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The combination of optical and mid-infrared (MIR) photometry has been extensively used to select red active galactic nuclei (AGNs). Our aim is to explore the obscuration properties of these red AGNs with both X-ray spectroscopy and spectral…

We present a set of low resolution empirical SED templates for AGNs and galaxies in the wavelength range from 0.03 to 30 microns based on the multi-wavelength photometric observations of the NOAO Deep-Wide Field Survey Bootes field and the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 R. J. Assef , C. S. Kochanek , M. Brodwin , R. Cool , W. Forman , A. H. Gonzalez , R. C. Hickox , C. Jones , E. Le Floc'h , J. Moustakas , S. S. Murray , D. Stern

We study a combined sample of 264 star-forming, 51 composite, and 73 active galaxies using optical spectra from SDSS and mid-infrared (mid-IR) spectra from the Spitzer Infrared Spectrograph. We examine optical and mid-IR spectroscopic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Stephanie M. LaMassa , T. M. Heckman , A. Ptak , D. Schiminovich , M. O'Dowd , B. Bertincourt

We have constructed an all-sky catalog of optical AGNs with $z < 0.09$, based on optical spectroscopy, from the parent sample of galaxies in the 2MASS Redshift Survey (2MRS), a near-complete census of the nearby universe. Our catalog…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-04-04 Ingyin Zaw , Yan-Ping Chen , Glennys R Farrar

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…

In this study, we utilize a sample of 338 galaxies within the redshift range of $\rm 0.02<z<0.1$, drawn from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), for which there are available classifications, based on their emission line ratios. We,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-08-07 G. Mountrichas , A. Ruiz , I. Georgantopoulos , E. Pouliasis , A. Akylas , E. Drigga

We investigate the possible presence of active galactic nuclei (AGN) in dwarf galaxies and other nearby galaxies to identify candidates for follow-up confirmation and dynamical mass measurements. We use the Wide-field Infrared Survey…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-07-19 Francine R. Marleau , Dominic Clancy , Rebecca Habas , Matteo Bianconi

We present the analysis and results of a spectroscopic follow-up program of a mass-selected sample of six galaxies at 3 < z < 4 using data from Keck-NIRSPEC and VLT-Xshooter. We confirm the z > 3 redshifts for half of the sample through the…

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

We present a catalogue of candidate active galactic nuclei (AGN) in the $Euclid$ Quick Release (Q1) fields. For each $Euclid$ source we collect multi-wavelength photometry and spectroscopy information from Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX),…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-03-20 Euclid Collaboration , T. Matamoro Zatarain , S. Fotopoulou , F. Ricci , M. Bolzonella , F. La Franca , A. Viitanen , G. Zamorani , M. B. Taylor , M. Mezcua , B. Laloux , A. Bongiorno , K. Jahnke , G. Stevens , R. A. Shaw , L. Bisigello , W. Roster , Y. Fu , B. Margalef-Bentabol , A. La Marca , F. Tarsitano , A. Feltre , J. Calhau , X. Lopez Lopez , M. Scialpi , M. Salvato , V. Allevato , M. Siudek , C. Saulder , D. Vergani , M. N. Bremer , L. Wang , M. Giulietti , D. M. Alexander , D. Sluse , F. Shankar , L. Spinoglio , D. Scott , R. Shirley , H. Landt , M. Selwood , Y. Toba , P. Dayal , N. Aghanim , B. Altieri , A. Amara , S. Andreon , N. Auricchio , H. Aussel , C. Baccigalupi , M. Baldi , S. Bardelli , A. Basset , P. Battaglia , A. Biviano , A. Bonchi , E. Branchini , M. Brescia , J. Brinchmann , S. Camera , G. Cañas-Herrera , V. Capobianco , C. Carbone , J. Carretero , S. Casas , F. J. Castander , M. Castellano , G. 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Troja , M. Tucci , C. Valieri , A. Venhola , G. Verza , P. Vielzeuf , N. A. Walton , E. Soubrie

We present a sample of twenty-one ROSAT bright active galactic nuclei (AGN), representing a range of spectral classes, and selected for follow-up snap-shot observations with XMM-Newton. The typical exposure was between 5-10 ks. The objects…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 L. C. Gallo , I. Lehmann , W. Pietsch , Th. Boller , W. Brinkmann , P. Friedrich , D. Grupe

We present the spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of a hard X-ray selected sample. The sample contains 136 sources with F(2-10 keV)>10^-14 erg/cm^2/s and 132 are AGNs. The sources are detected in a 1 square degree area of the…

In this paper we assess the relationship of the population of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) selected by hard X-rays to the traditional population of AGN with strong optical emission lines. First, we study the emission-line properties of a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 T. M. Heckman , A. Ptak , A. Hornschemeier , G. Kauffmann

We present a selection technique to detect Compton-thick (CT) active galactic nuclei (AGNs) in the 3XMM/SDSS-DR7 cross-correlation. A subsample of 3481 X-ray sources that are detected in the hard band (2-8 keV) and have photometric…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-09-27 Reham Mostafa , Matteo Guainazzi , Alaa Ibrahim

We present the first attempt to select AGN using long-term NIR variability. By analysing the K-band light curves of all the galaxies in the UKIDSS Ultra Deep Survey, the deepest NIR survey over ~1 sq degree, we have isolated 393 variable…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-02-24 E. Elmer , O. Almaini , M. Merrifield , W. G. Hartley , D. T. Maltby , A. Lawrence , I. Botti , P. Hirst

We present a sample of 18 optically-selected and X-ray detected spatially offset active galactic nuclei (AGN) from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). In 9 systems, the X-ray AGN is spatially offset from the galactic stellar core that is…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-09-28 R. Scott Barrows , Julia M. Comerford , Jenny E. Greene , David Pooley

We present the X-ray spectroscopic study of the Compton-thick (CT) active galactic nuclei (AGN) population within the $\textit{Chandra}$ Deep Field South (CDF-S) by using the deepest X-ray observation to date, the $\textit{Chandra}$ 7 Ms…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-09-18 A. Corral , I. Georgantopoulos , A. Akylas , P. Ranalli

We present a kinematic analysis based on the large Integral Field Spectroscopy (IFS) dataset of SDSS-IV MaNGA (10.000 galaxies). We have compiled a diverse sample of 594 unique Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN), identified through a variety of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-11-06 Marco Albán , Dominika Wylezalek , Julia M. Comerford , Jenny E. Greene , Rogemar A. Riffel

The emission line luminosity function of active galactic nuclei (AGN) is measured from about 3000 AGN included in the main galaxy sample of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey within a redshift range of $0<z<0.15$. The $\Ha$ and [OIII]$\lambda…

We present the broad-band Spectral Energy Distributions (SEDs) of the largest available highly (72%) complete spectroscopic sample of mid-infrared (MIR) selected galaxies and AGN at intermediate redshift. The sample contains 203…