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We present the properties of active galactic nuclei (AGN) selected by optical variability in the Subaru/XMM-Newton Deep Field (SXDF). Based on the locations of variable components and light curves, 211 optically variable AGN were reliably…

We analyze the Spitzer spectra of 140 active galactic nuclei (AGN) detected in the hard X-rays (14-195 keV) by the Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) on board Swift. This sample allows us to probe several orders of magnitude in black hole masses…

By studying Swift X-ray spectra of an optically-selected, non-magnetic sample of nearby cataclysmic variables (CVs), we show that there is a population with X-ray luminosity much lower than accounted for in existing studies. We find an…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 R. C. Reis , P. J. Wheatley , B. T. Gansicke , J. P. Osborne

In deep X-ray surveys, active galactic nuclei (AGNs) with a broad range of luminosities have been identified. However, cosmologically distant low-luminosity AGN (LLAGN, $L_{\mathrm{X}} \lesssim 10^{42}$ erg s$^{-1}$) identification still…

Swift intensive accretion disk reverberation mapping of four AGN yielded light curves sampled $\sim$200-350 times in 0.3-10 keV X-ray and six UV/optical bands. Uniform reduction and cross-correlation analysis of these datasets yields three…

We have undertaken near-continuous monitoring of the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 7469 in the X-ray with RXTE over a ~30d baseline. The source shows strong variability with a root-mean-square (rms) amplitude of ~16 per cent, and peak-to-peak…

One of the most important features in active galactic nuclei (AGN) is the variability of their emission. Variability has been discovered at X-ray, UV, and radio frequencies on time scales from hours to years. Among the AGN family and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-15 L. Hernández-García , O. González-Martín , I. Márquez , J. Masegosa

Variability is a property shared by virtually all active galactic nuclei (AGNs), and was adopted as a criterion for their selection using data from multi epoch surveys. Low Luminosity AGNs (LLAGNs) are contaminated by the light of their…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 D. Trevese , K. Boutsia , F. Vagnetti , E. Cappellaro , S. Puccetti

We present a multi-wavelength study of the active nucleus and the off-nuclear X-ray sources in the nearby spiral galaxy, NGC 1365 using three simultaneous UV/X-ray observations by AstroSat over a two months period and archival IR…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-02-08 Subhashree Swain , Gulab Chand Dewangan , P. Shalima , Prakash Tripathi , K . V. P. Latha

We identify 85 variable galaxies in the GOODS North and South fields using 5 epochs of HST ACS V-band (F606W) images spanning 6 months. The variables are identified through significant flux changes in the galaxy's nucleus and represent ~2%…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-27 Vicki L. Sarajedini , David C. Koo , Alison J. Klesman , Elise S. Laird , Pablo G. Perez Gonzalez , Mark Mozena

It is established that the ultraviolet (UV) and X-ray emissions in active galactic nuclei (AGN) are tightly correlated. This correlation is observed both in low- and high-redshift sources. In particular, observations of large samples of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-03-27 E. Kammoun , I. E. Papadakis , M. Dovčiak , E. Lusso , E. Nardini , G. Risaliti

Flux variability is one of the defining characteristics of Seyfert galaxies, a class of active galactic nuclei (AGN). Though these variations are observed over a wide range of wavelengths, results on their flux variability characteristics…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-12-05 N. Sukanya , C. S. Stalin , P. Joseph , S. Rakshit , D. Praveen , R. Damle

We conducted the first long-term (60 days), multiwavelength (optical, ultraviolet, and X-ray) simultaneous monitoring of Cen X-4 with daily Swift observations from June to August 2012, with the goal of understanding variability in the low…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 F. Bernardini , E. M. Cackett , E. F. Brown , C. D'Angelo , N. Degenaar , J. M. Miller , M. Reynolds , R. Wijnands

We analyse eight XMM-Newton observations of the bright Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 galaxy Arakelian 564 (Ark 564). These observations, separated by ~6 days, allow us to look for correlations between the simultaneous UV emission (from the Optical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-07-13 Savithri H. Ezhikode , Gulab C. Dewangan , Ranjeev Misra , Shruti Tripathi , Ninan Sajeeth Philip , Ajit K. Kembhavi

The UV to X-ray continuum of active galactic nuclei (AGN) is important for maintaining the ionisation and thermal balance of the warm absorbers (WAs). However, the spectra in the sensitive energy range $\sim \,13.6 -300 \ev$ are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-17 Sibasish Laha , Gulab C. Dewangan , Susmita Chakravorty , Ajit K. Kembhavi

With rapid response capabilities, and a daily planning of its observing schedule, the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is ideal for monitoring transient and variable sources. Here we present a sample of the 12 novae with the most detailed…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-12-02 K. L. Page , N. P. M. Kuin , J. P. Osborne

We study spectral variability of 11 ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULX) using archived XMM-Newton and Chandra observations. We use three models to describe the observed spectra: a power-law, a multi-colour disc (MCD) and a combination of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-02-20 Jari J. E. Kajava , Juri Poutanen

As a radio-loud narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy (NLS1) detected by Fermi/LAT in GeV $\gamma$-rays, 1H 0323+342 is a remarkable Active Galactic Nucleus (AGN) showing properties characteristic of both NLS1s and blazars. Here we present results…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-07 Su Yao , Weimin Yuan , S. Komossa , Dirk Grupe , L. Fuhrmann , Bifang Liu

The Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) survey of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) is providing an unprecedented view of local AGNs (<z> = 0.03) and their host galaxy properties. In this paper, we present an analysis of the optical spectra of a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 Lisa M. Winter , Karen T. Lewis , Michael Koss , Sylvain Veilleux , Brian Keeney , Richard F. Mushotzky

We present the identifications of a flux-limited sample of highly variable X-ray sources on long time-scales from the second catalogue of the XMM$-$Newton SLew survey (XMMSL2). The carefully constructed sample, comprising 265 sources (2.5…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-04-12 Dongyue Li , R. L. C. Starling , R. D. Saxton , Hai-Wu Pan , Weimin Yuan