- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/599/116
- Title:
- UV properties of absorbed quasars
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/599/116
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- A statistical study is presented of (1) the frequency of narrow C IV {lambda}1549 absorption lines in 1.5<=z<~3.6 radio-quiet and radio-loud quasars and (2) the UV and radio properties of the absorbed quasars. The quasar sample is unbiased with respect to absorption properties, and the radio-quiet and radio-loud subsamples are well matched in redshift and luminosity.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/193/30
- Title:
- UV-to-FIR analysis of sources in the EGS. II.
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/193/30
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Based on the ultraviolet to far-infrared photometry already compiled and presented in a companion paper (Barro et al. 2011, Cat. J/ApJS/193/13), we present a detailed spectral energy distribution (SED) analysis of nearly 80000 IRAC 3.6+4.5um selected galaxies in the Extended Groth Strip. We estimate photometric redshifts, stellar masses, and star formation rates (SFRs) separately for each galaxy in this large sample. The catalog includes 76936 sources with [3.6]<=23.75 (85% completeness level of the IRAC survey) over 0.48deg^2^. The typical photometric redshift accuracy is {Delta}z/(1+z)=0.034, with a catastrophic outlier fraction of just 2%. We quantify the systematics introduced by the use of different stellar population synthesis libraries and initial mass functions in the calculation of stellar masses. We find systematic offsets ranging from 0.1 to 0.4dex, with a typical scatter of 0.3dex. We also provide UV- and IR-based SFRs for all sample galaxies, based on several sets of dust emission templates and SFR indicators. We evaluate the systematic differences and goodness of the different SFR estimations using the deep FIDEL 70um data available in the Extended Groth Strip. Typical random uncertainties of the IR-bases SFRs are a factor of two, with non-negligible systematic effects at z>~1.5 observed when only MIPS 24um data are available.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/783/135
- Title:
- UV to IR fluxes of 221 early-type galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/783/135
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We compute the properties of a sample of 221 local, early-type galaxies with a spectral energy distribution (SED) modeling software, CIGALEMC. Concentrating on the star-forming (SF) activity and dust contents, we derive parameters such as the specific star formation rate (sSFR), the dust luminosity, dust mass, and temperature. In our sample, 52% is composed of elliptical (E) galaxies and 48% of lenticular (S0) galaxies. We find a larger proportion of S0 galaxies among galaxies with a large sSFR and large specific dust emission. The stronger activity of S0 galaxies is confirmed by larger dust masses. We investigate the relative proportion of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) and SF galaxies in our sample using spectroscopic Sloan Digital Sky Survey data and near-infrared selection techniques, and find a larger proportion of AGN-dominated galaxies in the S0 sample than the E one. This could corroborate a scenario where blue galaxies evolve into red ellipticals by passing through an S0 AGN active period while quenching its star formation. Finally, we find a good agreement comparing our estimates with color indicators.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/497/81
- Title:
- Variability-selected AGN in CDFS
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/497/81
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Supermassive black holes with masses of 10^5^-10^9^M_{sun}_ are believed to inhabit most, if not all, nuclear regions of galaxies, and both observational evidence and theoretical models suggest a scenario where galaxy and black hole evolution are tightly related. Luminous AGNs are usually selected by their non-stellar colours or their X-ray emission. Colour selection cannot be used to select low-luminosity AGNs, since their emission is dominated by the host galaxy. Objects with low X-ray to optical ratio escape even the deepest X-ray surveys performed so far. In a previous study we presented a sample of candidates selected through optical variability in the Chandra Deep Field South, where repeated optical observations were performed in the framework of the STRESS supernova survey. The analysis is devoted to breaking down the sample in AGNs, starburst galaxies, and low-ionisation narrow-emission line objects, to providing new information about the possible dependence of the emission mechanisms on nuclear luminosity and black-hole mass, and eventually studying the evolution in cosmic time of the different populations.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/488/73
- Title:
- Variability-selected AGN in Chandra DFS
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/488/73
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Variability is a property shared by virtually all active galactic nuclei (AGNs), and was adopted as a criterion for their selection using data from multi epoch surveys. Low Luminosity AGNs (LLAGNs) are contaminated by the light of their host galaxies, and cannot therefore be detected by the usual colour techniques. For this reason, their evolution in cosmic time is poorly known. Consistency with the evolution derived from X-ray detected samples has not been clearly established so far, also because the low luminosity population consists of a mixture of different object types. LLAGNs can be detected by the nuclear optical variability of extended objects. Several variability surveys have been, or are being, conducted for the detection of supernovae (SNe). We propose to re-analyse these SNe data using a variability criterion optimised for AGN detection, to select a new AGN sample and study its properties. We analysed images acquired with the wide field imager at the 2.2m ESO/MPI telescope, in the framework of the STRESS supernova survey. We selected the AXAF field centred on the Chandra Deep Field South where, besides the deep X-ray survey, various optical data exist, originating in the EIS and COMBO-17 photometric surveys and the spectroscopic database of GOODS.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/731/97
- Title:
- Variable AGNs in GOODS fields
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/731/97
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We identify 85 variable galaxies in the GOODS North and South fields using five epochs of Hubble Space Telescope Advance Camera for Survey V-band (F606W) images spanning 6 months. The variables are identified through significant flux changes in the galaxy's nucleus and represent ~2% of the survey galaxies. With the aim of studying the active galaxy population in the GOODS fields, we compare the variability-selected sample with X-ray and mid-IR active galactic nucleus (AGN) candidates. Forty-nine percent of the variables are associated with X-ray sources identified in the 2Ms Chandra surveys. Twenty-four percent of X-ray sources likely to be AGNs are optical variables and this percentage increases with decreasing hardness ratio of the X-ray emission. Stacking of the non-X-ray-detected variables reveals marginally significant soft X-ray emission. Forty-eight percent of mid-IR power-law sources are optical variables, all but one of which is also X-ray detected. Thus, about half of the optical variables are associated with either X-ray or mid-IR power-law emission. The slope of the power-law fit through the Spitzer IRAC bands indicates that two-thirds of the variables have BLAGN-like spectral energy distributions. Among those galaxies spectroscopically identified as AGNs, we observe variability in 74% of broad-line AGNs and 15% of NLAGNs. The variables are found in galaxies extending to z~3.6.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/250/3
- Title:
- Variable MgII NALs in SDSS DR14
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/250/3
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Compared to high ionization CIV absorption lines, variable MgII absorption lines are rare. Using spectra from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, we investigate the variations in MgII narrow absorption lines (NALs) for quasars with multi-epoch observations. We have compiled 8958 MgII NALs in the spectral regions from the red wings of CIV emission lines to the red wings of MgII emission lines. Among these 8958 MgII NALs, 22 variable NALs are detected with |{Delta}W_r_^{lambda}2796^|>=3{sigma}_W_ and with velocity offsets ranging from {upsilon}_r_=522 to 145513km/s. We find that: (1) the detected frequency of MgII NALs with {upsilon}_r_<=10000km/s is significantly larger than the uniformly random value expected for the MgII NALs with {upsilon}_r_>10000km/s, (2) the incidence rates of the variable MgII NALs with {upsilon}_r_<=10000km/s are much larger than those with {upsilon}_r_>10000km/s, (3) the velocity offsets of variable MgII NALs with {upsilon}_r_<=10000km/s are much smaller than the maximum velocities expected from radiation-driven outflows, and (4) the variations of variable MgII NALs with {upsilon}_r_<=10000km/s are obviously correlated with the changes in the quasar radiative output. Therefore, the 16 variable MgII NALs, whose velocities are smaller than the maximum velocities expected from radiation-driven outflows, are likely related to quasar outflows, while the 6 variable MgII NALs, whose velocities are much larger than the maximum velocities expected from radiation-driven outflows, possibly originated in intervening gas. We also find that both the variations and fractional variations in absorption strengths are not related to the velocity offsets of MgII NALs and the time intervals between the two epochs of observations. Also, the fractional variations in absorption strengths are inversely correlated with absorption strengths. In addition, both the associated and intervening MgII NALs can significantly vary on a timescale of days.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/633/638
- Title:
- Variable quasar sample from SDSS
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/633/638
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- SDSS repeat spectroscopic observations have resulted in multiepoch spectroscopy for 2500 quasars observed more than 50 days apart. From this sample, calibrating against stars observed simultaneously, we identify 315 quasars that have varied significantly between observations (with respect to assumed nonvariable stars observed concurrently). These variable quasars range in redshift from 0.5 to 4.72. This is the first large quasar sample studied spectroscopically for variability and represents a potentially useful sample for future high-redshift reverberation mapping studies. This also marks the first time the precise wavelength dependence of quasar variability has been determined, allowing both the continuum and emission-line variability to be studied.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/665/1067
- Title:
- Velocities in Cl 0024+16 and MS 0451-03
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/665/1067
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We examine resolved spectroscopic data obtained with the Keck II telescope for 44 spheroidal galaxies in the fields of two rich clusters, Cl 0024+16 (z=0.40) and MS 0451-03 (z=0.54) and contrast this with similar data for 23 galaxies within the redshift interval 0.3<z<0.65 in the GOODS northern field. For each galaxy we examine the case for systemic rotation, derive central stellar velocity dispersions sigma and photometric ellipticities epsilon. Using morphological classifications obtained via Hubble Space Telescope imaging as the basis, we explore the utility of our kinematic quantities in distinguishing between pressure-supported ellipticals and rotationally supported lenticulars (S0s).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/105/1251
- Title:
- Velocities in Pisces-Perseus supercluster.
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/105/1251
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Measurements of 544 radial velocities, 229 optical and 315 in the 21cm HI line, are presented for galaxies, mostly in the declination strip +33.5 deg<Dec<+39.5deg in the region of the Pisces-Perseus supercluster. These are combined with other available data to investigate the linear structure identified as the main supercluster ridge. The main ridge of the supercluster extends at least 50h^-1Mpc before it disappears into the zone of avoidance east of Perseus. Confinement both on the plane of the sky and in the velocity dimension imply an axial ratio of greater than ten to one and an inclination with respect to the plane of the sky of less than about 12 degrees. The smoothed volume density contrast over the whole ridge averages more than a factor of 6 relative to the average density derived for the whole sample. The relative proximity, low inclination to the plane of the sky, and high contrast relative to the foreground and background, help to make the Pisces-Perseus filament one of the most prominent features in the extragalactic sky on large scales.
