8 papers
Spectropolarimetry of the changing-look active galactic nucleus NGC 1566 and its potential link to supermassive black hole binaries
F. Marin, V. H. Sasse, J. Biedermann +4
The AGN NGC~1566 is known to present dramatic and regular spectral shape changes, associated with the appearance and disappearance of broad emission lines. The underlying mechanism…
Polarization properties of changing-look active galactic nuclei: NGC 1365 and NGC 2992
D. Hutsemékers, F. Marin, B. Agis González +2
Changing-look active galactic nuclei (CLAGNs) represent a rare class of AGNs that undergo transitions from type 1 (characterized by the presence of broad emission lines in their sp…
XPE and VLT /FORS2 polarimetry challenge the Seyfert-1.9 classification of MCG-05-23-16
Frédéric Marin, Daniele Tagliacozzo, Francesco Ursini +21
We report the third observation of the Seyfert-1.9 active galactic nucleus (AGN) MCG-05-23-16 with the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (\textit{IXPE}), together with optical spe…
Spectropolarimetry of NGC 1275 reveals a narrow-line radio galaxy with polarization parallel to its radio jet axis
F. Marin, T. Pursimo, I. Liodakis +4
Concomitant with the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) observation of the Perseus cluster, we obtained optical spectropolarimetry of its central active galactic nucleus, NG…
Quasar Main Sequence unfolded by 2.5D FRADO (Natural expression of Eddington ratio, black hole mass, and inclination)
M. H. Naddaf, M. L. MartÃnez-Aldama, P. Marziani +2
The quasar main sequence (QMS), characterized by the Eigenvector 1 (EV1), serves as a unifying framework for classifying type-1 active galactic nuclei (AGNs) based on their diverse…
Evidence of a diffuse, extended continuum source in quasars from the relative sizes of the broad line region and the UV-optical continuum source measured with microlensing
Damien Hutsemékers, Dominique Sluse
Microlensing by stars in the lens galaxy of a gravitationally lensed quasar is a phenomenon that can selectively magnify quasar subregions, producing observable changes in the cont…