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Supermassive Black Hole Winds in X-rays -- SUBWAYS. VI. Interplay between the soft X-ray excess and ultra-fast outflows
V. E. Gianolli, P-O. Petrucci, S. Bianchi +42
We present a broadband, multiwavelength study of the interplay between the soft X-ray excess (SE), ultra-fast outflows (UFOs), and warm absorbers (WAs) in 21 active galactic nuclei…
A relativistic inflow candidate in a quasar at cosmic noon
Yerong Xu, Xiurui Zhao, Elena Bertola +14
Cosmic noon () marks the peak epoch of cosmic star formation and black hole accretion activity, where strong accretion and outflows are expected. We report two candidate ab…
PEARLS: NuSTAR and XMM-Newton Extragalactic Survey of the JWST North Ecliptic Pole Time-Domain Field V: Unraveling X-ray Spectral Variability
Samantha Creech, Francesca Civano, Daniel Wik +13
As one of the first deep time-domain surveys in the hard X-ray band, the NuSTAR campaign in the JWST North Ecliptic Pole Time Domain Field (NEP-TDF) offers a prime opportunity to m…
AT 2016blu: Accretion-Powered Outbursts in a Luminous Blue Variable and Compact Object Binary
Mojgan Aghakhanloo, Núria Torres-Albà, Nathan Smith +33
We present the first X-ray detection of the supernova (SN) impostor AT 2016blu in NGC 4559. AT 2016blu exhibited 27 detected quasiperiodic (~113 day) outbursts between 2012 and Jun…
Profile Analysis of the Multiwavelength 2.1-year Oscillations of PG 1553+113
P. Peñil, N. Torres-Albà, A. Rico +5
We investigate the morphology of the oscillation profiles of the blazar PG~1553+113 in relation to its well-known 2.1 yr periodicity. We identify individual cycles in the …
X-ray Absorption Variability in NGC 1142: Another Constraint on the Nature of the Torus/Broad-Line Region in Active Galactic Nuclei
Isaiah S. Cox, Núria Torres-Albà, Stefano Marchesi +5
The physics, geometry, and kinematics of the gas and dust surrounding the central engine of active galactic nuclei (AGN) are not well understood. In some sources, this material obs…
The hidden variability of the torus in local Active Galactic Nuclei: 20 years of Chandra, XMM-Newton, and NuSTAR observations
Vittoria Elvezia Gianolli, Nuria Torres-Alba, Stefano Marchesi +9
X-ray absorption variability in active galactic nuclei (AGN) provides key constraints on the structure and dynamics of the circumnuclear obscuring medium, the so-called torus. A fr…
The Multi-phase Biconical Outflow in the local IR-Luminous Merger IRASF01364-1042
Y. Song, V. U, J. Kader +37
We investigate the spatially-resolved ISM properties of the local (), IR-luminous (\,L), late-stage galaxy merger IRAS F01364-1042, comb…
SAPLE: Swift Analysis Pipeline for Lightcurve Extraction
Lea Marcotulli, Núria Torres-Albà
We present the Swift Analysis Pipeline for Lightcurve Extraction (SAPLE), a semi-automated pipeline to extract the Swift-UVOT and Swift-XRT data products and spectral information (…
GOALS-JWST: Resolved multi-phase molecular gas in IRAS 20551-4250 using JWST and ALMA
D. Kakkad, Y. Song, T. S. -Y. Lai +24
Studying the content and distribution of molecular gas provides key insights into how feedback from Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) and star formation influences galaxy evolution, sin…
Testing X-ray Periodicity and Long-Term Trend in PG 1553+113 via Targeted Swift-XRT Monitoring
P. Peñil, N. Torres-Albà, L. Marcotulli +5
PG~1553+113 is the blazar with the most-significantly detected periodic patter in its multiwavelength (MWL) emission, making it one of the most promising candidates for hosting a s…
Compton-thick AGN in the NuSTAR Era. XI. Analyzing 11 CT-AGN Candidates Selected with Machine Learning
Ross Silver, Nuria Torres-Alba, Stefano Marchesi +8
This work discusses the broadband X-ray spectral analysis of 11 candidate heavily-obscured active galactic nuclei (AGN) selected based on their infrared and X-ray properties by a r…
PACHA: Probing AGN Coronae with High-redshift AGN
Xiurui Zhao, Elias Kammoun, Marco Ajello +18
The X-ray emission of active galactic nuclei (AGN) is generally attributed to inverse Compton scattering of accretion-disk photons by hot electrons in a compact corona. In local AG…
Probing Heavily Obscured AGN in Major Galaxy Mergers Using the mm-X-ray Correlation
M. Droguett-Callejas, E. Treister, L. Barcos-Muñoz +10
The study of heavily obscured supermassive black hole (SMBH) growth in late-stage galaxy mergers is challenging: column densities can bloc…
Transient Relativistic Iron Emission Line from an X-ray Flaring Supermassive Black Hole
Xiurui Zhao, Marco Ajello, Francesca Civano +16
We report the discovery of the first transient relativistic iron Kα line in an Active Galactic Nucleus (AGN) J1047+5907. The line was detected 21.5 days (rest-frame) after an X-ray…
Radio-Near Infrared Imaging of Dual Active Galactic Nuclei Candidates
Makoto A. Johnstone, Ilsang Yoon, Emmanuel Momjian +13
We report the results of a pilot study that searched for dual active galactic nuclei (AGN) in local (0.25) galaxies hosting double-peaked narrow emission lines in their optical…
Source identification for the Swift-BAT 150-month hard X-ray catalog using soft X-ray observations
K. Imam, N. Torres-Alba, S. Marchesi +10
We present a comprehensive catalog of 251 potential counterparts for 250 unassociated hard X-ray sources detected in the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) 150-month hard X-ray surv…
Spatially Resolved Star Formation relations in local LIRGs along the complete merger sequence
M. Sánchez-García, T. Díaz-Santos, L. Barcos-Muñoz +25
We investigate the properties of the interstellar medium (ISM) at ~100 pc scales in a sample of 27 nearby luminous infrared galaxies (LIRGs) spanning the entire merger sequence. In…
The abundance and properties of the lowest luminosity dwarf galaxies around the Milky Way: Insights from Semi-Analytic Models
Niusha Ahvazi, Andrew B. Pace, Christopher T. Garling +11
We investigate the formation and observable properties of faint satellite galaxies (M$_\rm V > -3$) in Milky Way-like halos using the semi-analytic galaxy formation model Galacticu…
The Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS) Community Science Book
Michael Koss, Nafisa Aftab, Steven W. Allen +395
The AXIS Community Science Book represents the collective effort of 592 scientists worldwide to define the transformative science enabled by the Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (A…
Distortions in Periodicity Analysis of Blazars II: The Impact of Gaps
P. Peñil, N. Torres-Albà, A. Rico +4
Time series analysis is fundamental to characterizing the variability inherent in multi-wavelength emissions from blazars. However, a major observational challenge lies in the need…
Unveiling Obscured Accretion in the Local Universe
Indrani Pal, Stefano Marchesi, Ross Silver +9
Heavily obscured Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN), especially Compton-thick sources with line-of-sight column density () 10 cm, are critical to underst…
Deciphering the explosion mechanism of Type-Ia SNe using their remnants I: general properties and a case study on Tycho's SNR
Soham Mandal, Núria Torres-Albà, Carles Badenes +1
Type-Ia supernovae (SNe), or runaway thermonuclear explosions of white dwarfs (WDs), play a critical role in the chemical evolution of galaxies, and are important cosmological dist…
A systematic search for AGN obscuration variability in the Chandra archive
Isaiah S. Cox, Núria Torres-Albà, Stefano Marchesi +5
The nature of the obscuring material in active galactic nuclei (AGN) can be studied by measuring changes in the line-of-sight column density, , over time. This can b…