Ionized outflows from active galactic nuclei as the essential elements of feedback

S Laha, CS Reynolds, J Reeves, G Kriss… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Outflows from active galactic nuclei (AGNs) are one of the fundamental mechanisms by
which the central supermassive black hole interacts with its host galaxy. Detected in≥ 50 …

Possible mechanism for multiple changing-look phenomena in active galactic nuclei

M Sniegowska, B Czerny, E Bon, N Bon - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2020 - aanda.org
Context. The changing-look phenomenon observed in a growing number of active galaxies
challenges our understanding of the accretion process close to a black hole. Aims. We …

Changing-look event in NGC 3516: continuum or obscuration variability?

M Mehdipour, GA Kriss, LW Brenneman… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The Seyfert-1 galaxy NGC 3516 has undergone major spectral changes in recent years. In
2017 we obtained Chandra, NuSTAR, and Swift observations during its new low-flux state …

TPHO: a time-dependent photoionization model for AGN outflows

D Rogantini, M Mehdipour, J Kaastra… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Outflows in active galactic nuclei (AGN) are considered a promising candidate for driving
AGN feedback at large scales. However, without information on the density of these outflows …

Multiphase AGN winds from x-ray-irradiated disk atmospheres

T Waters, D Proga, R Dannen - The Astrophysical Journal, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The mechanism of thermal driving for launching mass outflows is interconnected with
classical thermal instability (TI). In a recent paper, we demonstrated that as a result of this …

Stratified disc wind models for the AGN broad-line region: ultraviolet, optical, and X-ray properties

JH Matthews, C Knigge, N Higginbottom… - Monthly Notices of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The origin, geometry, and kinematics of the broad-line region (BLR) gas in quasars and
active galactic nuclei (AGN) are uncertain. We demonstrate that clumpy biconical disc winds …

Revisiting the spectral and timing properties of NGC 4151

A Zoghbi, JM Miller, E Cackett - The Astrophysical Journal, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
NGC 4151 is the brightest Seyfert 1 nucleus in X-rays. It was the first object to show short
time delays in the Fe K band, which were attributed to relativistic reverberation, providing a …

Transient obscuration event captured in NGC 3227-II. Warm absorbers and obscuration events in archival XMM-Newton and NuSTAR observations

Y Wang, J Kaastra, M Mehdipour, J Mao… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
The relationship between warm absorber (WA) outflows of active galactic nuclei and nuclear
obscuration activities caused by optically thick clouds (obscurers) crossing the line of sight is …

Space telescope and optical reverberation mapping project. VIII. Time variability of emission and absorption in NGC 5548 based on modeling the ultraviolet spectrum

GA Kriss, G De Rosa, J Ely, BM Peterson… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We model the ultraviolet spectra of the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 5548 obtained with the Hubble
Space Telescope during the 6 month reverberation mapping campaign in 2014. Our model …

Space telescope and optical reverberation mapping project. X. Understanding the absorption-line holiday in NGC 5548

M Dehghanian, GJ Ferland, GA Kriss… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Space Telescope and Optical Reverberation Mapping Project (AGN STORM)
on NGC 5548 in 2014 is one of the most intensive multiwavelength AGN monitoring …