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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 investigate the connection between X-ray and radio-loud AGNs and the physical properties of their evolved and massive host galaxies, focussing on the mass-related quenching channel followed by $\mathcal{M}^\star (\simeq 10^{10.6}…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-06-18 Thibaud Moutard , Nicola Malavasi , Marcin Sawicki , Stéphane Arnouts , Shruti Tripathi

In the framework of a systematic ALMA study of IR-selected main-sequence and starburst galaxies at z~1-1.7 at typical ~1" resolution, we report on the effects of mid-IR- and X-ray-detected active galactic nuclei (AGN) on the reservoirs and…

We use mid-infrared spectroscopy of unobscured active galactic nuclei (AGNs) to reveal their native dusty environments. We concentrate on Seyfert 1 galaxies, observing a sample of 31 with the Infrared Spectrograph aboard the Spitzer Space…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2010-01-15 G. D. Thompson , N. A. Levenson , S. A. Uddin , M. M. Sirocky

We present a multi-wavelength analysis of three candidate active galactic nuclei (AGNs) in low-mass galaxies in the Bo\"otes field with the aim of improving constraints on the occupation fraction of low-mass black holes (BHs). Galaxies with…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-02-20 Rujuta A. Purohit , Ryan C. Hickox , Grayson C. Petter

Only a small fraction of galactic nuclei in the nearby universe are luminous; most of them are currently dim. We investigate the feasibility of constraining the X-ray luminosity in the recent past (up to ~10^6 years ago) of the nucleus of a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 S. Sazonov , R. Sunyaev , C. Cramphorn

We present the observed-frame optical, near- and mid-infrared properties of X-ray selected AGN in the Lockman Hole. Using a likelihood ratio method on optical, near-infrared or mid-infrared catalogues, we assigned counterparts to 401 out of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 E. Rovilos , S. Fotopoulou , M. Salvato , V. Burwitz , E. Egami , G. Hasinger , G. Szokoly

Some of the most active galaxies in the Universe are obscured by large quantities of dust and emit a substantial fraction of their bolometric luminosity in the infrared. Observations of these infrared luminous galaxies with the Infrared…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Aprajita Verma , Vassilis Charmandaris , Ulrich Klaas , Dieter Lutz , Martin Haas

The maximum number density of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs), as deduced from X-ray studies, occurs at z<~1, with lower luminosity objects peaking at smaller redshifts. Optical studies lead to a different evolutionary behaviour, with a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 D. Trevese , F. Vagnetti , S. Puccetti , F. Fiore , M. Tomei , M. A. Bershady

We present a catalog of physical properties for galaxies hosting active galactic nuclei (AGN) detected by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE). By fitting broadband spectral energy distributions of sources in the WISE AGN Catalog…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-12-08 R. Scott Barrows , Julia M. Comerford , Daniel Stern , Roberto J. Assef

The unified model of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) proposes that different AGN optical spectral types are caused by different viewing angles with respect to an obscuring 'torus'. Therefore, this model predicts that type 1 and type 2 AGNs…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-06-12 Fan Zou , Guang Yang , William N. Brandt , Yongquan Xue

There is compelling evidence that AGNs are strongly influenced by their environment. Therefore, studying the AGN population of clusters is essential, as both large-scale structures and AGN play key roles in galaxy evolution, though the…

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 quantify the luminosity contribution of active galactic nuclei (AGN) to the 12 $\mu$m, mid-infrared (MIR; 5-38 $\mu$m), and the total IR (5-1000 $\mu$m) emission in the local AGN detected in the all-sky 70-month Swift/Burst Alert…

We present a multi wavelength analysis of 28 of the most luminous low-redshift narrow-line, ultra-hard X-ray selected active galactic nuclei (AGN) drawn from the 70 month Swift/BAT all-sky survey, with bolometric luminosities of…

We present the results of Hi line observations towards 26 Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN)-hosting and one star-forming dwarf galaxies (Mstar < 10^9.5 Msun) with the 19-beam spectral line receiver of FAST at 1.4 GHz. Our FAST observed targets…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-12-01 Hong-Ying Chen , Chao-Wei Tsai , Pei Zuo , Niankun Yu , Jialai Wang , Kai Zhang , Guodong Li , Yogesh Chandola , Zheng Zheng , Jingwen Wu , Di Li , Lulu Bao

Obscured active galactic nuclei (AGNs) are thought to be very common in the Universe. Observations and surveys have shown that the number of sources increases for near galaxies and at the low-luminosity regime (the so-called LLAGNs).…

We use mid-infrared spectral decomposition to separate the 6micron mid-infrared AGN continuum from the host emission in the ISO low resolution spectra of 71 active galaxies and compare the results to observed and intrinsic 2-10keV hard…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 D. Lutz , R. Maiolino , H. W. W. Spoon , A. F. M. Moorwood

We describe the effect of AGN light on host galaxy optical and UV-optical colours, as determined from X-ray-selected AGN host galaxies at z~1, and compare the AGN host galaxy colours to those of a control sample matched to the AGN sample in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 C. M. Pierce , J. M. Lotz , S. Salim , E. S. Laird , A. L. Coil , K. Bundy , C. N. A. Willmer , D. J. V. Rosario , J. R. Primack , S. M. Faber

Models invoking large populations of obscured AGN are known to provide good fits to the spectrum of the X-ray background and the observed soft and hard X-ray number counts. An important consequence of these models is that significant…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 K. F. Gunn , T. Shanks