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The impact of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) on star formation has implications for our understanding of the relationships between supermassive black holes and their galaxies, as well as for the growth of galaxies over the history of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-04-24 David J. Rosario , Aditya Togi , Leonard Burtscher , Ric Davies , Taro Shimizu , Dieter Lutz

We present a new model to explain the appearance of red/blue-shifted broad low-ionization emission lines, especially emission lines in optical band, which is commonly considered as an indicator of radial motion of the line emitting gas in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Xue-GUang Zhang , Deborah Dultzin , Ting-Gui Wang , Guinevere Kaufmann

We show that individual (single-epoch) spectra of AGN can constrain some of the geometry and dynamics of the AGN broad line region. Studies of the cosmic influence of supermassive black holes are limited by the current large uncertainties…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-08-21 S. I. Raimundo , A. Pancoast , M. Vestergaard , M. R. Goad , A. J. Barth

We present an analysis of the optical nuclear spectra from the active galactic nuclei (AGN) in a sample of low surface brightness (LSB) galaxies. Using data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), we derived the virial black hole (BH)…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-12-02 Smitha Subramanian , Ramya. S , Mousumi Das , Koshy George , Sivarani. T , Tushar Prabhu

Accreting supermassive black holes at the centres of galaxies are the engine of active galactic nuclei (AGN). X-ray light curves of unabsorbed AGN show dramatic random variability on timescales ranging from seconds to years. The power…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-29 Mehdy Lefkir , Simon Vaughan , Mike Goad , Daniela Huppenkothen , Phil Uttley

The perfect case for time-domain investigations are active galactic nuclei (AGNs) since they are luminous objects that show strong variability. Key result from the studies of AGNs variability is the estimated mass of a supermassive black…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-05-05 D. Ilic , A. Kovacevic , L. C. Popovic

We investigate the local supermassive black hole (SMBH) density function and relative mass accretion rates of all active galactic nuclei (AGNs) identified in a volume-limited sample of infrared (IR) bright galaxies (L_IR > 3 x 10^9 L_sun)…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-18 Andy D. Goulding , David M. Alexander , Bret D. Lehmer , James R. Mullaney

We present a detailed study of the optical spectroscopic properties of 12 active galactic nuclei (AGNs) with candidate low-mass black holes (BHs) selected by Kamizasa et al. through rapid X-ray variability. The high-quality, echellette…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-04-20 Luis Ho , Minjin Kim

Accretion disks around stellar-mass black holes offer unique opportunities to study the fundamental physics of standard thin disks, super-Eddington disks, and structure that may be connected to flux variability. These local analogues of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-03-12 J. M. Miller , D. Barret , E. Cackett , M. Diaz Trigo , C. Done , E. Gallo , J. Kaastra , C. Motch , C. Pinto , G. Ponti , N. Webb , A. Zoghbi

Active galactic nuclei (AGN) produce the highest intrinsic luminosities in the Universe from within a compact region. The central engine is thought to be powered by accretion onto a supermassive black hole. A fraction of this huge release…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-05-07 Beatriz Agís González , Damien Hutsemékers , Giovanni Miniutti

We report on the analysis of the photometric and spectroscopic properties of a sample of 29 low redshift (z<0.6) QSOs for which both HST WFPC2 images and ultraviolet HST FOS spectra are available. For each object we measure the R band…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Marzia Labita , Aldo Treves , Renato Falomo , Michela Uslenghi

We present a sample of 22 massive galaxies with stellar masses $>10^{10} M_{\odot}$ at $3<z<4$ with deep H and K-band high resolution spectra (R=3500-3000) from Keck/MOSFIRE and VLT/KMOS near-infrared spectrographs. We find a large fraction…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-05-24 M. Martínez-Marín , K. Glazebrook , T. Nanayakkara , C. Jacobs , I. Labbé , G. G. Kacprzak , C. Papovich , C. Schreiber

We present new Keck/MOSFIRE K-band spectroscopy for a sample of 14 faint, X-ray-selected active galactic nuclei (AGNs) in the COSMOS field. The data cover the spectral region surrounding the broad Balmer emission lines, which enables the…

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

We explore the relation between the linear length of radio core and the central black hole mass for a sample of radio-loud active galactic nuclei (AGNs). An empirical relation between the size of the broad line region (BLR) and optical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Xinwu Cao , D. R. Jiang

The large-scale environments of active galactic nuclei (AGN) reveal important information on the growth and evolution of supermassive black holes (SMBHs). Previous AGN clustering measurements using 2-point correlation functions have hinted…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-09-03 A. Mhatre , M. C. Powell , S. Yuan , S. W. Allen , T. Caglar , M. Koss , I. del Moral-Castro , K. Oh , A. Peca , C. Ricci , F. Ricci , A. Rojas , M. Signorini

Data from the AEGIS, COSMOS and ECDFS surveys are combined to infer the bias and dark matter halo mass of moderate luminosity [LX(2-10 keV) = 42.9 erg s-1] X-ray AGN at z~1 via their cross-correlation function with galaxies. In contrast to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 G. Mountrichas , A. Georgakakis , A. Finoguenov , G. Erfanianfar , M. C. Cooper , A. L. Coil , E. S. Laird , K. Nandra , J. A. Newman

We report on continued, $\sim$15 year-long, broad Balmer emission lines in three metal-poor dwarf emission-line galaxies selected from Sloan Digital Sky Survey spectroscopy. The persistent luminosity of the broad Balmer emission indicates…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-07-16 Colin J. Burke , Xin Liu , Yu-Ching Chen , Yue Shen , Hengxiao Guo

We present our statistical study of near infrared (NIR) variability of X-ray selected Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) in the COSMOS field, using UltraVISTA data. This is the largest sample of AGN light curves in YJHKs bands, making possible to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-11-15 P. Sánchez , P. Lira , R. Cartier , V. Pérez , N. Miranda , C. Yovaniniz , P. Arévalo , B. Milvang-Jensen , J. Fynbo , J. Dunlop , P. Coppi , S. Marchesi
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