scholarly journals INVISIBLE ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI. I. SAMPLE SELECTION AND OPTICAL/NEAR-IR SPECTRAL ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS

2012 ◽  
Vol 144 (4) ◽  
pp. 124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ting Yan ◽  
John T. Stocke ◽  
Jeremy Darling ◽  
Fred Hearty
2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (S341) ◽  
pp. 21-25
Author(s):  
M. J. I. Brown ◽  
K. J. Duncan ◽  
H. Landt ◽  
M. Kirk ◽  
C. Ricci ◽  
...  

AbstarctWe present ongoing work on the spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of active galactic nuclei (AGNs), derived from X-ray, ultraviolet, optical, infrared and radio photometry and spectroscopy. Our work is motivated by new wide-field imaging surveys that will identify vast numbers of AGNs, and by the need to benchmark AGN SED fitting codes. We have constructed 41 SEDs of individual AGNs and 80 additional SEDs that mimic Seyfert spectra. All of our SEDs span 0.09 to 30μm, while some extend into the X-ray and/or radio. We have tested the utility of the SEDs by using them to generate AGN photometric redshifts, and they outperform SEDs from the prior literature, including reduced redshift errors and flux density residuals.


2019 ◽  
Vol 489 (3) ◽  
pp. 3351-3367 ◽  
Author(s):  
M J I Brown ◽  
K J Duncan ◽  
H Landt ◽  
M Kirk ◽  
C Ricci ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT We present spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of 41 active galactic nuclei, derived from multiwavelength photometry and archival spectroscopy. All of the SEDs span at least 0.09 to 30 $\mu$m, but in some instances wavelength coverage extends into the X-ray, far-infrared, and radio. For some active galactic nuclei (AGNs) we have fitted the measured far-infrared photometry with greybody models, while radio flux density measurements have been approximated by power laws or polynomials. We have been able to fill some of the gaps in the spectral coverage using interpolation or extrapolation of simple models. In addition to the 41 individual AGN SEDs, we have produced 72 Seyfert SEDs by mixing SEDs of the central regions of Seyferts with galaxy SEDs. Relative to the literature, our templates have broader wavelength coverage and/or higher spectral resolution. We have tested the utility of our SEDs by using them to generate photometric redshifts for 0 < z ≤ 6.12 AGNs in the Boötes field (selected with X-ray, IR, and optical criteria) and, relative to SEDs from the literature, they produce comparable or better photometric redshifts with reduced flux density residuals.


2005 ◽  
Vol 129 (3) ◽  
pp. 1183-1197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Rowan-Robinson ◽  
Tom Babbedge ◽  
Jason Surace ◽  
Dave Shupe ◽  
Fan Fang ◽  
...  

2007 ◽  
Vol 663 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Polletta ◽  
M. Tajer ◽  
L. Maraschi ◽  
G. Trinchieri ◽  
C. J. Lonsdale ◽  
...  

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