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Growing supermassive black holes (Active Galactic Nuclei; AGN) release energy with the potential to alter their host galaxies and larger-scale environment; a process named "AGN feedback". Feedback is a required component of galaxy formation…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-04-15 Chris M. Harrison , Cristina Ramos Almeida

The imminent launch of XRISM will usher in an era of high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy. For active galactic nuclei (AGN) this is an exciting epoch that is full of massive potential for uncovering the ins and outs of supermassive black hole…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-10-13 Luigi C. Gallo , Jon M. Miller , Elisa Costantini

In this Chapter we present the motivation for undertaking both a wide and deep survey with the SKA in the context of studying AGN activity across cosmic time. With an rms down to 1 $\mu$Jy/beam at 1 GHz over 1,000 - 5,000 deg$^2$ in 1 year…

Pierre Auger collaboration have recently put forward the hypothesis that the arrival directions of the highest energy cosmic rays correlate with the subset of local active galactic nuclei (AGN). We perform a blind test of AGN hypothesis…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-08-23 G. I. Rubtsov , I. I. Tkachev , A. D. Dolgov

Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) are highly energetic astrophysical sources powered by accretion onto supermassive black holes in galaxies, which present unique observational signatures covering the full electromagnetic spectrum (and more) over…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-04-05 Stefano Bianchi , Vincenzo Mainieri , Paolo Padovani

Physical processes such as re-ignition, enhancement, and fading of active galactic nuclei (AGN) are not entirely understood because the timeline of these events is expected to last many years. However, it is well known that the differences…

We investigate faint radio emission from low- to high-luminosity Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). Their radio properties are inferred by co-adding large ensembles of radio image cut-outs from…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 W. H. de Vries , J. A. Hodge , R. H. Becker , R. L. White , D. J. Helfand

We have performed a spectral decomposition to search for dual active galactic nuclei (DAGNs) in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) quasars with $z<0.25$. Potential DAGN candidates are searched by referencing velocity offsets and spectral…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-11-25 D. -C. Kim , Ilsang Yoon , A. S. Evans , Minjin Kim , E. Momjian , Ji Hoon Kim

We present the first quantified, statistical map of broad-line active galactic nucleus (AGN) frequency with host galaxy color and stellar mass in nearby (0.01 < z < 0.11) galaxies. Aperture photometry and z-band concentration measurements…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Jonathan R. Trump , Alexander D. Hsu , Jerome J. Fang , S. M. Faber , David C. Koo , Dale D. Kocevski

We present the results of a program to identify so far unknown active nuclei (AGN) in galaxies. Candidate galactic nuclei have been selected for optical spectroscopy from a cross-correlation of the ROSAT all sky survey (RASS) bright source…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 K. Bischoff , W. Pietsch , T. Boller , S. Döbereiner , W. Kollatschny , H. -U. Zimmermann

The International AGN Watch has monitored a number of radio-quiet and radio-loud Active Galactic Nuclei - the most luminous objects in the universe. We present a review of the main observational results from the continuum monitoring…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Paul T. O'Brien , Karen M. Leighly

The investigation of emission line regions within active galaxies (AGNs) has a rich and extensive history, now extending to the use of AGNs and quasars as "standardizable" cosmological indicators, shedding light on the evolution of our…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-11-28 Swayamtrupta Panda , Paola Marziani , Bozena Czerny , Alberto Rodriguez-Ardila , Francisco Pozo Nunez

INTEGRAL has made a very significant contribution to our understanding of the physics of AGN. We illustrate this progress by looking at the considerations that were made at the time of the selection of the INTEGRAL mission and discussing…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-02-14 Thierry J. -L. Courvoisier

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…

Galaxy-galaxy interactions are predicted to cause gas inflows leading to enhanced nuclear star formation. In this paper we test the further prediction that the gas inflows lead to enhanced accretion onto the central supermassive black hole,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Sara L. Ellison , David R. Patton , J. Trevor Mendel , Jillian M. Scudder

Galaxy mergers are likely to play a role in triggering active galactic nuclei (AGN), but the conditions under which this process occurs are poorly understood. In Paper I, we constructed a sample of spatially offset X-ray AGN that represent…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-04-12 R. Scott Barrows , Julia M. Comerford , Jenny E. Greene , David Pooley

Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) have long been known to be variable, but the amplitude, timescale and nature of these changes can often differ dramatically from object to object. The richest source of information about the properties of AGN…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-07-14 Hartmut Winkler

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…

Some Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) host outflows which have the potential to alter the host galaxy's evolution (AGN feedback). These outflows have been linked to enhanced radio emission. Here we investigate the connection between…

AGN are among the most energetic phenomena in the Universe and in the last two decades INTEGRAL's contribution in their study has had a significant impact. Thanks to the INTEGRAL extragalactic sky surveys, all classes of soft X-ray detected…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-11-11 Angela Malizia , Sergey Sazonov , Loredana Bassani , Elena Pian , Volker Beckmann , Manuela Molina , Ilya Mereminskiy , Guillaume Belanger