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In this paper we report on the broadband X-ray properties of a complete sample of 33 absorbed Seyfert galaxies hard X-ray selected with integral. The high quality broadband spectra obtained with both xmm, and integral-IBIS data are well…

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Compton-thick active galactic nuclei (CT-AGNs), defined by column density $\mathrm{N_H} \geqslant 1.5 \times 10^{24} \ \mathrm{cm}^{-2}$, are so heavily absorbed that their X-ray emission is often feeble, even undetectable by X-ray…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-04-08 Xiaotong Guo , Qiusheng Gu , Guanwen Fang , Shiying Lu , Fen Lyu , Yongyun Chen , Nan Ding , Mengfei Zhang , Xiaoling Yu , Hongtao Wang

We employ MUSE/VLT data to study the ionised and highly ionised gas phases of the feedback in Circinus, the closest Seyfert 2 galaxy to us. The analysis of the nebular emission allowed us to detect a remarkable high-ionisation gas outflow…

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The structures and dynamics of molecular, atomic, and ionized gases are studied around a low-luminosity active galactic nucleus (AGN) with a small ($2\times 10^6 M_\odot$) black hole using 3D radiation hydrodynamic simulations. We studied,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-09-21 Keiichi Wada , Marc Schartmann , Rowin Meijerink

The diffuse cosmic X-ray background (CXB) is the sum of the emission of discrete sources, mostly massive black-holes accreting matter in active galactic nuclei (AGN). The CXB spectrum differs from the integration of the spectra of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-05-11 Valentino Esposito , Roland Walter

Over the last 3 yrs, the Galactic center (GC) region has been monitored with the Chandra X-Ray Observatory. With 11 Chandra observations through 2002 June, the total effective exposure reaches ~590 ks, providing significant photon…

Understanding the radiative and physical structures of inner region of a few 100 pc of AGNs is important to constrain the causes of their activities. Although the X-ray emission from the Comptonization region/corona and the accretion disc…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-12-22 K. Sriram , D. Nour , C. S. Choi

We investigate the nature of far-infrared (70 um) and hard X-ray (3-24 keV) selected galaxies in the COSMOS field detected with both Spitzer and Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR). By matching the Spitzer-COSMOS catalog against…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-05-19 Kenta Matsuoka , Yoshihiro Ueda

The estimate of the number and space density of obscured AGN over cosmic time still represents an open issue. While the obscured AGN population is a key ingredient of the X-ray background synthesis models and is needed to reproduce its…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-05-29 M. -M. La Caria , C. Vignali , G. Lanzuisi , C. Gruppioni , F. Pozzi

We construct a new sample of 32 obscured active galactic nuclei (AGNs) selected from the Second XMM-Newton Serendipitous Source Catalogue to investigate their multiwavelength properties in relation to the "scattering fraction", the ratio of…

We present modeling and interpretation of the continuum and emission lines for a sample of 51 unobscured Type 1 active galactic nuclei (AGN). All of these AGNs have high quality spectra from both XMM-Newton and Sloan Digital Sky Survey…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 C. Jin , M. Ward , C. Done , J. M. Gelbord

Mid-infrared observations of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) are important for understanding of the physical conditions around the central accretion engines. Chandra and XMM-Newton X-ray observations of a 300 arcmin^2 region in the Extended…

In the last decades, several multiwavelength studies have been dedicated to exploring the properties of the obscuring material in active galactic nuclei (AGN). Various models have been developed to describe the structure and distribution of…

We present X-ray observations of the Hyperluminous Infrared Galaxy (HLIRG) IRAS 00182--7112 (F00183--7111) obtained using the XMM-Newton EPIC camera. A luminous hard X-ray source co-incident with the nucleus is revealed, along with weaker…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 K. Nandra , K. Iwasawa

We present a statistical analysis of the properties of the obscuring material around active galactic nuclei (AGN). This study represents the first of its kind for an ultra-hard X-ray (14-195keV; Swift/BAT) volume-limited (DL<40 Mpc) sample…

X-ray continuum emission of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) may be reflected by circumnuclear dusty tori, producing prominent fluorescence iron lines at X-ray frequencies. Here we discuss the broad-band emission of three radio-loud AGN…

We discuss the iron and nickel properties in the nuclear X-ray reflecting region of the Circinus Galaxy, studied with XMM-Newton. The main results are: a) from the depth of the Fe Kalpha edge, a value of A_Fe=1.7 in number with respect to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Silvano Molendi , Stefano Bianchi , Giorgio Matt

Mkn 3 is a Seyfert 2 galaxy that is widely regarded as an exemplary Compton-thick AGN. We study the Suzaku X-ray spectrum using models of the X-ray reprocessor that self-consistently account for the Fe K$\alpha$ fluorescent emission line…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-10-07 T. Yaqoob , M. M. Tatum , A. Scholtes , A. Gottlieb , T. J. Turner

The X-ray spectra of active galactic nuclei (AGN) unveil properties of matter around the super massive black hole (SMBH). We investigate the X-ray spectra of AGN focusing on Compton reflection and fluorescence, important processes of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-08-12 S. Falocco , F. J. Carrera , X. Barcons , G. Miniutti , A. Corral

We present the 2--78 keV spectral analysis of the deep NuSTAR and XMM-Newton observation of a nearby Seyfert 2 galaxy, ESO 116-G018, which is selected as a candidate Compton-thick (CT-) active galactic nucleus (AGN) based on a previous…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-02-28 X. Zhao , S. Marchesi , M. Ajello