Infrared Spectral Energy Distribution and Variability of Active Galactic Nuclei: Clues to the Structure of Circumnuclear Material

J Lyu, G Rieke - Universe, 2022 - mdpi.com
The active galactic nucleus (AGN) phenomenon results from a supermassive black hole
accreting its surrounding gaseous and dusty material. The infrared (IR) regime provides …

CEERS Key Paper. VI. JWST/MIRI Uncovers a Large Population of Obscured AGN at High Redshifts

G Yang, KI Caputi, C Papovich, PA Haro… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Mid-infrared (mid-IR) observations are powerful in identifying heavily obscured
active galactic nuclei (AGN) that have weak emission in other wavelengths. Data from the …

The subarcsecond mid-infrared view of local active galactic nuclei – I. The N- and Q-band imaging atlas

D Asmus, SF Hönig, P Gandhi, A Smette… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
We present the first subarcsecond-resolution mid-infrared (MIR) atlas of local active galactic
nuclei (AGN). Our atlas contains 253 AGN with a median redshift of z= 0.016, and includes …

NuSTAR Observations of AGNs with Low Observed X-Ray to [O iii] Luminosity Ratios: Heavily Obscured AGNs or Turned-off AGNs?

ML Saade, M Brightman, D Stern… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Type 2 active galactic nuclei (AGNs) show signatures of accretion onto a supermassive
black hole through strong, high-ionization, narrow emission lines extended on scales of …

Rapidly growing black holes and host galaxies in the distant Universe from the Herschel Radio Galaxy Evolution Project

G Drouart, C De Breuck, J Vernet, N Seymour… - Astronomy & …, 2014 - aanda.org
We present results from a comprehensive survey of 70 radio galaxies at redshifts 1< z< 5.2
using the PACS and SPIRE instruments on board the Herschel Space Observatory …

Modeling the nuclear infrared spectral energy distribution of type II active galactic nuclei

P Lira, L Videla, Y Wu, A Alonso-Herrero… - The Astrophysical …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
We present results from model fitting to the spectral energy distribution (SED) of a
homogeneous sample of Seyfert II galaxies drawn from the 12 μm Galaxy Sample. Imaging …

An AMUSING look at the host of the periodic nuclear transient ASASSN-14ko reveals a second AGN

MA Tucker, BJ Shappee, JT Hinkle… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT We present Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) integral-field
spectroscopy of ESO 253− G003, which hosts a known active galactic nucleus (AGN) and …

AKARI IRC 2.5–5 μm SPECTROSCOPY OF INFRARED GALAXIES OVER A WIDE LUMINOSITY RANGE

K Ichikawa, M Imanishi, Y Ueda… - The Astrophysical …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the result of a systematic infrared 2.5–5 μm spectroscopic study of 22 nearby
infrared galaxies over a wide infrared luminosity range (10 10 L☉< L IR< 10 13 L☉) …

Unravelling the nuclear dust morphology of NGC 1365: a two-phase polar–RAT model for the ultraviolet to infrared spectral energy distribution

S Swain, P Shalima, KVP Latha - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
We present a 3D radiative transfer model for the spectral energy distribution (SED) of NGC
1365, which is a 'changing look'Seyfert 1.8 type active galactic nucleus (AGN). The SED …

NuSTAR uncovers an extremely local compton-thick AGN in NGC 4968

SM LaMassa, T Yaqoob, PG Boorman… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the analysis of Chandra and NuSTAR spectra of NGC 4968, a local (D∼ 44
Mpc) 12 μm selected Seyfert 2 galaxy, enshrouded within Compton-thick layers of obscuring …