AGN STORM 2. I. First results: A Change in the Weather of Mrk 817

E Kara, M Mehdipour, GA Kriss… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the first results from the ongoing, intensive, multiwavelength monitoring program
of the luminous Seyfert 1 galaxy Mrk 817. While this active galactic nucleus was, in part …

Supermassive Black Hole Winds in X-rays: SUBWAYS-I. Ultra-fast outflows in quasars beyond the local Universe

GA Matzeu, M Brusa, G Lanzuisi, M Dadina… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
We present a new X-ray spectroscopic study of 22 luminous (2× 10 45≲ L bol/erg s− 1≲ 2×
10 46) active galactic nuclei (AGNs) at intermediate redshifts (0.1≲ z≲ 0.4), as part of the …

UV–optical disk reverberation lags despite a faint X-ray corona in the active galactic nucleus Mrk 335

E Kara, AJ Barth, EM Cackett, J Gelbord… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the first results from a 100-day Swift, NICER, and ground-based X-ray–UV–
optical reverberation map** campaign of the Narrow-line Seyfert 1 Mrk 335, when it was …

Relativistic reflection modeling in AGN and related variability from PCA: a brief review

A Danehkar - Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2024 - frontiersin.org
X-ray observations of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) reveal relativistic reflections from the
innermost regions of accretion disks, which contain general-relativistic footprints caused by …

AGN STORM 2. III. A NICER view of the variable X-ray obscurer in Mrk 817

ER Partington, EM Cackett, E Kara… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The AGN STORM 2 Collaboration targeted the Seyfert 1 galaxy Mrk 817 for a year-
long multiwavelength, coordinated reverberation map** campaign including Hubble …

X-ray spectral components of the blazar and binary black hole candidate OJ 287 (2005–2020)

S Komossa, D Grupe, ML Parker… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
We present a comprehensive analysis of all XMM–Newton spectra of OJ 287 spanning 15 yr
of X-ray spectroscopy of this bright blazar. We also report the latest results from our …

The nature of the extreme X-ray variability in the NLS1 1H 0707-495

ML Parker, WN Alston, L Härer, Z Igo… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
We examine archival XMM-Newton data on the extremely variable narrow-line Seyfert 1
active galactic nucleus (AGN) 1H 0707-495. We construct fractional excess variance (F var) …

Dimming of Continuum Captured in Mrk 841: New Clues on the Nature of the Soft X-Ray Excess

M Mehdipour, GA Kriss, JS Kaastra… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We report on a remarkable change in the spectral energy distribution (SED) of Mrk 841,
providing new insights on how the soft X-ray excess emission in active galactic nuclei …

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 …

Eclipsing the X-ray emitting region in the active galaxy NGC 6814

LC Gallo, AG Gonzalez, JM Miller - The Astrophysical Journal …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We report the detection of a rapid occultation event in the nearby Seyfert galaxy NGC 6814,
simultaneously captured in a transient light curve and spectral variability. The intensity and …