Browsing Articles by Subject "Seyfert galaxies"

Browsing Articles by Subject "Seyfert galaxies"

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  • Gallo, Luigi C.; MacMackin, C.; Vasudevan, R.; Cackett, E. M.; Fabian, A. C.; Panessa, F. (Oxford University Press, 2013-07)

    1ES 1927+654 is an active galactic nucleus (AGN) that appears to defy the unification model. It exhibits a type-2 optical spectrum, but possesses little X-ray obscuration. XMM–Newton and Suzaku ...


  • Gallo, Luigi C.; Fabian, A. C.; Zoghbi, A.; Wilkins, D. R.; Dwelly, T.; Uttley, P.; Schartel, N.; Miniutti, G.; Grupe, D.; Komossa, S. (Oxford University Press, 2012)
    The narrow-line Seyfert 1 Galaxy 1H 0707−495 went into a low state from 2010 December to 2011 February, discovered by a monitoring campaign using the X-Ray Telescope on the Swift satellite. We triggered a 100 ks XMM–Newton ...

  • Wilkins, D. R.; Gallo, Luigi C. (Oxford University Press, 2015-05-01)
    Variations in the X-ray emission from the narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy, Markarian 335, are studied on both long and short time-scales through observations made between 2006 and 2013 with XMM–Newton, Suzaku and NuSTAR. ...

  • Jiang, Jiachen; Fabian, Andrew C.; Dauser, Thomas; Gallo, Luigi C.; Garcia, Javier A.; Kara, Erin; Parker, Michael L.; Tomsick, John A.; Walton, Dominic J.; Reynolds, Christopher S. (Oxford University PressRoyal Astronomical Society, 2019-08-22)
    We present a high density disc reflection spectral analysis of a sample of 17 Seyfert 1 galaxies to study the inner disc densities at different black hole mass scales and accretion rates. All the available XMM– ...

  • Bonson, K.; Gallo, Luigi C.; Vasudevan, R. (Oxford University Press, 2015-06-11)
    A multi-epoch, multi-instrument analysis of the Seyfert 1 galaxy HE 0436–4717 is conducted using optical to X-ray data from XMM–Newton and Swift (including the Burst Alert Telescope). Fitting of the UV-to-X-ray spectral ...

  • Cackett, E. M.; Zoghbi, A.; Reynolds, C.; Fabian, A. C.; Kara, E.; Uttley, P.; Wilkins, D. R. (Oxford University Press, 2014-01-13)
    The recent detection of X-ray reverberation lags, especially in the Fe Kα line region, around active galactic nuclei (AGN) has opened up the possibility of studying the time-resolved response (reflection) of hard ...

  • Gallo, Luigi C.; Miniutti, G.; Miller, J. M.; Brenneman, L. W.; Fabian, A. C.; Guainazzi, M.; Reynolds, C. S. (Oxford University Press, 2011-02)
    Multi-epoch X-ray spectroscopy (0.3–25 keV) of the Seyfert 1.2 galaxy Mrk 79 (UGC3973) spanning nearly 8 yr and a factor of 3 in broad-band flux are analysed. The data are obtained at seven epochs with either XMM–Newton ...

  • Parker, M. L.; Longinotti, A. L.; Schartel, N.; Grupe, D.; Komossa, S.; Kriss, G.; Fabian, Andrew C.; Gallo, Luigi C.; Harrison, F. A.; Jiang, J.; Kara, E.; Krongold, Y.; Matzeu, G. A.; Pinto, C.; Santos-Lleo, M. (Royal Astronomical SocietyOxford University Press, 2019-09-12)
    We present XMM–Newton, NuSTAR, Swift, and Hubble Space Telescope observations of the Narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy Mrk 335 in a protracted low state in 2018 and 2019. The X-ray flux ...

  • Parker, M. L.; Wilkins, D. R.; Fabian, A. C.; Grupe, D.; Dauser, T.; Matt, G.; Harrison, F. A.; Brenneman, L.; Boggs, S. E.; Christensen, F. E.; Gallo, Luigi C. (Oxford University Press, 2014-09-11)
    We present 3–50 keV NuSTAR observations of the active galactic nuclei Mrk 335 in a very low flux state. The spectrum is dominated by very strong features at the energies of the iron line at 5–7 keV and Compton ...

  • Foschini, L.; Berton, M.; Caccianiga, A.; Ciroi, S.; Cracco, V.; Peterson, B. M.; Angelakis, E.; Braito, V.; Fuhrmann, L.; Gallo, Luigi C. (EDP Sciences, 2015-03)
    We have conducted a multiwavelength survey of 42 radio loud narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies (RLNLS1s), selected by searching among all the known sources of this type and omitting those with steep radio spectra. We analyse ...

  • Foschini, L.; Berton, M.; Caccianiga, A.; Ciroi, S.; Cracco, V.; Peterson, B. M.; Angelakis, E.; Braito, V.; Fuhrmann, L.; Gallo, Luigi C.; Grupe, D.; Järvelä, E.; Kaufmann, S.; Komossa, S.; Kovalev, Y. Y.; Lähteenmäki, A.; Lisakov, M. M.; Lister, M. L.; Mathur, S.; Richards, J. L.; Romano, P.; Sievers, A.; Tagliaferri, G.; Tammi, J.; Tibolla, O.; Tornikoski, M.; Vercellone, S.; La Mura, G.; Maraschi, L.; Rafanelli, P. (EDP Sciences, 2017-07)
    This article is an erratum for: Properties of flat-spectrum radio-loud narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies (Astronomy & Astrophysics vol 575, A13, 2015).

  • Gallo, Luigi C.; Foschini, L.; Angelakis, E.; Fuhrmann, L.; Ghisellini, G.; Hovatta, T.; Lahteenmaki, A.; Lister, M. L.; Braito, V.; Hamilton, T. S. (EDP Sciences, 2012-11)
    We present more than three years of observations at different frequencies, from radio to high-energy [gamma]-rays, of the Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 (NLS1) Galaxy PMN J0948+0022 (z = 0.585). This source is the first NLS1 detected ...

  • Gallo, Luigi C.; Gruberbauer, Michael; Grupe, Dirk; Komossa, S.; Longinotti, Anna Lia; Fabian, Andrew C.; Pradhan, Anil K.; Xu, Dawei (American Astronomical Society, 2012-04)
    The narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy (NLS1) Mkn 335 is remarkable because it has repeatedly shown deep, long X-ray low states that show pronounced spectral structure. It has become one of the prototype active galactic nuclei ...

  • Wilkins, D. R.; Gallo, Luigi C.; Silva, C. V.; Costantini, E.; Brandt, W. N.; Kriss, G. A. (Oxford University Press, 2017-11)
    X-ray spectral timing analysis is presented of XMM–Newton observations of the narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy I Zwicky 1 taken in 2015 January. After exploring the effect of background flaring on timing analyses, X-ray ...

  • Gallo, Luigi C.; Longinotti, A. L.; Krongold, Y.; Kriss, G. A.; Ely, J.; Grupe, D.; Komossa, S.; Mathur, S.; Pradhan, A. (American Astronomical SocietyIOP Publishing, 2013-04-01)
    We present the discovery of an outflowing ionized wind in the Seyfert 1 galaxy Mrk 335. Despite having been extensively observed by most of the largest X-ray observatories in the last decade, this bright source was not ...

  • Robertson, D. R. S.; Gallo, Luigi C.; Zoghbi, A.; Fabian, A. C. (Oxford University Press, 2015-09-09)
    We examine simultaneous X-ray and UV light curves from multi-epoch 8 d XMM–Newton observations of the narrow line Seyfert 1 galaxy 1H 0707–495. The simultaneous observations reveal that both X-ray and UV emission are ...

  • Gallo, Luigi C.; Iwasawa, K.; Tanaka, Y. (EDP Sciences, 2010-05)
    We present a Suzaku observation of the dwarf Seyfert galaxy NGC 4395 with an estimated black hole mass of ~105M[subscript circled dot]. Rapid and strong X-ray variability with an rms amplitude of ~60 per cent is observed ...

  • Gallo, Luigi C.; Wilkins, D. R.; Bonson, K.; Chiang, C.-Y.; Grupe, D.; Parker, M. L.; Zoghbi, A.; Fabian, A. C.; Komossa, S.; Longinotti, A. L. (Oxford University Press, 2015-01)
    We report on the deepest X-ray observation of the narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy Mrk 335 in the low-flux state obtained with Suzaku. The data are compared to a 2006 high-flux Suzaku observation when the source was ∼10 times ...

  • Grupe, Dirk; Komossa, S.; Gallo, Luigi C.; Schartel, Norbert; Parker, Michael; Santos-Lleo, Maria; Fabian, Andrew C.; Harrison, Fiona; Miniutti, Giovanni (Oxford University PressRoyal Astronomical Society, 2019-03-20)
    We report the discovery of RX J2317.8–4422 in an extremely low X-ray flux state by the Neil Gehrels Swift observatory in 2014 April/May. In total, the low-energy X-ray emission dropped by a factor of 100. ...

  • Gallo, Luigi C.; Grupe, Dirk; Komossa, Stefanie; Fabian, Andrew C.; Larsson, Josefin; Pradhan, Anil K.; Xu, Dawei; Miniutti, Giovanni (American Astronomical Society, 2008-07)
    We report the discovery of strong soft X-ray emission lines and a hard continuum above 2 keV in the narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy Mrk 335 during an extremely low X-ray flux state. Mrk 335 was observed for 22 ks by XMM-Newton ...