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The spectra of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs) are often characterized by a wealth of emission lines with different profiles and intensity ratios that led to a complicated classification. Their electro-magnetic radiation spans more than 10…

We explore host galaxy properties and environment of a sample of Type 1 and 2 active galactic nuclei (AGN) taken from the COSMOS2015 catalog, within 0.3 $\leq z \leq$ 1.1 selected for their emission in X-rays, optical spectra and SED…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-07-11 Carlos Guillermo Bornancini , Diego García Lambas

In the Hubble Deep Field (HDF), twelve candidate sources of high-redshift (z > 3.5) AGN activity have been identified. The color selection criteria were established by passing spectra of selected quasars and Seyfert galaxies (appropriately…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 R. Michael Jarvis , Gordon M. MacAlpine

The structure of accretion flows in low-luminosity active galactic nuclei (AGN) at low Eddington ratios (~10^-2 to 10^-3) are poorly-understood, and can be probed using the spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of faded changing-look (CL)…

Identifying active galactic nuclei (AGN) and isolating their contribution to a galaxy's energy budget is crucial for studying the co-evolution of AGN and their host galaxies. Brightness temperature ($T_b$) measurements from high-resolution…

We present the X-ray spectral analysis of the 1855 extragalactic sources in the Chandra COSMOS-Legacy survey catalog having more than 30 net counts in the 0.5-7 keV band. 38% of the sources are optically classified Type 1 active galactic…

Changing-look active galactic nuclei (CLAGN) feature order-of-magnitude variability in both the continuum and broad line luminosities on months-to-years long timescales, and are currently unexplained. Simulations have demonstrated that…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-12 Nicholas Kaaz , Matthew Liska , Charlotte Ward , Jordy Davelaar

We have discovered four AGN in the ROSAT all-sky-survey data with very steep X-ray spectra. We apply several models to these X-ray spectra with emphasis on warm absorber models which give an adequate description of the data. We report on…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. Greiner , R. Danner , N. Bade , G. A. Richter , P. Kroll , S. Komossa

Changing-look active galactic nuclei (CLAGNs) show the disappearance and reappearance of broad emission lines in a few years, which challenges the orientation-based AGN unification model. We reduce the X-ray data for five well-studied…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-06-07 Hao Liu , Qingwen Wu , Bing Lyu

We report the results of identification of 8 hard X-ray sources discovered by the INTEGRAL observatory during the ongoing all-sky survey. These sources have been observed by Chandra. In 6 cases a bright X-ray source was found within the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-23 S. Sazonov , E. Churazov , M. Revnivtsev , A. Vikhlinin , R. Sunyaev

We conduct an analysis of over 60,000 dwarf galaxies (7<=log(M_*/M_\odot)<=10) in search of photometric variability indicative of active galactic nuclei (AGNs). Using data from the Young Supernova Experiment (YSE), a time domain survey on…

Changing-look active galactic nuclei (CLAGNs) represent a rare class of AGNs that undergo transitions from type 1 (characterized by the presence of broad emission lines in their spectra) to type 2 (absence of broad emission lines) or vice…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-01-22 D. Hutsemékers , F. Marin , B. Agis González , J. -A. Acosta Pulido , M. Kokubo

Using 8 telescopes in the northern and southern hemispheres, plus archival data from two on-line sky surveys, we performed a systematic optical spectroscopic study of 39 putative counterparts of unidentified or poorly studied INTEGRAL…

An incremental version of the fourth catalog of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) detected by the Fermi-Large Area Telescope is presented. This version (4LAC-DR3) derives from the third data release of the 4FGL catalog based on 12 years of E>50…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-01-25 LAT collaboration , Marco Ajello , Luca Baldini , Jean Ballet , Denis Bastieri , Josefa Becerra Gonzalez , Ronaldo Bellazzini , Alessandra Berretta , Elisabetta Bissaldi , Raffaella Bonino , Ari Brill , Philippe Bruel , Sara Buson , Regina Caputo , Patrizia Caraveo , Teddy Cheung , Graziano Chiaro , Nicolo Cibrario , Stefano Ciprini , Milena Crnogorcevic , Sara Cutini , Filippo D'Ammando , Salvatore De Gaetano , Niccolo Di Lalla , Leonardo Di Venere , Alberto Dominguez , Vandad Fallah Ramazani , Elizabeth Ferrara , Alessio Fiori , Yasushi Fukazawa , Stefan Funk , Piergiorgio Fusco , Viviana Gammaldi , Fabio Gargano , Simone Garrappa , Dario Gasparrini , Nico Giglietto , Francesco Giordano , Marcello Giroletti , David Green , Isabelle Grenier , Sylvain Guiriec , Deirdre Horan , Xian Hou , Taishu Kayanoki , Michael Kuss , Stefan Larsson , Luca Latronico , Tiffany Lewis , Jian Li , Ioannis Liodakis , Francesco Longo , Francesco Loparco , Benoit Lott , Michael Lovellette , Pasquale Lubrano , Grzegorz Madejski , Simone Maldera , Alberto Manfreda , Guillem Marti-Devesa , Mario Nicola Mazziotta , Isabella Mereu , Peter Michelson , Nestor Mirabal , Warit Mitthumsiri , Tsunefumi Mizuno , Maria Elena Monzani , Aldo Morselli , Igor Moskalenko , Michela Negro , Roopesh Ojha , Monica Orienti , Elena Orlando , Jonathan F. Ormes , Zhiyuan Pei , Harold A. Pena-Herazo , Massimo Persic , Melissa Pesce-Rollins , Vahe Petrosian , Roberta Pillera , Helen Poon , Troy Porter , Giacomo Principe , Silvia Raino , Riccardo Rando , Bindu Rani , Massimiliano Razzano , Soebur Razzaque , Anita Reimer , Olaf Reimer , Jeff Scargle , Lorenzo Scotton , Davide Serini , Carmelo Sgro , Eric J. Siskind , Gloria Spandre , Paolo Spinelli , Dan Suson , Hiro Tajima , Diego F. Torres , Janeth Valverde , Hend Yassin , Gabrijela Zaharijas

During the last year, six new Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) have been discovered and studied by H.E.S.S. at Very High Energies (VHE). Some of these recent discoveries have been made thanks to new enhanced analysis methods and are presented…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Y. Becherini , B. Behera , J. Biteau , M. Cerruti , B. Giebels , J. -P. Lenain , M. de Naurois , M. Punch , M. Raue , D. Sanchez , F. Volpe , A. Zech

We present the results of a program to identify so far unknown active nuclei (AGN) in galaxies. Candidate galactic nuclei have been selected for optical spectroscopy from a cross-correlation of the ROSAT all sky survey (RASS) bright source…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 K. Bischoff , W. Pietsch , T. Boller , S. Döbereiner , W. Kollatschny , H. -U. Zimmermann

Context. The detection, thanks to the INTEGRAL satellite, of a number of new hard X-ray sources calls for the identification of their nature by means of observations at longer wavelengths. Aims. In our continuing campaign to identify…

We study the properties of the host galaxies of Changing-Look Active Galactic Nuclei (CL AGNs) with the aim of understanding the conditions responsible for triggering CL activity. We find that CL AGN hosts primarily reside in the so-called…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-03-17 Sierra A. Dodd , Jamie A. P. Law-Smith , Katie Auchettl , Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz , Ryan J. Foley

We report the results of the optical follow-up of a sample of $\gamma$-ray-emitting active galactic nuclei (AGN). New high-quality optical spectra were obtained using Gran Telescopio Canarias with Optical System for Imaging and low-…

We present a photometric search for objects with point-source components that are optically variable on timescales of weeks--months in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (HUDF) to i'(AB)=28.0 mag. The data are split into four sub-stacks of…