Active galactic nuclei: what's in a name?

P Padovani, DM Alexander, RJ Assef… - The Astronomy and …, 2017 - Springer
Active galactic nuclei (AGN) are energetic astrophysical sources powered by accretion onto
supermassive black holes in galaxies, and present unique observational signatures that …

Obscured active galactic nuclei

RC Hickox, DM Alexander - Annual Review of Astronomy and …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Active galactic nuclei (AGN) are powered by the accretion of material onto a supermassive
black hole (SMBH) and are among the most luminous objects in the Universe. However, the …

The man behind the curtain: X-rays drive the UV through NIR variability in the 2013 active galactic nucleus outburst in NGC 2617

BJ Shappee, JL Prieto, D Grupe… - The Astrophysical …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT After the All-Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae discovered a significant
brightening of the inner region of NGC 2617, we began a∼ 70 day photometric and …

Revisiting the Fanaroff–Riley dichotomy and radio-galaxy morphology with the LOFAR Two-Metre Sky Survey (LoTSS)

B Mingo, JH Croston, MJ Hardcastle… - Monthly Notices of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The relative positions of the high and low surface brightness regions of radio-loud active
galaxies in the 3CR sample were found by Fanaroff and Riley to be correlated with their …

Mid-infrared selection of active galactic nuclei with the wide-field infrared survey explorer. i. characterizing wise-selected active galactic nuclei in cosmos

D Stern, RJ Assef, DJ Benford, A Blain… - The Astrophysical …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) is an extremely capable and
efficient black hole finder. We present a simple mid-infrared color criterion, W1− W2⩾ 0.8 …

Identifying luminous active galactic nuclei in deep surveys: revised IRAC selection criteria

JL Donley, AM Koekemoer, M Brusa… - The Astrophysical …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Spitzer/IRAC selection is a powerful tool for identifying luminous active galactic nuclei
(AGNs). For deep IRAC data, however, the AGN selection wedges currently in use are …

The LOFAR Two-Metre Sky Survey-VI. Optical identifications for the second data release

MJ Hardcastle, MA Horton, WL Williams… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
The second data release of the LOFAR Two-Metre Sky Survey (LoTSS) covers 27% of the
northern sky, with a total area of~ 5700 deg 1. The high angular resolution of LOFAR with …

The wise agn catalog

RJ Assef, D Stern, G Noirot, HD Jun… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
We present two large catalogs of active galactic nucleus (AGN) candidates identified across
30,093 deg 2 of extragalactic sky from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer's AllWISE …

Mid-infrared Selection of active galactic nuclei with the wide-field infrared survey explorer. II. Properties of WISE-selected active galactic nuclei in the NDWFS Boötes …

RJ Assef, D Stern, CS Kochanek, AW Blain… - The Astrophysical …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Stern et al. presented a study of Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) selection of
active galactic nuclei (AGNs) in the 2 deg 2 COSMOS field, finding that a simple criterion W1 …

Cosmic X-ray surveys of distant active galaxies: The demographics, physics, and ecology of growing supermassive black holes

WN Brandt, DM Alexander - The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review, 2015 - Springer
We review results from cosmic X-ray surveys of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) over the past
≈ 15≈ 15 years that have dramatically improved our understanding of growing …