BAT AGN spectroscopic survey. V. X-ray properties of the Swift/BAT 70-month AGN catalog

C Ricci, B Trakhtenbrot, MJ Koss, Y Ueda… - The Astrophysical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Hard X-ray (≥ 10 keV) observations of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) can shed light on some
of the most obscured episodes of accretion onto supermassive black holes. The 70-month …

Ionized outflows in local luminous AGN: what are the real densities and outflow rates?

R Davies, D Baron, T Shimizu, H Netzer… - Monthly Notices of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
We report on the determination of electron densities, and their impact on the outflow masses
and rates, measured in the central few hundred parsecs of 11 local luminous active …

The subarcsecond mid-infrared view of local active galactic nuclei–II. The mid-infrared–X-ray correlation

D Asmus, P Gandhi, SF Hönig, A Smette… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
We present an updated mid-infrared (MIR) versus X-ray correlation for the local active
galactic nuclei (AGN) population based on the high angular resolution 12 and 18μm …

An image of the dust sublimation region in the nucleus of NGC 1068

O Pfuhl, R Davies, J Dexter, H Netzer, S Hönig… - Astronomy & …, 2020 - aanda.org
We present near-infrared interferometric data on the Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 1068, obtained
with the GRAVITY instrument on the European Southern Observatory Very Large Telescope …

The central parsec of NGC 3783: a rotating broad emission line region, asymmetric hot dust structure, and compact coronal line region

A Amorim, M Bauböck, W Brandner, M Bolzer… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
Using VLTI/GRAVITY and SINFONI data, we investigate the subparsec gas and dust
structure around the nearby type 1 active galactic nucleus (AGN) hosted by NGC 3783. The …

Evolution of broad-line emission from active galactic nuclei

M Elitzur, LC Ho, JR Trump - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Apart from viewing-dependent obscuration, intrinsic broad-line emission from active galactic
nuclei (AGN) follows an evolutionary sequence: type 1→ 1.2/1.5→ 1.8/1.9→ 2 as the …

Intermediate-mass black holes in AGN discs–II. Model predictions and observational constraints

B McKernan, KES Ford, B Kocsis… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
If intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs) grow efficiently in gas discs around supermassive
black holes, their host active galactic nucleus (AGN) discs should exhibit myriad …

The multiphase gas structure and kinematics in the circumnuclear region of NGC 5728

TT Shimizu, RI Davies, D Lutz… - Monthly Notices of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
We report on our combined analysis of HST, VLT/MUSE, VLT/SINFONI, and ALMA
observations of the local Seyfert 2 galaxy, NGC 5728 to investigate in detail the feeding and …

A new class of flares from accreting supermassive black holes

B Trakhtenbrot, I Arcavi, C Ricci, S Tacchella… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Accreting supermassive black holes (SMBHs) can exhibit variable emission across the
electromagnetic spectrum and over a broad range of timescales. The variability of active …

BAT AGN Spectroscopic Survey (BASS) – VI. The ΓXL/LEdd relation

B Trakhtenbrot, C Ricci, MJ Koss… - Monthly Notices of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
We study the relation between accretion rate (in terms of L/L Edd) and shape of the hard X-
ray spectral energy distribution (namely the photon index Γx) for a large sample of 228 hard …