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 …

[HTML][HTML] From clusters to proto-clusters: the infrared perspective on environmental galaxy evolution

S Alberts, A Noble - Universe, 2022 - mdpi.com
Environment is one of the primary drivers of galaxy evolution; via multiple mechanisms, it
can control the critical process of transforming galaxies from star forming to quiescent …

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 …

The Spitzer–WISE Survey of the Ecliptic Poles

TH Jarrett, M Cohen, F Masci, E Wright… - The Astrophysical …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
We have carried out a survey of the north and south ecliptic poles, EP-N and EP-S,
respectively, with the Spitzer Space Telescope and the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer …

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 …

Spectral energy distributions and multiwavelength selection of type 1 quasars

GT Richards, M Lacy, LJ Storrie-Lombardi… - The Astrophysical …, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
We present an analysis of the mid-infrared (MIR) and optical properties of type 1 (broad-line)
quasars detected by the Spitzer Space Telescope. The MIR color-redshift relation is …

LOFAR 150-MHz observations of the Boötes field: catalogue and source counts

WL Williams, RJ Van Weeren… - Monthly Notices of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
We present the first wide area (19 deg2), deep (≈ 120–150 μJy beam− 1), high-resolution
(5.6× 7.4 arcsec) LOFAR High Band Antenna image of the Boötes field made at 130–169 …

The LOFAR Two-meter Sky Survey: Deep Fields Data Release 1-III. Host-galaxy identifications and value added catalogues

R Kondapally, PN Best, MJ Hardcastle… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
We present the source associations, cross-identifications, and multi-wavelength properties
of the faint radio source population detected in the deep tier of the LOFAR Two Metre Sky …

Mid-infrared selection of active galaxies

D Stern, P Eisenhardt, V Gorjian… - The Astrophysical …, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
Mid-infrared photometry provides a robust technique for identifying active galaxies. While
the ultraviolet to mid-infrared (λ≲ 5 μm) continuum of stellar populations is dominated by the …