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We study the black hole mass $-$ host galaxy stellar mass relation, $M_{\rm{BH}}-M_{\ast}$, of a sample of $z<4$ optically-variable AGNs in the COSMOS field. The parent sample of 491 COSMOS AGNs were identified by optical variability from…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-07-10 Colin J. Burke , Yichen Liu , Charlotte A. Ward , Xin Liu , Priyamvada Natarajan , Jenny E. Greene

We used random forest algorithms to classify all objects in a large portion of the sky, using optical light curves obtained, or built from images provided, by the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF). We compare different selection sets based on…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-03-25 S. Bernal , P. Sánchez-Sáez , P. Arévalo , F. E. Bauer , P. Lira , B. Sotomayor

We investigate the relation between AGN and star formation (SF) activity at $0.5 < z < 3$ by analyzing 898 galaxies with X-ray luminous AGN ($L_X > 10^{44}$ erg s$^{-1}$) and a large comparison sample of $\sim 320,000$ galaxies without…

We present the results of a program of optical and near-infrared spectroscopic follow-up of candidate Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) selected in the mid-infrared. This survey selects both normal and obscured AGN closely matched in luminosity…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 M. Lacy , S. E. Ridgway , E. L. Gates , D. M. Nielsen , A. O. Petric , A. Sajina , T. Urrutia , S. Cox Drews , C. Harrison , N. Seymour , L. J. Storrie-Lombardi

We present a sample of twenty-one ROSAT bright active galactic nuclei (AGN), representing a range of spectral classes, and selected for follow-up snap-shot observations with XMM-Newton. The typical exposure was between 5-10 ks. The objects…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 L. C. Gallo , I. Lehmann , W. Pietsch , Th. Boller , W. Brinkmann , P. Friedrich , D. Grupe

The Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) survey of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) is providing an unprecedented view of local AGNs (<z> = 0.03) and their host galaxy properties. In this paper, we present an analysis of the optical spectra of a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 Lisa M. Winter , Karen T. Lewis , Michael Koss , Sylvain Veilleux , Brian Keeney , Richard F. Mushotzky

We investigate the use of optical variability to identify and study Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) in the GOODS-South field. A sample of 22 mid-infrared power law sources and 102 X-ray sources with optical counterparts in the HST ACS images…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Alison Klesman , Vicki Sarajedini

We present an updated and revised analysis of the relationship between the Hbeta broad-line region (BLR) radius and the luminosity of the active galactic nucleus (AGN). Specifically, we have carried out two-dimensional surface brightness…

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

Strong both broad and narrow emission lines from central broad emission line regions (BLRs) and narrow emission line regions (NLRs) are fundamental spectroscopic characteristics of broad line Active Galactic Nuclei (BLAGNs). Lack of central…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-06-24 Zhang XueGuang

The total infra-red (IR) luminosity (L_IR) can be used as a robust measure of a galaxy's star formation rate (SFR), even in the presence of an active galactic nucleus (AGN), or when optical emission lines are weak. Unfortunately, existing…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-11-11 Sara L. Ellison , Hossein Teimoorinia , David J. Rosario , J. Trevor Mendel

We have developed the "S_IX" statistic to identify bright, highly-likely Active Galactic Nucleus (AGN) candidates solely on the basis of WISE, 2MASS and Rosat all-sky survey data. This statistic was optimized with data from the preliminary…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-09-08 Rick Edelson , Matthew A. Malkan

Surveys above 10 keV represent one of the the best resources to provide an unbiased census of the population of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN). We present the results of 60 months of observation of the hard X-ray sky with Swift/BAT. In this…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 M. Ajello , D. M. Alexander , J. Greiner , G. M. Madejski , N. Gehrels , D. Burlon

Active galactic nuclei (AGNs) are well-known to exhibit flux variability across a wide range of wavelength regimes, but the precise origin of the variability at different wavelengths remains unclear. To investigate the relatively unexplored…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-24 James R. A. Davenport , John J. Ruan , Andrew C. Becker , Chelsea L. Macleod , Roc M. Cutri

Mid-IR colour selection techniques have proved to be very efficient in finding AGN. This is because the AGN heats the surrounding dust producing warm mid-IR colours. Using the WISE 3.6, 4.5 and 12 $\mu m$ colours, the largest sample of IR…

Based on a comparison of the SRG/eROSITA catalog of X-ray active stars and the Gaia catalog, a sample of 502 peculiar objects was obtained for which Gaia, on one hand, detects statistically significant values of parallax or proper motion…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-01-20 I. M. Khamitov , I. F. Bikmaev , M. R. Gilfanov , R. A. Sunyaev , P. S. Medvedev , M. A. Gorbachev , E. N. Irtuganov

From a parent catalog of 561 changing-look active galactic nuclei (CL-AGNs) identified by Guo et al. (2025), we investigate the evolutionary sequence of broad emission lines using a redshift-selected subset (0.35 < z < 0.45) of 54 CL-AGNs…

In this paper we study the properties of the optical spectra of Type 1 active galactic nuclei (AGNs) by using the unobscured hard X-ray emission as a diagnostic. We develop the `Correlation Spectrum Technique' (CST) and use this to show the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-04 C. Jin , M. Ward , C. Done

Our aim is to explore the nature of emission line galaxies by combining high-resolution observations obtained in different bands to understand which objects are powered by an Active Galactic Nucleus(AGN). From the spectroscopic Palomar…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 B. Balmaverde , A. Capetti

We present the first subarcsecond-resolution mid-infrared (MIR) atlas of local active galactic nuclei (AGN). Our atlas contains 253 AGN with a median redshift of z=0.016, and includes all publicly available MIR imaging performed to date…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-04-02 D. Asmus , S. F. Hönig , P. Gandhi , A. Smette , W. J. Duschl