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We present a stacking analysis of the complete sample of Early Type Galaxies (ETGs) in the \textit{Chandra} COSMOS (C-COSMOS) survey, to explore the nature of the X-ray luminosity in the redshift and stellar luminosity ranges \(0<z<1.5\)…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-03-22 A. Paggi , G. Fabbiano , F. Civano , S. Pellegrini , M. Elvis , D. -W. Kim

Identifying the source population of ionizing radiation, responsible for the reionization of the universe, is currently a hotly debated subject with conflicting results. Studies of faint, high-redshift star-forming galaxies, in most cases,…

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A significant fraction of the sub-damped Lyman-alpha (sub-DLA) absorption systems in quasar spectra appear to be metal-rich, many with even super-solar element abundances. This raises the question whether some sub-DLAs may harbor active…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-07-24 G. Chartas , V. P. Kulkarni , A. Asper

Although the Fermi mission has increased our knowledge of gamma-ray AGN, many questions remain, such as the site of gamma-ray production, the emission mechanism, and the factors that govern the strength of the emission. Using data from a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 E. Nieppola , M. Tornikoski , E. Valtaoja , J. León-Tavares , T. Hovatta , A. Lähteenmäki , J. Tammi

Star-forming galaxies produce gamma-rays primarily via pion production, resulting from inelastic collisions between cosmic ray protons and the interstellar medium (ISM). The dense ISM and high star formation rates of luminous and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-05-25 Rhiannon D. Griffin , Xinyu Dai , Todd A. Thompson

Using a suite of X-ray, mid-IR and optical active galactic nuclei (AGN) luminosity indicators, we search for Compton-thick (CT) AGNs with intrinsic L_X>10^42erg/s at z~0.03-0.2, a region of parameter space which is currently poorly…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Andy Goulding , David Alexander , James Mullaney , Jonathan Gelbord , Ryan Hickox , Martin Ward , Mike Watson

In order to determine the incidence of black hole accretion-driven nuclear activity in nearby galaxies, as manifested by their radio emission, we have carried out a high-resolution Multi-Element Radio-Linked Interferometer Network (MERLIN)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 M. E. Filho , P. D. Barthel , L. C. Ho

The effect of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) on their host galaxies -- in particular their levels of star formation -- remains one of the key outstanding questions of galaxy evolution. Successful cosmological models of galaxy evolution…

We report the discovery with Fermi/LAT of gamma-ray emission from three radio-loud narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies: PKS 1502+036 (z=0.409), 1H 0323+342 (z=0.061) and PKS 2004-447 (z=0.24). In addition to PMN J0948+0022 (z=0.585), the first…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-02-11 LAT Collaboration , G. Ghisellini , L. Maraschi , F. Tavecchio

Many X-ray bright active galactic nuclei (AGN) are predicted to follow an extended stage of obscured black hole growth. In support of this picture we examine the X-ray undetected AGNs in the COSMOS field and compare their host galaxies with…

The detection of very-high-energy (VHE; $>$100 GeV) $\gamma$-ray radiation from misaligned jetted Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) challenges the emission models that primarily explain VHE emissions from beamed AGN, i.e., blazars. Using over 16…

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We study variability of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) by using the deep optical multiband photometry data obtained from the Hyper Suprime-Cam Subaru Strategic Program (HSC SSP) survey in the COSMOS field. The images analyzed here were taken…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-05-13 Yuki Kimura , Toru Yamada , Mitsuru Kokubo , Naoki Yasuda , Tomoki Morokuma , Tohru Nagao , Yoshiki Matsuoka

Before the launch of the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope satellite only two classes of active galactic nuclei (AGN) were known to generate relativistic jets and thus to emit up to the $\gamma$-ray energy range: blazars and radio galaxies,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-11-12 Filippo D'Ammando

The observations of FIR line and continuum spectra throughout the Galactic centre and in some regions of the disc are analysed in order to determine the physical conditions (densities, shock velocities, radiation parameters, etc.) and the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-27 M. Contini

This paper compares the optical spectra of a wide range of galaxies categorised as members of the Low Ionisation Nuclear Emission Region (LINER) class of active galactic nuclei (AGN). LINERs are defined by emission spectra with relatively…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-09-11 Hartmut Winkler

Low-mass black holes hosted by dwarf galaxies offer valuable insights into galaxy formation and the growth of the massive black holes found in massive galaxies. Their detection as AGN is challenging due to their low luminosity and compact…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-01-14 I. Flores , M. Mezcua , V. Rodríguez Morales

Low Luminosity Active Galactic Nuclei (LLAGNs) are contaminated by the light of their host galaxies, thus they cannot be detected by the usual colour techniques. For this reason their evolution in cosmic time is poorly known. Variability is…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2009-02-09 F. Vagnetti , K. Boutsia , D. Trevese

Adopting the hypothesis that the nonthermal emission of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) is primarily due to the acceleration of protons, we construct a simple model in which the interplay of acceleration and losses can be studied together with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-02-03 A. Mastichiadis J. G. Kirk

We quantify the presence of Active Galactic nuclei (AGN) in a mass-complete (M_* >5e10 M_sun) sample of 123 star-forming and quiescent galaxies at 1.5 < z < 2.5, using X-ray data from the 4 Ms Chandra Deep Field-South (CDF-S) survey.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Karen Pardos Olsen , Jesper Rasmussen , Sune Toft , Andrew W. Zirm

In our previous work in Xiao et al. (2019), we suggested that 6 superluminal sources could be gamma-ray candidates, and in fact 5 of them have been confirmed in the fourth Fermi-LAT source catalogue (4FGL). In this work, based on the 4FGL,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-07-15 Hubing Xiao , Junhui Fan , Riccardo Rando , Jingtian Zhu , Liangjun Hu