Chandra detects low-luminosity AGN with $M_{\mathrm{BH}}=10^4-10^6{M}_{\odot }$ in nearby ($z<0.5$), dwarf and star-forming galaxies

Mainak Singha, Julissa Sarmiento, Sangeeta Malhotra +8

We searched the Chandra and XMM archives for observations of 900 green pea galaxies to find AGN signatures. Green peas are low-mass galaxies with prominent emission lines, similar…