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We report the analysis of simultaneous XMM-Newton+NuSTAR observations of two low-luminosity Active Galactic Nuclei (LLAGN), NGC 3998 and NGC 4579. We do not detect any significant variability in either source over the ~3 day length of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-01-16 George Younes , Andrew Ptak , Luis C. Ho , Fu-Guo Xie , Yuichi Terasima , Feng Yuan , Daniela Huppenkothen , Mihoko Yukita

Recent active galactic nucleus (AGN) and quasar surveys have revealed a population showing rapid AGN luminosity variability by a factor of $\sim10$. Here we present the most drastic AGN luminosity decline by a factor of $\gtrsim 10^{3}$…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-10-02 Kohei Ichikawa , Taiki Kawamuro , Megumi Shidatsu , Claudio Ricci , Hyun-Jin Bae , Kenta Matsuoka , Jaejin Shin , Yoshiki Toba , Junko Ueda , Yoshihiro Ueda

Above $\sim$3 keV, the X-ray spectrum of the active galactic nuclei (AGN) is characterized by the intrinsic continuum and compton reflection features. For type-1 AGN, several regions could contribute to the reflection. In order to…

3C 223 is a radio loud, Type 2 quasar at $z=0.1365$ with an intriguing XMM-Newton spectrum that implicated it as a rare, Compton-thick ($N_{\rm H} \gtrsim 1.25 \times 10^{24}$ cm$^{-2}$) active galactic nucleus (AGN). We obtained…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-01 Stephanie M. LaMassa , Tahir Yaqoob , Panayiotis Tzanavaris , Poshak Gandhi , Timothy Heckman , George Lansbury , Aneta Siemiginowska

We present the first results from a JWST program studying the role played by powerful radio jets in the evolution of the most massive galaxies at the onset of Cosmic Noon. Using NIRSpec integral field spectroscopy, we detect 24 rest-frame…

The connection between the accretion process that powers AGN and the formation of jets is still poorly understood. Here we tackle this issue using new, deep \chandra and \xmm observations of the cores of three powerful radio loud quasars:…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 R. M. Sambruna , M. Gliozzi , F. Tavecchio , L. Maraschi , L. Foschini

We present the results of the analysis of an archival 15 ks XMM-Newton observation of the nearby (z=0.057) radio-loud source 3C445, optically classified as a Broad-Line Radio Galaxy. While the RGS data are of insufficient quality to allow a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 R. M. Sambruna , J. N. Reeves , V. Braito

Chandra X-ray observations of the high redshift (z =1.532) radio-loud quasar 3C270.1 in 2008 February show the nucleus to have a power-law spectrum, Gamma = 1.66 +/- 0.08, typical of a radio-loud quasar, and a marginally-detected Fe Kalpha…

The reflection hump is a prominent feature in the hard X-ray spectrum of active galactic nuclei (AGN). Its exact shape and its correlation to other quantities provide valuable information about the inner and outer regions of an AGN. Our…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-09-22 Christos Panagiotou , Roland Walter

This letter presents a revised radiative transfer model for the infrared (IR) emission of active galactic nuclei (AGN). While current models assume that the IR is emitted from a dusty torus in the equatorial plane of the AGN, spatially…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-04-05 Sebastian F. Hönig , Makoto Kishimoto

We report on the results of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) detection by NuSTAR performed in three extragalactic survey fields (COSMOS, UDS, ECDFS) in three hard bands, namely H1 (8-16 keV), H2 (16-24 keV) and VH (35-55 keV). The aggregated…

Aims. The high energy spectrum of 3C 273 is usually understood in terms of inverse-Compton emission in a relativistic leptonic jet. This model predicts variability patterns and delays that could be tested with simultaneous observations from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-04-22 V. Esposito , R. Walter , P. Jean , A. Tramacere , M. Türler , A. Lähteenmäki , M. Tornikoski

We revisit the average hard X-ray spectrum from the AGN of Centaurus A (Cen A) using ten years worth of observations with INTEGRAL SPI. This source has the highest flux observed from any AGN in the SPI bandpass (23 keV--8 MeV). The 10 year…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-19 Mark J. Burke , Elisabeth Jourdain , Jean-Pierre Roques , Daniel A. Evans

We present the analysis of the first NuSTAR observations ($\sim 220$ ks), simultaneous with the last SUZAKU observations ($\sim 50$ ks), of the active galactic nucleus of the bright Seyfert 1 galaxy Mrk 509. The time-averaged spectrum in…

We present the results obtained from timing and spectral studies of the highly obscured low luminosity active galactic nucleus NGC~4941 using data obtained from the {\it Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array} and the {\it Neil Gehrels…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-01-19 Arghajit Jana , Sachindra Naik , Neeraj Kumari

We present the analysis of Suzaku and XMM-Newton observations of the broad-line radio galaxy (BLRG) 3C 111. Its high energy emission shows variability, a harder continuum with respect to the radio quiet AGN population, and weak reflection…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 L. Ballo , V. Braito , J. N. Reeves , R. M. Sambruna , F. Tombesi

The X-ray spectra of many active galactic nuclei (AGN) exhibit a `soft excess' below 1keV, whose physical origin remains unclear. Diverse models have been suggested to account for it, including ionised reflection of X-rays from the inner…

We provide a comprehensive census of the near-Infrared (NIR, 0.8-2.4 $\mu$m) spectroscopic properties of 102 nearby (z < 0.075) active galactic nuclei (AGN), selected in the hard X-ray band (14-195 keV) from the Swift-Burst Alert Telescope…

Using the Spitzer Space Telescope, we have obtained 3.6--24 micron photometry of 38 radio galaxies and 24 quasars from the 3CR catalog at redshift 1<z<2.5. This 178 MHz-selected sample is unbiased with respect to orientation and therefore…

We present a broadband X-ray analysis of a new homogeneous sample of 95 active galactic nuclei (AGN) from the 22-month Swift/BAT all-sky survey. For this sample we treated jointly the X-ray spectra observed by XMM-Newton and INTEGRAL…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-11-20 A. A. Vasylenko , V. I. Zhdanov , E. V. Fedorova