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Pushing Variability Searches to Extreme Dwarf Galaxies with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory Data Preview 2
Fan Zou, W. N. Brandt, Elena Gallo +15
Galaxies with stellar masses , hereafter referred to as extreme dwarf galaxies (EDGs), represent one of the least explored regimes in the search for accreting…
Chandra Lensing-cluster Ultradeep Extragalactic Survey (CLUES) I: A 2 Ms Point-Source Catalog of the Abell 2744 Field
Shouyi Wang, Fan Zou, Elena Gallo +10
In the first paper of the Chandra Lensing-cluster Ultradeep Extragalactic Survey (CLUES), we present an ultradeep 2 Ms X-ray survey of the Abell 2744 field constructed from 101 arc…
ALMA CO(2-1) Gas Dynamics in NGC 315: A Multi-Method Benchmark for Supermassive Black Hole Mass Measurement
Dieu D. Nguyen, Benjamin D. Boizelle, Hai N. Ngo +11
We present ALMA Cycle~7 \cotwo\ observations of the circumnuclear disk in NGC~315 at an angular resolution of $0\farcs230\times0\farcs175$, improving on past measurements and resol…
A Rare Eddington-Limited, Heavily Obscured Low-Mass Active Galactic Nucleus Likely Triggered by a Galaxy Merger
Shouyi Wang, Fan Zou, Chang-Hao Chen +7
We report a detailed analysis of GAMA 376183, a powerful, heavily obscured active galactic nucleus (AGN) hosted by a low-mass galaxy () likely ex…
Dynamical Modeling of the Broad-Line Region with High-Mass Active Galactic Nuclei and Constraints on the Virial Factor
Shu Wang, Jong-Hak Woo, Lizvette Villafaña +2
We present the results of broad-line region (BLR) dynamical modeling for eight high-mass active galactic nuclei (AGNs) from the Seoul National University AGN Monitoring Project, by…
Revisiting the Claim for a Direct-Collapse Black Hole in UHZ1 at
Fan Zou, Elena Gallo, Zihao Zuo +8
We reassess the direct collapse black hole (DCBH) interpretation of UHZ1 (UNCOVER-26185), a gravitationally lensed galaxy at . That interpretation rests on…
ReveaLLAGN 1: JWST Emission-Line Spectra Reveal Low-Luminosity AGN with UV-Deficient SEDs and Warm Molecular Gas
Kameron Goold, Anil Seth, Mallory Molina +20
We present near- and mid-infrared spectra of eight Low-Luminosity Active Galactic Nuclei (LLAGN), spanning nearly four orders of magnitude in black hole mass and Eddington ratio, o…
Dynamical Evidence for a Billion Solar Mass Black Hole in Galaxy NGC 4061 from ALMA CO(2-1) Kinematics
Dieu D. Nguyen, Long Q. T. Nguyen, Elena Gallo +6
We present the first robust dynamical measurement of the supermassive black hole (SMBH) mass in the massive early-type galaxy NGC 4061 using high-spatial-resolution ALMA observatio…
The Supermassive Black Hole in the Nearby Spiral Galaxy M81: A Robust Mass from JWST/NIRSpec Stellar Dynamics
Dieu D. Nguyen, Tuan N. Le, Michele Cappellari +9
Despite its proximity, the mass of the supermassive black hole (SMBH) in the spiral galaxy M81 (NGC~3031) has remained uncertain, with previous dynamical measurements being unrelia…
Extending the Frontier of Spatially-Resolved Supermassive Black Hole Mass Measurements to at : Simulations with ELT/MICADO High-Resolution Mass Models and HARMONI Integral-Field Stellar Kinematics
Dieu D. Nguyen, Michele Cappellari, Tinh Q. T. Le +8
Current spatially resolved kinematic measurements of supermassive black hole (SMBH) masses are largely confined to the local Universe (distances Mpc). We investigate…
Central Massive Black Holes Are Not Ubiquitous in Local Low-Mass Galaxies
Fan Zou, Elena Gallo, Anil C. Seth +13
The black-hole occupation fraction () defines the fraction of galaxies that harbor central massive black holes (MBHs), irrespective of their accretion activity leve…
Revisiting the supermassive black hole mass of NGC 7052 using high spatial resolution molecular gas observed with ALMA
Hai N. Ngo, Dieu D. Nguyen, Tinh Q. T. Le +9
We present our dynamical mass constraints on the central supermassive black hole (SMBH) in the early-type galaxy NGC 7052 using high spatial-resolution observations of CO(2-…
Measuring the Central Dark Mass in NGC 4258 with JWST/NIRSpec Stellar Kinematics
Dieu D. Nguyen, Hai N. Ngo, Michele Cappellari +8
We present a new stellar dynamical measurement of the supermassive black hole (SMBH) mass in the nearby spiral galaxy NGC 4258, a critical benchmark for extragalactic mass measurem…
The X-ray Link Between High Eddington Ratio Dust-Obscured Galaxies (DOGs) and Hot DOGs
Fan Zou, W. N. Brandt, Elena Gallo +2
Dust-obscured galaxies (DOGs) with extremely red optical-to-infrared colors are often associated with intense starburst and AGN activity. Studying DOGs can provide insights into th…
Seoul National University AGN Monitoring Project. V. Velocity-resolved H-beta Reverberation Mapping and Evidence of Kinematics Evolution
Shu Wang, Jong-Hak Woo, Aaron J. Barth +13
We present velocity-resolved reverberation lags of H-beta for 20 active galactic nuclei (AGNs) from the Seoul National University AGN Monitoring Project. We detect unambiguous velo…
Dormancy and Reawakening Over Years: Eight New Recurrent Changing-Look AGNs
Shu Wang, Jong-Hak Woo, Elena Gallo +5
We report the discovery of eight new recurrent changing-look (CL) active galactic nuclei (AGNs), including seven re-brightening turn-off AGNs and one fading turn-on AGN. These syst…
The Cosmic Evolution of the Supermassive Black Hole Population: A Hybrid Observed Accretion and Simulated Mergers Approach
Fan Zou, W. N. Brandt, Elena Gallo +4
Supermassive black holes (SMBHs) can grow through both accretion and mergers. It is still unclear how SMBHs evolve under these two channels from high redshifts to the SMBH populati…
Radio Scrutiny of the X-ray-Weak Tail of Low-Mass Active Galactic Nuclei: A Novel Signature of High-Eddington Accretion?
Jeremiah D. Paul, Richard M. Plotkin, W. N. Brandt +6
The supermassive black holes () that power luminous active galactic nuclei (AGNs), i.e., quasars, generally show a correlation between t…
Identifying changing-look AGNs using variability characteristics
Shu Wang, Jong-Hak Woo, Elena Gallo +7
Changing-look (CL) Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs), characterized by appearance/disappearance of broad emission lines in the span of a few years, present a challenge for the AGN unif…
The Seoul National University AGN Monitoring Project III: H lag measurements of 32 luminous AGNs and the high-luminosity end of the size--luminosity relation
Jong-Hak Woo, Shu Wang, Suvendu Rakshit +28
We present the main results from a long-term reverberation mapping campaign carried out for the Seoul National University Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) Monitoring Project. High-qual…
The 50 Mpc Galaxy Catalog (50MGC): Consistent and Homogeneous Masses, Distances, Colors, and Morphologies
D. Ohlson, A. C. Seth, E. Gallo +2
We assemble a catalog of 15424 nearby galaxies within 50 Mpc with consistent and homogenized mass, distance, and morphological type measurements. Our catalog combines galaxies from…
ReveaLLAGN 0: First Look at JWST MIRI data of Sombrero and NGC 1052
K. Goold, A. Seth, M. Molina +28
We present the first results from the Revealing Low-Luminosity Active Galactic Nuclei (ReveaLLAGN) survey, a JWST survey of seven nearby LLAGN. We focus on two observations with th…
The Seoul National University AGN Monitoring Project IV: H reverberation mapping of 6 AGNs and the H Size-Luminosity Relation
Hojin Cho, Jong-Hak Woo, Shu Wang +29
The broad line region (BLR) size-luminosity relation has paramount importance for estimating the mass of black holes in active galactic nuclei (AGNs). Traditionally, the size of th…
Connecting Low- and High-Redshift Weak Emission-Line Quasars via HST Spectroscopy of Ly Emission
Jeremiah D. Paul, Richard M. Plotkin, Ohad Shemmer +10
We present ultraviolet spectroscopy covering the Ly + N V complex of six candidate low-redshift () weak emission-line quasars (WLQs) based on observations with th…