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An integral part of the Unified Model for Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs) is an axisymmetric obscuring medium, which is commonly depicted as a torus of gas and dust surrounding the central engine. However, a robust, dynamical model of the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 S. K. Keating , J. E. Everett , S. C. Gallagher , R. P. Deo

Since the discovery of active galactic nuclei (AGN) and their subclasses, a unification scheme of AGN has been long sought. Orientation-based unified models predict that some of the diversity within AGN subclasses can be explained by the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-01-08 Suk Yee Yong , Rachel L. Webster , Anthea L. King , Nicholas F. Bate , Kathleen Labrie , Matthew J. O'Dowd

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…

The NASA/ISO Key Project on active galactic nuclei (AGN) seeks to better understand the broad-band spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of these sources from radio to X-rays, with particular emphasis on infrared properties. The ISO sample…

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

The unification of active galactic nuclei (AGN) is a model that has been difficult to test due to the lack of knowledge on the intrinsic luminosities of the objects. We present a test were we probe the model by statistical investigation of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-11-05 Beatriz Villarroel , Andreas Korn , Yoshiki Matsuoka

We cross-correlate the largest available Mid-Infrared (WISE), X-ray (3XMM) and Radio (FIRST+NVSS) catalogues to define the MIXR sample of AGN and star-forming galaxies. We pre-classify the sources based on their positions on the WISE…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-08-01 B. Mingo , M. G. Watson , S. R. Rosen , M. J. Hardcastle , A. Ruiz , A. Blain , F. J. Carrera , S. Mateos , F. X. Pineau , G. C. Stewart

We utilized the Edelson and Malkan (2012) and Stern et al. (2012) selection techniques and other methods to identify AGN candidates that were monitored during the Kepler prime and K2 missions. Subsequent to those observations, we obtained…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-05-06 Tran Tsan , Matthew Malkan , Rick Edelson , Krista Smith , Daniel Stern , Matthew Graham

We present Chandra ACIS-S X-ray imaging spectroscopy for five dual active galactic nucleus (AGN) candidates. Our targets were drawn from a sample of 1286 [O III]-selected AGN pairs systematically selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-09-25 Meicun Hou , Xin Liu , Hengxiao Guo , Zhiyuan Li , Yue Shen , Paul J. Green

In this work, we use 8 years of deep near-infrared imaging to select and study a new set of 601 active galaxies identified through long-term near-infrared (NIR) variability in the UKIDSS Ultra Deep Survey (UDS). These objects are compared…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-05-24 K. Green , E. Elmer , D. T. Maltby , O. Almaini , M. Merrifield , W. G. Hartley

We searched the Northern Hemisphere Fields of the GALEX Time-Domain Survey (TDS) for galaxies with UV variability indicative of active galactic nuclei (AGNs). We identified 48 high-probability candidate AGNs from a parent sample of 1819…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-05-31 Erik J. Wasleske , Vivienne F. Baldassare , Christopher M. Carroll

In order to answer some of the major open questions in the fields of supermassive black hole (SMBH) and galaxy evolution, a complete census of SMBH growth, i.e., active galactic nuclei (AGN), is required. Thanks to deep all-sky surveys,…

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 the results of a systematic, broadband X-ray spectral analysis of nearby active galactic nuclei (AGNs) with the X-ray clumpy torus model (XCLUMPY; Tanimoto et al. 2019). By adding 16 AGNs newly analyzed in this paper, we study…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-01-20 Shoji Ogawa , Yoshihiro Ueda , Atsushi Tanimoto , Satoshi Yamada

The application of multi-wavelength selection techniques is crucial for discovering a complete and unbiased set of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs). Here, we select a sample of 72 AGN candidates in the Extended Groth Strip (EGS) using deep…

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…

According to the unified model of active galactic nuclei (AGNs), a putative dusty torus plays an important role in determining their external appearance. However, very limited information is known about the physical properties of the torus.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-08-08 Ming-Yang Zhuang , Luis C. Ho , Jinyi Shangguan

We aim to study the effect of environment on the presence and fuelling of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) in massive galaxy clusters. We explore the use of different AGN detection techniques with the goal of selecting AGN across a broad range…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-05 Alison J. Klesman , Vicki L. Sarajedini

We combine data from two all-sky surveys in order to study the connection between the infrared and hard X-ray (>10keV) properties for local active galactic nuclei (AGN). The Swift/Burst Alert Telescope all-sky survey provides an unbiased,…

The WISE satellite surveyed the entire sky multiple times in four infrared (IR) wavelengths ($3.4,\ 4.6,\ 12,$ and $22\, \mu$m, Wright et al. 2010). This all-sky IR photometric survey makes it possible to leverage many of the large publicly…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-10-17 S. E. Lake , E. L. Wright , R. J. Assef , T. H. Jarrett , S. Petty , S. A. Stanford , D. Stern , C. -W. Tsai