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astro-ph.GA2024
The NuSTAR Local AGN Distribution Survey (NuLANDS) I: Towards a Truly Representative Column Density Distribution in the Local Universe
Peter G. Boorman, Poshak Gandhi, Johannes Buchner +33
Hard X-ray-selected samples of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) provide one of the cleanest views of supermassive black hole accretion, but are biased against objects obscured by Compt…
astro-ph.GA2018
The Accretion History of AGN I: Supermassive Black Hole Population Synthesis Model
Tonima Tasnim Ananna, Ezequiel Treister, Claudia Megan Urry +6
As matter accretes onto the central supermassive black holes in active galactic nuclei (AGN), X-rays are emitted. We present a population synthesis model that accounts for the summ…