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We present a large compilation of reddening estimates from broad-line Balmer decrements for active galactic nuclei (AGNs) with measured X-ray column densities. The median reddening is E(B-V) ~ 0.77 +/- 0.10 for type-1 to type-1.9 AGNs with…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-12-14 Gunnar W. Jaffarian , C. Martin Gaskell

We explore the relationship between X-ray absorption and optical obscuration within the BAT AGN Spectroscopic Survey (BASS) which has been collecting and analyzing the optical and X-ray spectra for 641 hard X-ray selected ($E>14$ keV)…

Understanding the origin of AGN absorption line profiles and their diversity could help to explain the physical structure of the accretion flow, and also to assess the impact of accretion on the evolution of the AGN host galaxies. Here we…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Margherita Giustini , Daniel Proga

We present a uniform X-ray spectral analysis of eight type-1 active galactic nuclei (AGN) that have been previously observed with relativistically broadened iron emission lines. Utilizing data from the XMM-Newton European Photon Imaging…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-13 Laura W. Brenneman , Christopher S. Reynolds

The emission of warm dust dominates the mid-infrared spectra of active galactic nuclei (AGN). Only interferometric observations provide the necessary angular resolution to resolve the nuclear dust and to study its distribution and…

Observations with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have uncovered a substantial population of high-redshift, broad-line active galactic nuclei (AGNs), whose properties challenge standard models of black hole growth and AGN emission. We…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-02-25 Greta Zucchi , Xihan Ji , Piero Madau , Roberto Maiolino , Ignas Juodžbalis , Francesco D'Eugenio , Sophia Geris , Yuki Isobe

Highly obscured active galactic nuclei (AGN) are common in nearby galaxies, but are difficult to observe beyond the local Universe, where they are expected to significantly contribute to the black hole accretion rate density. Furthermore,…

We present a sample of twenty-one ROSAT bright active galactic nuclei (AGN), representing a range of spectral classes, and selected for follow-up snap-shot observations with XMM-Newton. The typical exposure was between 5-10 ks. The objects…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 L. C. Gallo , I. Lehmann , W. Pietsch , Th. Boller , W. Brinkmann , P. Friedrich , D. Grupe

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

[Abridged] We present ISO far-infrared (IR) observations of 21 hard X-ray selected AGN from the HEAO-1 A2 sample. We compare the far-IR to X-ray spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of this sample with various radio and optically selected…

Outflows have been shown to be prevalent in galaxies hosting luminous active galactic nuclei (AGNs) and present a physically plausible way to couple the AGN energy output with the interstellar medium of their hosts. Despite their…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-12-21 Marios Karouzos , Jong-Hak Woo , Hyun-Jin Bae

"Changing look" Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) are a subset of Seyfert galaxies characterized by rapid transitions between Compton-thin and Compton-thick regimes. In their Compton-thin state, the central engine is less obscured, hence…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-09-09 Frederic Marin , Delphine Porquet , Rene W. Goosmann , Michal Dovciak , Fabio Muleri , Nicolas Grosso , Vladimir Karas

We collate active galactic nuclei (AGN) with reported detections of both relativistic reflection and ultra-fast outflows. By comparing the inclination of the inner disc from reflection with the line-of-sight velocity of the outflow, we show…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-06-13 M. L. Parker , D. J. K. Buisson , J. Jiang , L. C. Gallo , E. Kara , G. A. Matzeu , D. J. Walton

The strong broad emission lines in the optical and UV spectra of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) are important for several reasons. Not only do they give us information about the structure of the AGN, their properties are now used to estimate…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Karen M. Leighly , Darrin Casebeer

Active galactic nuclei (AGN) produce vast amounts of high energy radiation deep in their central engines. X-rays either escape the AGN or are absorbed and re-emitted mostly as IR. By studying the dispersion in the ratio of observed mid-IR…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 B. McKernan , K. E. S. Ford , N. Chang , C. S. Reynolds

We present a large sample of infrared-luminous candidate active galactic nuclei (AGNs) that lack X-ray detections in Chandra, XMM-Newton, and NuSTAR fields. We selected all optically detected SDSS sources with redshift measurements,…

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 characterize the incidence of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) is 0.3 < z < 1 star-forming galaxies by applying multi-wavelength AGN diagnostics (X-ray, optical, mid-infrared, radio) to a sample of galaxies selected at 70-micron from the…

Active galactic nuclei (AGN) are typically identified through their distinctive X-ray or radio emissions, mid-infrared (MIR) colors, or emission lines. However, each method captures different subsets of AGN due to signal-to-noise (SNR)…

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