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Probing the Structure and Evolution of BASS AGN through Eddington Ratios
Tonima Tasnim Ananna, C. Megan Urry, Claudio Ricci +23
We constrain the intrinsic Eddington ratio (\lamEdd ) distribution function for local AGN in bins of low and high obscuration (log NH <= 22 and 22 < log NH < 25), using the Swift-B…
A forward modelling approach to AGN variability -- Method description and early applications
Lia F. Sartori, Benny Trakhtenbrot, Kevin Schawinski +3
We present a numerical framework for the variability of active galactic nuclei (AGN), which links the variability of AGN over a broad range of timescales and luminosities to the ob…
BAT AGN Spectroscopic Survey -- XIII. The nature of the most luminous obscured AGN in the low-redshift universe
Rudolf E. Bär, Benny Trakhtenbrot, Kyuseok Oh +18
We present a multi wavelength analysis of 28 of the most luminous low-redshift narrow-line, ultra-hard X-ray selected active galactic nuclei (AGN) drawn from the 70 month Swift/BAT…
On the Prevalence of Super-Massive Black Holes over Cosmic Time
Johannes Buchner, Ezequiel Treister, Franz E. Bauer +2
We investigate the abundance of Super-Massive Black Hole (SMBH) seeds in primordial galaxy halos. We explore the assumption that dark matter halos outgrowing a critical halo mass M…
A population of luminous accreting black holes with hidden mergers
Michael J. Koss, Laura Blecha, Phillip Bernhard +11
Major galaxy mergers are thought to play an important part in fuelling the growth of supermassive black holes. However, observational support for this hypothesis is mixed, with som…
PSFGAN: a generative adversarial network system for separating quasar point sources and host galaxy light
Dominic Stark, Barthelemy Launet, Kevin Schawinski +7
The study of unobscured active galactic nuclei (AGN) and quasars depends on the reliable decomposition of the light from the AGN point source and the extended host galaxy light. Th…