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We present the multi-epoch monitoring with NuSTAR and XMM-Newton of NGC 1358, a nearby Seyfert 2 galaxy whose properties made it a promising candidate X-ray changing look AGN, i.e., a source whose column density could transition from its…

We analyze the broad H$\beta$ line profile variability of the "changing look" active galactic nucleus (CL-AGN) NGC 3516 over a long period of 25 years. The observed change in the broad line profile may indicate a change in the geometry of…

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 the discovery of eight new recurrent changing-look (CL) active galactic nuclei (AGNs), including seven re-brightening turn-off AGNs and one fading turn-on AGN. These systems are valuable for placing constraints on the duration of…

星系天体物理 · 物理学 2024-10-22 Shu Wang , Jong-Hak Woo , Elena Gallo , Donghoon Son , Qian Yang , Junjie Jin , Hengxiao Guo , Minzhi Kong

1ES 1927+654 is a nearby active galactic nucleus (AGN) which underwent a changing-look event in early 2018, developing prominent broad Balmer lines which were absent in previous observations. We have followed up this object in the X-rays…

Changing-look active galactic nuclei (CL-AGNs), characterized by emerging or disappearing of broad lines accompanied with extreme continuum flux variability, have drawn much attention for their potential of revealing physical processes…

Context. Multiwavelength studies of transients in actively accreting supermassive black holes have revealed that large-amplitude variability is frequently linked to significant changes in the optical spectra -- a phenomenon known as…

We present the first result of a programme to search for large flux variations in the X-ray sources of the XMM Serendipitous Survey compared to previous ROSAT observations. An increase in X-ray flux by a factor >10 was discovered from the…

天体物理学 · 物理学 2009-11-10 W. Yuan , St. Komossa , D. Xu , J. P. Osborne , M. G. Watson , R. G. McMahon

Although more than 1000 optical changing-look active galactic nuclei (CLAGNs) have been reported to date, their physical origin remains unclear, and repeating CLAGNs (RCLAGNs) are still rare. Expanding the CLAGN sample, especially RCLAGNs,…

星系天体物理 · 物理学 2026-05-26 Guohai Chen , Wenxin Yang , Xuhong Ye , Zhiqiang Chen , Zhiyuan Pei , Hubing Xiao , Junhui Fan

To investigate the role of feedback from Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) in driving the evolution of their host galaxies, we have carried out a study of the environments and optical properties of galaxies harboring X-ray luminous AGN in the…

We present the drastic transformation of the X-ray properties of the active galactic nucleus 1ES 1927+654, following a changing-look event. After the optical/UV outburst the power-law component, produced in the X-ray corona, disappeared,…

Determining the frequency and duration of changing--look (CL) active galactic nuclei (AGNs) phenomena, where the optical broad emission lines appear or disappear, is crucial to understand the evolution of the accretion flow around…

Changing-look transitions challenge our understanding of active galactic nuclei (AGN), exhibiting dramatic changes in broad-line emission and continuum flux on timescales of months to years. We present a detailed study of the…

星系天体物理 · 物理学 2026-04-10 Joel Carpenter , Sandra Raimundo , Charlotte Angus , Katie Auchettl

The structure of accretion flows in low-luminosity active galactic nuclei (AGN) at low Eddington ratios (~10^-2 to 10^-3) are poorly-understood, and can be probed using the spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of faded changing-look (CL)…

Optical changing-look Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) are a class of sources that change type within a short timescale of years or decades. This change is characterised by the appearance or disappearance of broad emission lines, often…

星系天体物理 · 物理学 2019-04-10 S. I. Raimundo , M. Vestergaard , J. Y. Koay , D. Lawther , V. Casasola , B. M. Peterson

The incidence and properties of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) in the field, groups, and clusters can provide new information about how these objects are triggered and fueled, similar to how these environments have been employed to study…

宇宙学与河外天体物理 · 物理学 2014-11-20 Timothy J. Arnold , Paul Martini , John S. Mulchaey , Angela Berti , Tesla E. Jeltema

Mrk 590 was originally classified as a Seyfert 1 galaxy, but then it underwent dramatic changes: the nuclear luminosity dropped by over two orders of magnitude and the broad emission lines all but disappeared from the optical spectrum. Here…

We study the properties of the host galaxies of Changing-Look Active Galactic Nuclei (CL AGNs) with the aim of understanding the conditions responsible for triggering CL activity. We find that CL AGN hosts primarily reside in the so-called…

星系天体物理 · 物理学 2021-03-17 Sierra A. Dodd , Jamie A. P. Law-Smith , Katie Auchettl , Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz , Ryan J. Foley

Changing-look active galactic nuclei (CLAGNs) are a unique population of AGNs that exhibit the appearance (turn-on) or disappearance (turn-off) of broad emission lines. This study aims to explore the intrinsic mechanisms of CLAGNs by…

星系天体物理 · 物理学 2025-11-14 Huimei Wang , Xue-Bing Wu , Nanyu Yao , Bing Lyu , Yuxuan Pang , Yuming Fu , Rui Zhu , Qian Yang

Type 2 active galactic nuclei (AGN) show signatures of accretion onto a supermassive black hole through strong, high-ionization, narrow emission lines extended on scales of 100s to 1000s of parsecs, but they lack the broad emission lines…

高能天体物理现象 · 物理学 2022-09-21 M. Lynne Saade , Murray Brightman , Daniel Stern , Matthew A. Malkan , Javier A. Garcia