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We use mid-infrared variability in galaxies to search for active galactic nuclei (AGN) in the local universe. We use a sample of 10,220 galaxies from the Mapping Nearby Galaxies at APO (MaNGA) survey, part of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-12-09 Aashay Pai , Michael R. Blanton , John Moustakas

The depth and coverage of the first years of JWST observations have revealed low luminosity active galactic nuclei (AGN) across a wide redshift range, shedding light on black hole (BH) assembly and feedback. We present our spectroscopic…

We have conducted a systematic search of low-mass black holes (BHs) in active galactic nuclei (AGNs) with broad Halpha emission lines, aiming at building a homogeneous sample that is more complete than previous ones for fainter, less highly…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-05 Xiao-Bo Dong , Luis C. Ho , Weimin Yuan , Ting-Gui Wang , Xiaohui Fan , Hongyan Zhou , Ning Jiang

We visually and quantitatively determine the host galaxy morphologies of 94 intermediate redshift (0.2 < z < 1.2) active galactic nuclei (AGN), selected using Chandra X-ray and Spitzer mid-infrared data in the Extended Groth Strip. Using…

We have assembled a sample of 64 late-type spiral galaxies (T types 6.0-9.0, corresponding to Hubble types Scd-Sm) with archival Chandra data. At a signal-to-noise (S/N) threshold of 3, we find 12 objects with X-ray point-source detections…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-09-10 Louis-Benoit Desroches , Luis Ho

We used random forest algorithms to classify all objects in a large portion of the sky, using optical light curves obtained, or built from images provided, by the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF). We compare different selection sets based on…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-03-25 S. Bernal , P. Sánchez-Sáez , P. Arévalo , F. E. Bauer , P. Lira , B. Sotomayor

We present Chandra and optical observations of a candidate dual AGN discovered serendipitously while searching for recoiling black holes via a cross-correlation between the serendipitous XMM source catalog (2XMMi) and SDSS-DR7 galaxies with…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-05-16 D. Lena , G. Panizo-Espinar , P. G. Jonker , M. A. P. Torres , M. Heida

We present a machine-learning framework to accurately characterize morphologies of Active Galactic Nucleus (AGN) host galaxies within $z<1$. We first use PSFGAN to decouple host galaxy light from the central point source, then we invoke the…

We present an X-ray analysis of fourteen nearby (z < 0.044) AGN in low mass galaxies (M_* <= 5*10^9 Msun) selected based on their optical variability (Baldassare et al. 2020). Comparing and contrasting different AGN selection techniques in…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-08-09 Alexander Messick , Vivienne Baldassare , Marla Geha , Jenny Greene

We present a sample of 10 low-mass active galactic nuclei (AGNs) selected from the 40-month NuSTAR serendipitous survey. The sample is selected to have robust NuSTAR detections at $3 - 24$~keV, to be at $z < 0.3$, and to have optical r-band…

We study the host properties and environment of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) galaxies, taken from SDSS-DR12, across the $\text{[O III]}/\text{H}\beta$ vs $\text{[N II]}/\text{H}\alpha$ diagnostic diagram. We select AGN subsamples defined…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-10-25 Noelia Perez , Georgina Coldwell

We present an estimate of the space density of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) at z=3. Combining deep X-ray data with Lyman Break Galaxy (LBG) colour-selection in the rest-frame UV makes for highly efficient identification of AGN in a narrow…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 K. Nandra , E. S. Laird , C. C. Steidel

We investigate the connection between accretion signatures and host galaxy properties in the context of how active dwarf galaxies are identified. We use the database constructed in Wasleske & Baldassare (2024) which contains dwarf galaxies…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-10-31 Erik J. Wasleske , Vivienne F. Baldassare , Christopher M. Carroll

We present the results of Hi line observations towards 26 Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN)-hosting and one star-forming dwarf galaxies (Mstar < 10^9.5 Msun) with the 19-beam spectral line receiver of FAST at 1.4 GHz. Our FAST observed targets…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-12-01 Hong-Ying Chen , Chao-Wei Tsai , Pei Zuo , Niankun Yu , Jialai Wang , Kai Zhang , Guodong Li , Yogesh Chandola , Zheng Zheng , Jingwen Wu , Di Li , Lulu Bao

Using HST observations of 147 host galaxies of low-mass black holes (BHs), we systematically study the structures and scaling relations of these active galaxies. Our sample is selected to have central BHs with virial masses ~10^5-10^6 solar…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-11-09 Yan-Fei Jiang , Jenny E. Greene , Luis C. Ho , Ting Xiao , Aaron J. Barth

We present a phenomenological forward Monte Carlo model for forecasting the population of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) in dwarf galaxies observable via their optical variability. Our model accounts for expected changes in the spectral…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-08-14 Colin J. Burke , Yue Shen , Xin Liu , Priyamvada Natarajan , Neven Caplar , Jillian M. Bellovary , Z. Franklin Wang

We present new Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope observations of eight optically selected broad-line AGN candidates in nearby dwarf galaxies ($z<0.055$). Including archival Chandra observations of three additional…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-02-15 Vivienne F. Baldassare , Amy E. Reines , Elena Gallo , Jenny E. Greene

In contrast to massive galaxies with Solar or super-Solar gas phase metallicities, very few Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) are found in low-metallicity dwarf galaxies. Such a population could provide insight into the origins of supermassive…

Determining the fraction of nearby dwarf galaxies hosting massive black holes (BHs) can inform our understanding of the origin of "seed" black holes at high redshift. Here we search for signatures of accreting massive BHs in a sample of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-06-24 Lilikoi J. Latimer , Amy E. Reines , Akos Bogdan , Ralph Kraft

In the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (HUDF) an abundance of galaxies is seen with a knot at one end plus an extended tail, resembling a tadpole. These "tadpole galaxies" appear dynamically unrelaxed--presumably in an early merging state--where…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. N. Straughn , S. H. Cohen , R. E. Ryan , N. P. Hathi , R. A. Windhorst , R. A. Jansen
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