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We study the morphologies and structures of 57 dwarf galaxies that are representative of the general population of dwarf galaxies, and compare their demographics to a sample of dwarf galaxies hosting optically-selected AGNs. The two samples…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-09-22 Seth J. Kimbrell , Amy E. Reines , Jenny E. Greene , Marla Geha

The morphological study is crucial to investigate the connections between active galactic nuclei (AGN) activities and the evolution of galaxies. Substantial studies have found that radiative-mode AGNs primarily reside in disk galaxies,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-02-09 Yuxing Zhong , Akio K. Inoue , Satoshi Yamanaka , Toru Yamada

We use HST/ACS images and a photometric catalog of the COSMOS field to analyze morphologies of the host galaxies of approximately 400 AGN candidates at redshifts 0.3 < z < 1.0. We compare the AGN hosts with a sample of non-active galaxies…

We analyze Hubble Space Telescope (HST) optical imaging of eight low-mass galaxies hosting active galactic nuclei (AGN) identified via their photometric variability in \cite{baldassare_search_2020}. We use GALFIT to model the 2D galaxy…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-02-06 Erin Kimbro , Vivienne Baldassare , Guy Worthey , Marla Geha , Jenny Greene

We analyze morphologies of the host galaxies of 35 X-ray selected active galactic nucleus (AGNs) at $z\sim2$ in the Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS) field using Hubble Space Telescope/WFC3 imaging taken from the Cosmic Assembly…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-18 Lulu Fan , Guanwen Fang , Yang Chen , Jinrong Li , Xuanyi Lv , Kirsten Kraiberg Knudsen , Xu Kong

We use the VST-COSMOS survey to identify, via their optical broadband variability, 30 AGN in nearby (z<0.4) dwarf (10^8 MSun < M < 10^10 MSun) galaxies. VST-COSMOS offers a 1 deg^2 survey footprint, a single visit depth of 24.6 mag and 68…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-11-20 S. Kaviraj , D. De Cicco , I. Lazar , B. Bichang'a , A. E. Watkins , G. Martin , S. Koudmani

Using the TNG50 cosmological simulation and observations from the Kilo-Degree Survey (KiDS), we investigate the connection between galaxy mergers and optical morphology in the local Universe over a wide range of galaxy stellar masses…

We develop a new diagnostic method to classify galaxies into AGN hosts, star-forming galaxies, and absorption-dominated galaxies by combining the [O III]/Hbeta ratio with rest-frame U-B color. This can be used to robustly select AGNs in…

Radio AGN in the nearby Universe are more likely to be found in galaxies with early-type morphology, the detection rate in spiral or late-type galaxies (LTGs) being around an order of magnitude lower. We combine the mJy Imaging VLBA…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-10-14 Sugata Kaviraj , Stanislav S. Shabala , Adam T. Deller , Enno Middelberg

Given their dominance of the galaxy number density, dwarf galaxies are central to our understanding of galaxy formation. While the incidence of AGN and their impact on galaxy evolution has been extensively studied in massive galaxies, much…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-06-19 B. Bichang'a , S. Kaviraj , I. Lazar , R. A. Jackson , S. Das , D. J. B. Smith , A. E. Watkins , G. Martin

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…

In this paper we investigate the stellar populations and star formation histories of 235 active galactic nuclei (AGN)-host dwarf galaxies, consisting of four samples identified separately with different methods (i.e., radio, X-ray, mid-IR…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-04-12 Xiejin Li , Yinghe Zhao , Jinming Bai

Using HST/ACS images in four bands F435W, F606W, F775W and F850LP, we identify optical counterparts to the X-ray sources in the Chandra Deep Field South in the GOODS South field. A detailed study has been made of these sources to study…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Priya Hasan

The finding of active galactic nuclei (AGN) in dwarf galaxies has important implications for galaxy evolution and supermassive black hole formation models. Yet, how AGN in dwarf galaxies form is still debated, in part due to scant…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-02-12 M. Mezcua , H. Domínguez Sánchez

The morphology of a galaxy reflects the mix of physical processes occurring within and around it, offering indirect clues to its formation and evolution. We apply both visual classification and computer vision to test the suspected…

Isolated early-type galaxies (iETGs) are evolving in unusually poor environments for this morphological family, which is typical of cluster inhabitants. We investigate the mechanisms driving the evolution of these galaxies. Several studies…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-08-19 R. Rampazzo , A. Omizzolo , M. Uslenghi , J. Roman , P. Mazzei , L. Verdes-Montenegro , A. Marino , M. G. Jones

This study aims to explore the relation between dwarf galaxies ($M_* \leq 5\times10^9 M_\odot$) with AGNs and their environment by comparing neighbourhood parameters of AGN and non-AGN samples. Using the NASA-Sloan Atlas, both the local…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-06-16 Mikkel T. Kristensen , Kevin Pimbblet , Samantha Penny

Studying the morphology of a large sample of active galaxies at different wavelengths and comparing it with active galactic nuclei (AGN) properties, such as black hole mass ($M_{BH}$) and Eddington ratio ($\lambda_{Edd}$), can help us in…

We investigate the optical morphologies of candidate active galaxies identified at radio, X-ray, and mid-infrared wavelengths. We use the Advanced Camera for Surveys General Catalog (ACS-GC) to identify 372, 1360, and 1238 AGN host galaxies…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-19 Roger L. Griffith , Daniel Stern
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