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BASS XXX: Distribution Functions of DR2 Eddington-ratios, Black Hole Masses, and X-ray Luminosities
Tonima Tasnim Ananna, Anna K. Weigel, Benny Trakhtenbrot +19
We determine the low-redshift X-ray luminosity function (XLF), active black hole mass function (BHMF), and Eddington-ratio distribution function (ERDF) for both unobscured (Type 1)…
The BAT AGN Spectroscopic Survey -- XVIII. Searching for Supermassive Black Hole Binaries in the X-rays
Tingting Liu, Michael Koss, Laura Blecha +15
Theory predicts that a supermassive black hole binary (SMBHB) could be observed as a luminous active galactic nucleus (AGN) that periodically varies on the order of its orbital tim…
BAT AGN Spectroscopic Survey -- XII. The relation between coronal properties of Active Galactic Nuclei and the Eddington ratio
C. Ricci, L. C. Ho, A. C. Fabian +12
The bulk of the X-ray emission in Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) is produced very close to the accreting supermassive black hole (SMBH), in a corona of hot electrons which up scatter…
The 105 month Swift-BAT all-sky hard X-ray survey
Kyuseok Oh, Michael Koss, Craig B. Markwardt +10
We present a catalog of hard X-ray sources detected in the first 105 months of observations with the Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) coded mask imager on board the Swift observatory. T…
The close environments of accreting massive black holes are shaped by radiative feedback
Claudio Ricci, Benny Trakhtenbrot, Michael J. Koss +13
The large majority of the accreting supermassive black holes in the Universe are obscured by large columns of gas and dust. The location and evolution of this obscuring material ha…
BAT AGN Spectroscopic Survey I: Spectral Measurements, Derived Quantities, and AGN Demographics
Michael Koss, Benny Trakhtenbrot, Claudio Ricci +20
We present the first catalog and data release of the Swift-BAT AGN Spectroscopic Survey (BASS). We analyze optical spectra of the majority of AGN (77%, 641/836) detected based on t…