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In 2003-2012, the INTEGRAL observatory has performed long-term observations of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). At present, this is one of the deepest hard X-ray (20-60 keV) surveys of extragalactic fields in which more than 20 sources of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-05 A. A. Lutovinov , S. A. Grebenev , S. S. Tsygankov

We report the identification of blazar candidates behind the Magellanic Clouds. The objects were selected from the Magellanic Quasars Survey (MQS), which targeted the entire Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and 70\% of the Small Magellanic…

We introduce a probabilistic approach to the problem of counting dwarf satellites around host galaxies in databases with limited redshift information. This technique is used to investigate the occurrence of satellites with luminosities…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Lulu Liu , Brian F. Gerke , Risa H. Wechsler , Peter S. Behroozi , Michael T. Busha

We present a study of the discrete clouds and filaments in the Magellanic Stream using a new high-resolution survey of neutral hydrogen (\HI) conducted with H75 array of the Australia Telescope Compact Array, complemented by single-dish…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-22 B. -Q. For , L. Staveley-Smith , D. Matthews , N. M. McClure-Griffiths

We present a spectroscopic and imaging study of an abnormal active galactic nucleus (AGN), 2MASX J00423991+3017515. This AGN is newly identified in the hard X-rays by the Swift BAT All-Sky survey and found in an edge-on disk galaxy…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-03-17 J. Drew Hogg , Laura Blecha , Christopher S. Reynolds , Krista Lynne Smith , Lisa M. Winter

The Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) glossary is vast and complex. Depending on selection method, observing wavelength, and brightness, AGNs are assigned distinct labels, yet the relationship between different selection methods and the…

We present OGLE-III Photometric Maps of the Small Magellanic Cloud. They contain precise, calibrated VI photometry of about 6.2 million stars from 41 OGLE-III fields in the SMC observed regularly in the years 2001-2008 and covering about 14…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-01-30 A. Udalski , I. Soszynski , M. K. Szymanski , M. Kubiak , G. Pietrzynski , L. Wyrzykowski , O. Szewczyk , K. Ulaczyk , R. Poleski

We measured the extragalactic 0.7 keV X-ray background by observing the X-ray shadow of a neutral gas cloud in the Magellanic Bridge region. Two \rosat PSPC observations of total 104~ks were complemented by a detailed H I mapping of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Q. Daniel Wang , Taisheng Ye

We present the result of a spectroscopic campaign targeting Active Galactic Nucleus (AGN) candidates selected using a novel unsupervised machine-learning (ML) algorithm trained on optical and mid-infrared (mid-IR) photometry. AGN candidates…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-02-09 Raphael E. Hviding , Kevin N. Hainline , Andy D. Goulding , Jenny E. Greene

Simultaneous IJKs observations allow us to statistically select AGB stars, both M and C type, from RGB and younger or foreground stars in nearby galaxies. Regions of different metallicity identified from the distribution of the C/M ratio…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. -R. L. Cioni

The Swift AGN and Cluster Survey (SACS) uses 125 deg^2 of Swift XRT serendipitous fields with variable depths surrounding gamma-ray bursts to provide a medium depth (4e-15 erg/s/cm^2) and area survey filling the gap between deep, narrow…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Xinyu Dai , Rhiannon D. Griffin , Christopher S. Kochanek , Jenna M. Nugent , Joel N. Bregman

We have pioneered a new method for the measurement of extragalactic distances. This method uses the time-lag between variations in the short wavelength and long wavelength light from an active galactic nucleus (AGN), based on a quantitative…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 Y. Yoshii , Y. Kobayashi , T. Minezaki , S. Koshida , B. A. Peterson

We have undertaken a FUSE survey of Magellanic Cloud supernova remnants, looking primarily for O VI and C III emission lines. Work in earlier cycles with FUSE indicates that optical and/or X-ray characteristics of supernova remnants are not…

The Magellanic Clouds host a large population of massive (> 10^4 Msun) star clusters with ages ranging from a few Myr to 12 Gyr. In nearly all cases, close inspection of their CMDs reveals features that deviate from expectations of a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-11-06 I. Cabrera-Ziri , S. Martocchia , K. Hollyhead , N. Bastian

We quantify the presence of Active Galactic nuclei (AGN) in a mass-complete (M_* >5e10 M_sun) sample of 123 star-forming and quiescent galaxies at 1.5 < z < 2.5, using X-ray data from the 4 Ms Chandra Deep Field-South (CDF-S) survey.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Karen Pardos Olsen , Jesper Rasmussen , Sune Toft , Andrew W. Zirm

In recent years deep X-ray and infrared surveys have provided an efficient way to find accreting supermassive black holes, otherwise known as active galactic nuclei (AGN), in the young universe. Such surveys can, unlike optical surveys,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-12-10 C. Megan Urry , E. Treister

We present the OGLE-III Photometric Maps of the Large Magellanic Cloud. They cover about 40 square degrees of the LMC and contain mean, calibrated VI photometry and astrometry of about 35 million stars observed during seven observing…

Most Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) are `obscured', i.e. the nucleus is hiding behind a screen of absorbing material. The advantage of having the nucleus obscured is to make easier the observations of those emission components which originate…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 G. Matt

In this work, we study the AGN radio detection effectiveness in the major deep extragalactic surveys, considering different AGN obscuration levels, redshift, and AGN bolometric luminosities. We particularly focus on comparing their radio…