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We present a study of the variations in the absorbing column density of 25 X-ray defined Seyfert 2 galaxies, as inferred from hard X-ray observations, on timescales from months to several years. We show that a significant variation of N$_H$…

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As part of a long term monitoring campaign of Mrk 335, deep XMM-Newton observations catch the narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy (NLS1) in a complex, intermediate flux interval as the active galaxy is transiting from low- to high-flux. Other…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-11 L. C. Gallo , A. C. Fabian , D. Grupe , K. Bonson , S. Komossa , A. L. Longinotti , G. Miniutti , D. J. Walton , A. Zoghbi , S. Mathur

The nature of the rare "Changing-look" (CL) phenomenon in active galactic nuclei (AGNs) is still under debate at current stage. We here present \it Swift/\rm XRT and UVOT follow-up observations of UGC\,3223, a newly discovered repeat CL-AGN…

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We present the first results of a high-cadence Swift monitoring campaign ($3-4$ visits per day for $75$ days) of the Seyfert 1.5 galaxy NGC 6814 characterizing its variability throughout the X-ray and UV/optical wavebands. Structure…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-08-31 Adam G. Gonzalez , Luigi C. Gallo , Jon M. Miller , Elias S. Kammoun , Akshay Ghosh , Ben A. Pottie

X-ray spectra of AGN often contain signatures indicative of absorption in multiple layers of gas whose ionization-state and covering fraction may vary with time. It has been unclear to date how much of the observed X-ray spectral and timing…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 T. J. Turner , J. N. Reeves , S. B. Kraemer , L. Miller

We discuss the origin of the ``dusty lukewarm absorber'', which we previously identified in the reddened Seyfert 1 galaxies NGC 3227 and Akn 564. This absorber is characterized by saturated UV absorption lines (C IV, N V) near the systemic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 D. M. Crenshaw , S. B. Kraemer

The local Seyfert 1.5 active galactic nucleus (AGN), NGC 6814, is known to exhibit complex variability, eclipses, and even changing-look behaviour. In this work, we utilize optical-to-X-ray data obtained over 10-years with the Neil Gehrels…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-06-10 L. K. Pothier-Bogoslowski , L. C. Gallo , A. G. Gonzalez , M. Z. Buhariwalla , J. M. Miller

We present a series of X-ray variability results from a long XMM-Newton + NuSTAR campaign on the bright, variable AGN NGC 3227. We present an analysis of the lightcurves, showing that the source displays typically softer-when-brighter…

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We present the results obtained from a detailed X-ray timing and spectral analysis of Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 6300 by using observations with the {\it Suzaku}, {\it Chandra} and {\it NuSTAR} observatories between 2007 and 2016. We calculate…

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The narrow line Seyfert 1 (NLS1) IRAS 13224-3809 is the most X-ray variable active galactic nucleus (AGN), exhibiting 0.3-10 keV flux changes of over an order of magnitude within an hour. We report on the results of the 1.5 Ms 2016…

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We present the broad-band 0.6-150 keV Suzaku and Swift BAT spectra of the low luminosity Seyfert galaxy, NGC 7213. The time-averaged continuum emission is well fitted by a single powerlaw of photon index Gamma = 1.75 and from consideration…

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Between July 2012 and February 2013, NuSTAR and XMM-Newton performed four long-look joint obser- vations of the type 1.8 Seyfert, NGC 1365. We have analyzed the variable absorption seen in these observations in order to characterize the…

The ISO-SWS infrared spectroscopic observations of the nucleus of Seyfert galaxy NGC4151, which are described in a companion paper, are used together with a compilation of UV to IR narrow emission line data to determine the spectral shape…

The absence of broad [O III] ${\lambda\lambda}$4959,5007 forbidden emission lines is one of the key arguments cited in the published literature for the gas density exceeding the critical density; 7 ${\times}$ 10$^5$ cm$^{-3}$, in the broad…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-23 Nick Devereux

Active galactic nuclei (AGNs) are known to be variable across all wavelengths. Significant observational efforts have been invested in the last decade in studying their ultraviolet (UV) and optical variability. Long and densely sampled,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-09-17 M. Papoutsis , I. E. Papadakis , C. Panagiotou , M. Dovčiak , E. Kammoun

Long X-ray observations of bright Active Galactic Nuclei show that X-ray eclipses, with durations from a few hours to a few days, are rather common. This opens up a new window of opportunity in the search for signatures of relativistic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 G. Risaliti , E. Nardini , M. Elvis , L. Brenneman , M. Salvati

We performed a comprehensive analysis of flux and color variability in a redshift-matched sample of Seyfert galaxies, comprising 23 gamma-ray-detected narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies (gNLS1s), 190 non-gamma-ray-detected narrow-line Seyfert 1…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-17 Vineet Ojha , Xue-Bing Wu , Luis C. Ho

We report on multi-wavelength observations of the X-ray transient Narrow Line Seyfert 1 (NLS1) galaxy WPVS 007. The galaxy was monitored with Swift between October 2005 and July 2013, after it had undergone a dramatic drop in its X-ray flux…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 Dirk Grupe , S. Komossa , Julia Scharwaechter , Matthias Dietrich , Karen M. Leighly , Adrian Lucy , Brad N. Barlow

X-ray variation is a ubiquitous feature of active galactic nuclei (AGNs), however, its origin is not well understood. In this paper, we show that the X-ray flux variations in some AGNs, and correspondingly the power spectral densities…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-08-23 Fupeng Zhang , Qingjuan Yu , Youjun Lu