the evolution of the host galaxy. However, systematic observations of outflows are only now becoming…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-10-23 F. Stanley , J. B. Jolly , S. König , K. K. Knudsen

The quasar mode of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) in the high-redshift Universe is routinely observed in gas-rich galaxies together with large-scale AGN-driven winds. It is crucial to understand how photons emitted by the central AGN source…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-09-28 Rebekka Bieri , Yohan Dubois , Joakim Rosdahl , Alexander Y. Wagner , Joseph Silk , Gary A. Mamon

A possible source of $\gamma$-ray photons observed from the jets of blazars is inverse Compton scattering by relativistic electrons of infrared seed photons from a hot, dusty torus in the nucleus. We use observations from the Spitzer Space…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-27 Michael Malmrose , Alan Marscher , Svetlana Jorstad , Robert Nikutta , Moshe Elitzur

We studied dust reddening and [O II] emission in 1730 Mg II associated absorption systems (AAS; relative velocity with respect to QSOs, < 3000 km/s; in units of velocity of light, \b{eta}, < 0.01) with 0.4 < z_abs < 2 in the SDSS DR7,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-22 Pushpa Khare , Daniel Vanden Berk , Hadi Rahmani , Donald G. York

A recent paper (King, 2024) suggested that emission from the central supermassive black holes in high-redshift galaxies must be tightly collimated by the effects of partly expelling a super-Eddington mass supply. I show here that this idea…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-10-23 Andrew King

We present mid-infrared spectra and photometry of thirteen redshift 0.4<z<1 dust-reddened quasars obtained with Spitzer IRS and MIPS. We compare properties derived from their infrared spectral energy distributions (intrinsic AGN luminosity…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-09-27 Tanya Urrutia , Mark Lacy , Henrik Spoon , Eilat Glikman , Andreea Petric , Bernhard Schulz

Quasars accretion models predict a broad range of optical and ultraviolet properties that depend primarily on black hole mass and accretion rate. Yet, most optically selected luminous quasars display strikingly similar continuum spectra. We…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-28 G. Risaliti , B. Trefoloni , M. Salvati

The aim of this paper is to test the basic model of negative AGN feedback. According to this model, once the central black hole accretes at the Eddington limit and reaches a certain critical mass, AGN driven outflows blow out gas,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-01-13 B. Balmaverde , A. Marconi , M. Brusa , S. Carniani , G. Cresci , E. Lusso , R. Maiolino , F. Mannucci , T. Nagao

Past observations of QSO host galaxies at z >6 have found cold gas and star formation on compact scales of a few kiloparsecs. We present new high sensitivity IRAM PdBI follow-up observations of the [CII] 158micron emission line and FIR…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-01-21 C. Cicone , R. Maiolino , S. Gallerani , R. Neri , A. Ferrara , E. Sturm , F. Fiore , E. Piconcelli , C. Feruglio

Energetic outflows appear to occur in conjunction with active mass accretion onto supermassive black holes. These outflows are most readily observed in the approximately 10% of quasars with broad absorption lines, where the observer's line…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 S. C. Gallagher , W. N. Brandt , G. Chartas , G. P. Garmire , R. M. Sambruna

We present results from a comprehensive study of ultrafast outflows (UFOs) detected in a sample of fourteen quasars, twelve of which are gravitationally lensed, in a redshift range of 1.41-3.91, near the peak of the AGN and star formation…

Quasars, powered by accretion onto supermassive black holes (SMBHs), exhibit significant variability, offering insights into the physics of accretion and the properties of the central engines. In this study, we analyze photometric…

James Webb Space Telescope opens a new window to directly probe luminous quasars powered by billion solar mass black holes in the epoch of reionization and their co-evolution with massive galaxies with unprecedented details. In this paper,…

The prevalence and properties of kiloparsec-scale outflows in nearby Type 1 quasars have been the subject of little previous attention. This work presents Gemini integral field spectroscopy of ten Type 1 radio-quiet quasars at $z<0.3$. The…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-11-29 David Rupke , Kayhan Gültekin , Sylvain Veilleux

This paper presents new optical and near-UV spectra of 11 extremely powerful jetted quasars, with radio to optical flux density ratio $>$ 10$^3$, that concomitantly cover the low-ionization emission of \mgii\ and \hb\ as well as the \feii\…