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Feedback from active galactic nuclei (AGN) is widely considered to be the main driver in regulating the growth of massive galaxies through heating or driving gas out of the galaxy, preventing further increase in stellar mass. Observational…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-08-03 Dominika Wylezalek , Nadia L. Zakamska

Obtaining a census of active galactic nuclei (AGN) activity across cosmic time is critical to our understanding of galaxy evolution and formation. Many AGN classification techniques are compromised by dust obscuration. However, very long…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-05-12 J. F. Radcliffe , P. D. Barthel , A. P. Thomson , M. A. Garrett , R. J. Beswick , T. W. B. Muxlow

We study winds in 12 X-ray AGN host galaxies at z ~ 1. We find, using the low-ionization Fe II 2586 absorption in the stacked spectra, that the probability distribution function (PDF) of the centroid velocity shift in AGN has a median, 16th…

We search type 1 AGNs among emission-line galaxies, that are typically classified as type 2 AGNs based on emission line flux ratios if a broad component in the H$\alpha$ line profile is not properly investigated. Using ~24,000 type 2 AGNs…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-06-21 Da-In Eun , Jong-Hak Woo , Hyun-Jin Bae

We present a systematic study of ionized gas outflows based on the velocity shift and dispersion of the [O III] {\lambda}5007 $\AA$ emission line, using a sample of ~ 5000 Type 1 AGNs at z < 0.3 selected from Sloan Digital Sky Survey. This…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-09-26 Suvendu Rakshit , Jong-Hak Woo

We have cross-correlated the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) second data release spectroscopic galaxy sample with the IRAS faint-source catalogue (FSC). Optical emission line ratios are used to classify the galaxies with reliable IRAS 60…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 A. Pasquali , G. Kauffmann , T. M. Heckman

Active galactic nucleus (AGN)-driven gas outflows are one of the best tracers of AGN feedback in action, as these powerful outflows expel/heat or compress the surrounding interstellar medium (ISM), thus quenching or enhancing star-forming…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-02-10 Ruisong Xia , Chen Qin , Huynh Anh N. Le , Yongquan Xue , Shifu Zhu , Mengqiu Huang , Hao Liu , Xiaozhi Lin

Active galactic nuclei (AGN) can launch outflows of ionized gas that may influence galaxy evolution, and quantifying their full impact requires spatially resolved measurements of the gas masses, velocities, and radial extents. We previously…

Observations point towards a close connection between nuclear starbursts, active galactic nuclei (AGN), and outflow phenomena. An evolutionary sequence, starting from a dust-obscured ultra-luminous infrared galaxy and eventually leading to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-10-05 W. Ishibashi , A. C. Fabian

We present the results of Spitzer IRS low-resolution infrared 5-35 micron spectroscopy of nearby ultraluminous infrared galaxies (ULIRGs) at z < 0.15. We focus on the search for the signatures of buried active galactic nuclei (AGNs) in the…

Recent X-ray observations show absorbing winds with velocities up to mildly-relativistic values of the order of ~0.1c in a limited sample of 6 broad-line radio galaxies. They are observed as blue-shifted Fe XXV-XXVI K-shell absorption…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-22 F. Tombesi , F. Tazaki , R. F. Mushotzky , Y. Ueda , M. Cappi , J. Gofford , J. N. Reeves , M. Guainazzi

We discuss the different physical processes contributing to the infrared continuum of AGN, assuming that both photoionization from the active center and shocks ionize and heat the gas and dust contained in an ensemble of clouds surrounding…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 M. Contini , S. M. Viegas , M. A. Prieto

Since a large fraction of active galactic nuclei (AGN) is missed in common UV-excess surveys and is even hard to find in radio, near-IR and X-ray surveys, we have used a new AGN selection technique which is expected to be not affected by…

We fitted the optical to mid-infrared (MIR) spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of ~15000 type-I, 0.75<z<2, active galactic nuclei (AGNs) in an attempt to constrain the properties of the physical component responsible for the rest-frame…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Rivay Mor , Benny Trakhtenbrot

We use quasi-simultaneous near-infrared (near-IR) and optical spectroscopy from four observing runs to study the continuum around 1 micron in 23 well-known broad-emission line active galactic nuclei (AGN). We show that, after correcting the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Hermine Landt , Martin Elvis , Martin J. Ward , Misty C. Bentz , Kirk T. Korista , Margarita Karovska

We explore the effects of active galactic nuclei (AGN) and star formation activity on the infrared (0.3-1000 microns) spectral energy distributions of luminous infrared galaxies from z = 0.5 to 4.0. We have compiled a large sample of 151…

We assume that dust near active galactic nuclei (AGN) is distributed in a torus-like geometry, which may be described by a clumpy medium or a homogeneous disk or as a combination of the two (i.e. a 2-phase medium). The dust particles…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-11-11 Ralf Siebenmorgen , Frank Heymann , Andreas Efstathiou

Large-scale outflows driven by active galactic nuclei (AGN) can have a profound influence on their host galaxies. The outflow properties themselves depend sensitively on the history of AGN energy injection during the lifetime of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-07-20 Kastytis Zubovas , Jonas Bialopetravičius , Monika Kazlauskaitė

We investigate galactic-scale outflowing winds in 72 star-forming galaxies at z~1 in the Extended Groth Strip. Galaxies were selected from the DEEP2 survey and follow-up LRIS spectroscopy was obtained covering SiII, CIV, FeII, MgII, and MgI…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 K. A. Kornei , A. E. Shapley , C. L. Martin , A. L. Coil , J. M. Lotz , D. Schiminovich , K. Bundy , K. G. Noeske

We investigate the radial structure of active galactic nuclei (AGN) dusty tori by forward-modeling mid-infrared (MIR) spectra observed with JWST/MIRI-MRS for a sample of 25 AGN. We develop a physically motivated three dimensional radiative…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-03-17 Ruiyu Pan , Arkaprabha Sarangi