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(abbreviated): This paper presents the results of a high resolution radio imaging survey of all known (96) low-luminosity active galactic nuclei (LLAGNs) at D<19Mpc. We find that almost half of all LINERs and low-luminosity Seyferts have…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 N. M. Nagar , H. Falcke , A. S. Wilson , J. S. Ulvestad

The nearby low-luminosity active galactic nucleus (LLAGN) NGC 4258 has a weak radio continuum emission at the galactic center. Quasi-simultaneous multi-frequency observations using the Very Large Array (VLA) from 5 GHz (6 cm) to 22 GHz (1.3…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-01-29 Akihiro Doi , Kotaro Kohno , Kouichiro Nakanishi , Seiji Kameno , Makoto Inoue , Kazuhiro Hada , Kazuo Sorai

We have used the VLBA at 5 GHz to observe all galaxies with nuclear radio flux densities above 3.5 mJy found in a VLA survey at 15 GHz of a sample of nearby LINER galaxies. All galaxies were detected revealing high brightness temperature…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Heino Falcke , Neil M. Nagar , Andrew S. Wilson , James S. Ulvestad

The nearby low-luminosity active galactic nucleus (LLAGN) NGC 4258 has a weak radio continuum component at the galactic center. We investigate its radio spectral properties on the basis of our new observations using the Nobeyama Millimeter…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-12 Akihiro Doi , Kotaro Kohno , Kouichiro Nakanishi , Seiji Kameno , Makoto Inoue , Kazuhiro Hada , Kazuo Sorai

We have surveyed two large samples of nearby low-luminosity AGN with the VLA to search for flat-spectrum radio cores, similar to Sgr A* in the Galactic Center. Roughly one third of all galaxies are detected (roughly one half if HII…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Heino Falcke , Neil M. Nagar , Andrew S. Wilson , Luis C. Ho , Jim S. Ulvestad

We have used the VLA to study radio variability among a sample of 18 low luminosity active galactic nuclei (LLAGNs), on time scales of a few hours to 10 days. The goal was to measure or limit the sizes of the LLAGN radio-emitting regions,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 James M. Anderson , James S. Ulvestad

We present the completed results of a high resolution radio imaging survey of all (around 200) low-luminosity active galactic nuclei (LLAGNs) in the Palomar spectroscopic Sample of all (around 470) nearby bright northern galaxies. The high…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 N. M. Nagar , H. Falcke , A. S. Wilson

A wide-frequency radio study of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) is crucial to evaluate the intervening radiative mechanisms responsible for the observed emission and relate them with the underlying accretion physics. We present wide frequency…

We conducted millimeter continuum observations for samples of nearby early-type galaxies (21 sources) and nearby low-luminosity active galactic nuclei (LLAGN; 16 sources) at 100 GHz (3 mm) using the Nobeyama Millimeter Array (NMA). In…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Akihiro Doi , Kouichiro Nakanishi , Hiroshi Nagai , Kotaro Kohno , Seiji Kameno

We present simultaneous, sub-arcsecond (<=50pc) resolution 5 GHz, 8.4 GHz, and 15 GHz VLA observations of a well-defined sample of sixteen low-luminosity active galactic nuclei (LLAGNs). The radio emission in most of these nuclei does not…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Neil M. Nagar , Andrew S. Wilson , Heino Falcke

Radio-loud active galactic nuclei (AGNs), hosting powerful relativistic jet outflows, provide an excellent laboratory for studying jet physics. Very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) enables high-resolution imaging on milli-arcsecond…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-02-07 X. -P. Cheng , T. An , X. -Y. Hong , J. Yang , P. Mohan , K. I. Kellermann , M. L. Lister , S. Frey , W. Zhao , Z. -L. Zhang , X. -C. Wu , X. -F. Li , Y. -K. Zhang

We present a sub-arcsec resolution radio imaging survey of a sample of 76 low-luminosity active galactic nuclei (LLAGN) that were previously not detected with the Very Large Array at 15 GHz. Compact, parsec-scale radio emission has been…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-09-12 Payaswini Saikia , Elmar Körding , Deanne L. Coppejans , Heino Falcke , David Williams , Ranieri D. Baldi , Ian Mchardy , Rob Beswick

The feeble radiative efficiency characteristic of Low-Luminosity Active Galactic Nuclei (LLAGN) is ascribed to a sub-Eddington accretion rate, typically at $\log(L_{\rm bol}/L_{\rm edd}) \lesssim -3$. At the finest angular resolutions that…

We report a 0.2" resolution, 15 GHz survey of a sample of 48 low-luminosity active galactic nuclei with the Very Large Array. Compact radio emission has been detected in 57% (17 of 30) of LINERs and low-luminosity Seyferts, at least 15 of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Neil M. Nagar , Heino Falcke , Andrew S. Wilson , Luis C. Ho

The low-luminosity active galactic nuclei in NGC 3147, NGC 4203, and NGC 4579 have been imaged at four frequencies with the Very Long Baseline Array. The galaxies are unresolved at all frequencies, with size upper limits of $10^3-10^4$…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 James S. Ulvestad , Luis C. Ho

We present the completed results of a high resolution radio imaging survey of all (~200) low-luminosity active galactic nuclei (LLAGNs) and AGNs in the Palomar Spectroscopic Sample. The high incidences of pc-scale radio nuclei, with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Neil M. Nagar , Heino Falcke , Andrew S. Wilson

We investigate the nature of low-luminosity radio-loud active galactic nuclei (RLAGN) selected from the LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey (LoTSS) first data release (DR1). Using optical, mid-infrared, and radio data, we have conservatively…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-03-01 J. Chilufya , M. J. Hardcastle , J. C. S. Pierce , J. H. Croston , B. Mingo , X. Zheng , R. D. Baldi , H. J. A. Röttgering

Low-luminosity active galactic nuclei (LLAGNs) often host weak radio jets whose propagation is shaped by the surrounding interstellar medium. We investigate the nearby LLAGN NGC7213 to assess its ability to launch collimated outflows beyond…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-05-12 G. Bruni , F. Panessa , E. Kammoun , A. L. Thakur , C. Reynolds , R. Ricci , M. Wieringa , S. Bianchi , A. De Rosa , G. Matt , F. Nicastro , F. Ursini

The disappearance of the accretion disc in low-luminosity active galactic nuclei (LLAGN) leaves behind a faint optical nuclear continuum whose nature has been largely debated, mainly due to serious observational limitations in the IR to UV…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-02-01 J. A. Fernández-Ontiveros , X. López-López , A. Prieto

A thorough study of radio emission in Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) is of fundamental importance to understand the physical mechanisms responsible for the emission and the interplay between accretion and ejection processes. High frequency…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-05-27 E. Chiaraluce , F. Panessa , G. Bruni , R. D. Baldi , E. Behar , F. Vagnetti , F. Tombesi , I. McHardy
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