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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…
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…
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…
The fraction of AGN in major merger galaxies and its luminosity dependence
Anna K. Weigel, Kevin Schawinski, Ezequiel Treister +2
We use a phenomenological model which connects the galaxy and AGN populations to investigate the process of AGN triggering through major galaxy mergers at z~0. The model uses stell…
Galaxy Zoo: major galaxy mergers are not a significant quenching pathway
Anna K. Weigel, Kevin Schawinski, Neven Caplar +9
We use stellar mass functions to study the properties and the significance of quenching through major galaxy mergers. In addition to SDSS DR7 and Galaxy Zoo 1 data, we use samples…