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(abridged) Relativistic jets, formed in the vicinity of central supermassive black holes in AGN, show ample evidence connecting them to physical conditions in the accretion disc and broad-line region. The jets are responsible for a large…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-10-15 Andrei Lobanov

Many classes of active galactic nuclei (AGN) have been observed and recorded since the discovery of Seyfert galaxies. In this paper, we examine the sample of luminous galaxies in the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS). We find a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2013-12-05 Ben Roig , Michael R. Blanton , Nicolas P. Ross

Blazars, a highly variable Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs) subclass, provide a unique opportunity to explore the physical processes within their relativistic jets and emission regions. In this study, we investigate the multiwavelength…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-11-24 Jonhatan U. Guerrero-González , Vahram Chavushyan , Víctor M. Patiño-Álvarez

We present multi-epoch, parsec-scale core brightness temperature observations of 447 AGN jets from the MOJAVE and 2cm Survey programs at 15 GHz from 1994 to 2019. The brightness temperature of each jet over time is characterized by its…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-12-14 D. C. Homan , M. H. Cohen , T. Hovatta , K. I. Kellermann , Y. Y. Kovalev , M. L. Lister , A. V. Popkov , A. B. Pushkarev , E. Ros , T. Savolainen

Estimating black hole masses of blazars is still a big challenge. Because of the contamination of jets, using the previously suggested size -- continuum luminosity relation can overestimate the broad line region (BLR) size and black hole…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Xue-Bing Wu , F. K. Liu , M. Z. Kong , R. Wang , J. L. Han

Broad emission lines is a prominent property of type I quasi-stellar objects (QSOs). The origin of the Baldwin effect for \civ $\lambda1549~$\AA\ broad emission lines, i.e., the luminosity dependence of the \civ equivalent width (EW), is…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-08-17 Xue Ge , Wei-Hao Bian , Xiao-Lei Jiang , Wen-Shuai Liu , Xiao-Feng Wang

Soft X-ray emission (0.5--2.0 keV) plays a pivotal role in regulating the optical and UV emission in the AGNs. We collected a sample of 1811 AGNs from the SDSS database and obtained various parameters of Balmer lines, optical continuum,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-12-07 D. Nour , K. Sriram

The flat spectrum radio quasar PKS 1510-089 is one of the most active blazars across the entire electromagnetic spectrum, displaying periods of flaring activity. This study explores its spectral variability over a decade. By employing the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-12-25 Alfredo Amador-Portes , Vahram Chavushyan , Víctor M. Patiño-Álvarez , José Ramón-Valdés

The physical origin of optical changing-look AGNs (CLAGNs), characterized by the appearance or disappearance of broad emission lines, is thought to be mainly driven by the variation of the black-hole (BH) accretion rate. In this work, we…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-15 Pengyuan Han , Huaiyuan Lu , Bing Lyu , Jiancheng Wu , Qingwen Wu

We explore the relation between black hole mass ($M_{\rm BH}$) and the motion of the jet components for a sample of blazars. The Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) 2cm Survey and its continuation: Monitoring of Jets in active galactic nuclei…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Ming Zhou , Xinwu Cao

The SINFONI survey for Unveiling the Physics and Effect of Radiative feedback (SUPER) was designed to conduct a blind search for AGN-driven outflows on X-ray selected AGN at redshift z$\sim$2 with high ($\sim$2 kpc) spatial resolution, and…

We present a study of optical Fe II emission in 302 AGNs selected from the SDSS. We group the strongest Fe II multiplets into three groups according to the lower term of the transition (b $^4$F, a $^6$S and a $^4$G terms). These correspond…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Jelena Kovacevic , Luka C. Popovic , Milan S. Dimitrijevic

We have analyzed the parsec-scale jet kinematics of 447 bright radio-loud AGN, based on 15 GHz VLBA data obtained between 1994 August 31 and 2019 August 4. We present new total intensity and linear polarization maps obtained between 2017…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-12-14 M. L. Lister , D. C. Homan , K. I. Kellermann , Y. Y. Kovalev , A. B. Pushkarev , E. Ros , T. Savolainen

The UV to soft X-rays of luminous AGNs dominate their bolometric luminosity, driven by an accretion-powered dynamo at the center. These photons ionize the surrounding gas, thereby providing clues to fueling and exhaust. Two sets of…

In this Letter, the Evans and Koratkar Atlas of Hubble Space Telescope Faint Object Spectrograph Spectra of Active Galactic Nuclei and Quasars is used to study the redward asymmetry in CIV broad emission lines (BELs). It is concluded that…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Brian Punsly

In a sample of 60 quasars selected from Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) with at least six-epoch spectroscopy, we investigate the variability of emission lines and continuum luminosity at various aspects. A strong anti-correlation between…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-22 Hengxiao Guo , Minfeng Gu

We present the first study of an Iwasawa-Taniguchi/X-ray Baldwin effect for Compton-thick active galactic nuclei (AGN). We report a statistically significant anti-correlation between the rest-frame equivalent width (EW) of the narrow core…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-04-25 Peter G. Boorman , Poshak Gandhi , Mislav Balokovic , Murray Brightman , Fiona Harrison , Claudio Ricci , Daniel Stern

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

Assuming Active Galactic Nuclei are powered by accretion onto a massive black holes we suggest that the growth of the central black hole due to the matter accreted over the AGN lifetime causes an evolution of the luminosity and spectrum. We…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Amri Wandel

Broad emission lines in active galactic nuclei (AGNs) mainly arise from gas photoionized by continuum radiation from an accretion disk around a central black hole. The shape of the broad-line profile, described by ${\cal D}_{_{\rm…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-02-17 Pu Du , Jian-Min Wang , Chen Hu , Luis C. Ho , Yan-Rong Li , Jin-Ming Bai