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XMM-Newton observations of type I AGN are presented. The properties of the iron K emission line are reviewed, the majority of AGN observed by XMM-Newton show narrow, unresolved (by XMM) iron lines at 6.4 keV from cold matter that must…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 James Reeves

XMM-Newton observations of the low luminosity, radio-quiet quasar Markarian 205 have revealed a unique iron K emission line profile. In marked contrast to the broad and redshifted iron K line commonly seen in ASCA observations of Seyfert 1…

The high-ionization mid-IR lines, excited in the Narrow Line Regions (NLR) of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN), barely affected by stellar excitation and dust extinction, trace the AGN bolometric power. We used the complete 12 micron sample of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-12-21 Luigi Spinoglio , Juan Antonio Fernandez-Ontiveros , Matthew A. Malkan

We systematically analyze the broadband (0.5--200 keV) X-ray spectra of hard X-ray ($>10$ keV) selected local low-luminosity active galactic nuclei (LLAGNs) observed with {\it Suzaku} and {\it Swift}/BAT. The sample consists of ten LLAGNs…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-10-05 Taiki Kawamuro , Yoshihiro Ueda , Fumie Tazaki , Yuichi Terashima , Richard Mushotzky

We use homogeneous samples of radio-quiet Seyfert 1 galaxies and QSOs selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey to investigate the connection between the velocity shift and the equivalent width (EW) of the [OIII] 5007 emission line, and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-06-23 Kai Zhang , Xiao-Bo Dong , Ting-Gui Wang , C. Martin Gaskell

Physical models of X-ray binary outbursts can aid in understanding the origin of 'changing-look' active galactic nuclei (AGN), if we can establish that these two black hole accretion phenomena are analogous. Previously, studies of the…

This study investigates the properties of two gas structures of X-ray selected active galactic nuclei (AGNs), that is, dusty and dust-free gas components, by separating them with the line-of-sight dust extinction ($A_V$) and the neutral gas…

A systematic analysis of the X-ray emission from the nearby ultraluminous infrared galaxy Mrk 273 was carried out by combining new 200 ksec Chandra data with archived 44 ksec data. The active galactic nucleus (AGN) associated with the…

Accretion states, which are universally observed in stellar-mass black holes in X-ray binaries, are also anticipated in active galactic nuclei (AGN). This is the case at low luminosities, when the jet-corona coupling dominates the energy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-04-28 Juan A. Fernández-Ontiveros , Teo Muñoz-Darias

Diffuse X-rays from the Galactic center (GC) region were found to exhibit many K-shell lines from iron and nickel atoms in the 6--9 keV band. The strong emission lines seen in the spectrum are neutral iron K$\alpha$ at 6.4~keV, He-like iron…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-07-29 T. G. Tsuru , H. Uchiyama , M. Nobukawa , M. Sawada , S. G. Ryu , R. Fukuoka , K. Koyama

We use highly spectroscopically complete deep and wide-area Chandra surveys to determine the cosmic evolution of hard X-ray-selected AGNs. We determine hard X-ray luminosity functions (HXLFs) for all spectral types and for broad-line AGNs…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 A. J. Barger , L. L. Cowie , R. F. Mushotzky , Y. Yang , W. -H. Wang , A. T. Steffen , P. Capak

We use the SWIFT Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) sample of hard x-ray selected active galactic nuclei (AGN) with a median redshift of 0.03 and the 2MASS J and K band photometry to examine the correlation of hard x-ray emission to Eddington…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 R. F. Mushotzky , L. M. Winter , D. H. McIntosh , J. Tueller

Petrucci et al. (2002; hereafter P02) have reported extraordinary behaviour of the iron K alpha line in the type 1 AGN Mrk 841. At the XMM-Newton/EPIC resolution, a narrow line was observed in a short observation, which then apparently…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. L. Longinotti , K. Nandra , P. O. Petrucci , P. M. O'Neill

The long term X-ray spectral variability of ten active galactic nuclei (AGN) shows a positive spectral index-flux correlation for each object (Sobolewska & Papadakis 2009). An inner advection dominated accretion flow (ADAF) may connect to a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-22 Xinwu Cao , Jun-Xian Wang

Active galactic nuclei (AGN) are known to be variable sources across the entire electromagnetic spectrum, in particular at optical/ultraviolet and X-ray energies. Over the past decades, a growing number of AGN have displayed type…

We report on XMM-Newton spectroscopy of the low-luminosity active galaxies (LLAGN) M81 and NGC4579 both of which have known black hole masses and well-sampled spectral energy distributions (SED). The iron Kalpha line profiles from both the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 G. C. Dewangan , R. E. Griffiths , T. Di Matteo , N. J. Schurch

We present the 3-8 keV and 8-24 keV number counts of active galactic nuclei (AGN) identified in the NuSTAR extragalactic surveys. NuSTAR has now resolved 33-39% of the X-ray background in the 8-24 keV band, directly identifying AGN with…

We explore the kinematics of ionized gas via the [O III] $\lambda$5007 emission lines in active galactic nuclei (AGN) selected on the basis of their mid-infrared (IR) emission, and split into obscured and unobscured populations based on…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-04-11 M. A. DiPompeo , R. C. Hickox , C. M. Carroll , J. C. Runnoe , J. R. Mullaney , T. C. Fischer

We report on Chandra X-ray observations of four candidate low-mass black hole (<10^6Msun) active galactic nuclei (AGNs) that have the estimated Eddington ratios among the lowest (~10^(-2)) found for this class. The aims are to validate the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-18 W. Yuan , H. Zhou , L. Dou , X. -B. Dong , X. Fan , T. -G. Wang

X-ray variability is very common in active galactic nuclei (AGN), but these variations may not occur similarly in different families of AGN. We aim to disentangle the structure of low ionization nuclear emission line regions (LINERs)…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-06-15 Lorena Hernandez-Garcia , Josefa Masegosa , Omaira Gonzalez-Martin , Isabel Marquez , Jaime Perea