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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

The time lag between optical and near-infrared continuum emission in active galactic nuclei (AGN) shows a tight correlation with luminosity and has been proposed as a standardisable candle for cosmology. In this paper, we explore the use of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-12 S. F. Hönig , D. Watson , M. Kishimoto , P. Gandhi , M. Goad , K. Horne , F. Shankar , M. Banerji , B. Boulderstone , M. Jarvis , M. Smith , M. Sullivan

Deep surveys with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have revealed an emergent population of moderate-luminosity, broad-line active galactic nuclei (AGNs) at 4< z< 14 powered by accretion onto early massive black holes. The high number…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-31 Piero Madau , Emanuele Giallongo , Andrea Grazian , Francesco Haardt

We present a large sample of infrared-luminous candidate active galactic nuclei (AGNs) that lack X-ray detections in Chandra, XMM-Newton, and NuSTAR fields. We selected all optically detected SDSS sources with redshift measurements,…

Active Galactic Nuclei (hereafter AGN) produce powerful outflows which offer excellent conditions for efficient particle acceleration in internal and external shocks, turbulence, and magnetic reconnection events. The jets as well as…

The goal of this work is to search for Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) in the Galactic disc at very low latitudes with |b| $<$ 2$^\circ$. For this, we studied the five sources from the VVV near-infrared galaxy catalogue that have also WISE…

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…

We perform long-term ($\approx 15$ yr, observed-frame) X-ray variability analyses of the 68 brightest radio-quiet active galactic nuclei (AGNs) in the 6 Ms $Chandra$ Deep Field-South (CDF-S) survey; the majority are in the redshift range of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-11-09 G. Yang , W. Brandt , B. Luo , Y. Xue , F. Bauer , M. Sun , S. Kim , S. Schulze , X. Zheng , M. Paolillo , O. Shemmer , T. Liu , D. Schneider , C. Vignali , F. Vito , J. -X. Wang

Dual active galactic nuclei (AGNs) and offset AGNs are kpc-scale separation supermassive black holes pairs created during galaxy mergers, where both or one of the black holes are AGNs, respectively. These dual and offset AGNs are valuable…

We analyze four extreme active galactic nuclei (AGN) transients to explore the possibility that they are caused by rare, high-amplitude microlensing events. These previously unknown type-I AGN are located in the redshift range 0.6-1.1 and…

Active Galactic Nucleus (AGN) variability can be used to study the physics of the region in the vicinity of the central black hole. In this paper, we investigated intra-night optical variability of AGN in the COSMOS field in order to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-09-12 Joonho Kim , Marios Karouzos , Myungshin Im , Changsu Choi , Dohyeong Kim , Hyunsung D. Jun , Joon Hyeop Lee , Mar Mezcua

We present our statistical study of near infrared (NIR) variability of X-ray selected Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) in the COSMOS field, using UltraVISTA data. This is the largest sample of AGN light curves in YJHKs bands, making possible to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-11-15 P. Sánchez , P. Lira , R. Cartier , V. Pérez , N. Miranda , C. Yovaniniz , P. Arévalo , B. Milvang-Jensen , J. Fynbo , J. Dunlop , P. Coppi , S. Marchesi

The nature of the obscuring material in active galactic nuclei (AGN) can be studied by measuring changes in the line-of-sight column density, $N_{\rm H,los}$, over time. This can be accomplished by monitoring AGN over long periods of time…

The Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) glossary is vast and complex. Depending on selection method, observing wavelength, and brightness, AGNs are assigned distinct labels, yet the relationship between different selection methods and the…

Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) are extremely powerful cosmic objects, driven by accretion of hot gas upon super-massive black holes. The zoo of AGN classes are divided into two major groups, with Type-1 AGN displaying broad Balmer emission…

Off-nucleus active galactic nuclei (AGN) can be signposts of inspiraling supermassive black holes (SMBHs) on galactic scales, or accreting SMBHs recoiling after the coalescence of a SMBH binary or slingshot from three-body interactions.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-08-17 Yue Shen , Hsiang-Chih Hwang , Nadia Zakamska , Xin Liu

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

LINERs exist in the nuclei of a large fraction of luminous galaxies, but their connection with the AGN phenomenon has remained elusive. We present Hubble Space Telescope narrowband [O III]5007 and H-alpha+[N II] emission-line images of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 R. W. Pogge , D. Maoz , L. C. Ho , M. Eracleous

The multi-cycle JWST Treasury program NEXUS will obtain cadenced imaging and spectroscopic observations around the North Ecliptic Pole during 2024-2028. Here we report a systematic search for nuclear variability among $\sim 25\,$k sources…