24 results on '"Gaskell, C M"'
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2. Reverberation Mapping Results from MDM Observatory
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Denney, Kelly D., primary, Peterson, B. M., additional, Pogge, R. W., additional, Bentz, M. C., additional, Gaskell, C. M., additional, Minezaki, T., additional, Onken, C. A., additional, Sergeev, S. G., additional, and Vestergaard, M., additional
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- 2009
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3. Periodic optical variability of AGN.
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Bon, E., Marziani, P., Bon, N., and Gomboc, Andreja
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Here we present the evidence for periodicity of an optical emission detected in several AGN. Significant periodicity is found in light curves and radial velocity curves. We discuss possible mechanisms that could produce such periodic variability and their implications. The results are consistent with possible detection of the orbital motion in proximity of the AGN central supermassive black holes. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2016
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4. Coevolution (or not) of supermassive black holes and host galaxies: Black hole scaling relations are not biased by selection effects.
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Kormendy, John, Valluri, Monica, and Sellwood, J. A.
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The oral version of this paper summarized Kormendy & Ho 2013, ARA&A, 51, 511. However, earlier speakers at this Symposium worried that selection effects bias the derivation of black hole scaling relations. I therefore added – and this proceedings paper emphasizes – a discussion of why we can be confident that selection effects do not bias the observed correlations between BH mass M
• and the luminosity, stellar mass, and velocity dispersion of host ellipticals and classical bulges. These are the only galaxy components that show tight BH-host correlations. The scatter plots of M• with host properties for pseudobulges and disks are upper envelopes of scatter that does extend to lower BH masses. BH correlations are most consistent with a picture in which BHs coevolve only with classical bulges and ellipticals. Four physical regimes of coevolution (or not) are suggested by Kormendy & Ho 2013 and are summarized here. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2020
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5. Optical variations in changing-look AGNs selected at X-rays.
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Cazzoli, Sara, Masegosa, Josefa, Márquez, Isabel, Hernández-García, Lorena, Álvarez-Hernández, A., and Hermosa-Muñoz, Laura
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Recent observations of local AGNs have revealed that many of them show a 'changing look' behavior at optical and X-rays wavelengths in the sense of transiting between different AGNs families (e.g. from type-1 to type-2 or vice-versa). In order to pinpoint the possible relation of the changes, we performed optical spectroscopic observations (with CAFOS/CAHA) of 15 changing look AGNs selected at X-rays. Highlights from our spectroscopic study are presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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6. A status report on AGN variability.
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Lira, Paulina
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Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) are ubiquitous variable sources. This trademark property allows the study of many aspects of AGN physics which are not possible by other means. In this review I summarize what has been learnt by the close monitoring of AGN flux variations with special emphasis in studies conducted in optical and near-infrared domain. I also highlight what knowledge is still missing from our picture of AGN phenomena, as well as possible developments expected in this new era of time-domain astronomy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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7. Discovery of new changing look in NGC 1566.
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Oknyansky, Victor L., Tsygankov, Sergey S., Lipunov, Vladimir M., Gorbovskoy, Evgeny S., and Tyurina, Nataly V.
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We present continuation of the multi-wavelength (from X-ray to optical) monitoring of the nearby changing look (CL) active galactic nucleus in the galaxy NGC 1566 performed with the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory,the MASTER Global Robotic Network over the period 2007–2019. We also present continuation of optical spectroscopy using the South African Astronomical Observatory 1.9-m telescope between Aug. 2018 and Mar. 2019. We investigate remarkable re-brightenings in of the light curve following the decline from the bright phase observed at Dec. 2018 and at the end of May 2019. For the last optical spectra (31 Nov. 2018–28 Mar. 2019) we see dramatic changes compared to 2 Aug. 2018, accompanied by the fading of broad emission lines and high-ionization [FeX]6374Å line. Effectively, one more CL was observed for this object: changing from Sy1.2 to the low state as Sy 1.8–Sy1.9 type. Some possible explanations of the observed CL are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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8. The role of failed accretion disk winds in active galactic nuclei.
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Giustini, Margherita and Proga, Daniel
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Both observational and theoretical evidence point at outflows originating from accretion disks as fundamental ingredients of active galactic nuclei (AGN). These outflows can have more than one component, for example an unbound supersonic wind and a failed wind (FW). The latter is a prediction of the simulations of radiation-driven disk outflows which show that the former is accompanied by an inner failed component, where the flow struggles to escape from the strong gravitational pull of the supermassive black hole. This FW component could provide a physical framework to interpret various phenomenological components of AGN. Here we briefly discuss a few of them: the broad line region, the X-ray obscurer, and the X-ray corona. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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9. The role of AGN feedback in the baryon cycle at z ∼ 2.
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Mainieri, Vincenzo, Bergmann, Thaisa Storchi, Forman, William, Overzier, Roderik, and Riffel, Rogério
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In this proceeding I will summarize our on-going observational campaign to characterize Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) driven ionized gas outflows at z ˜ 2 and assess their impact on galaxy evolution. The results are mostly derived from a recently completed SINFONI/VLT Large Programme named SUPER, conducted with Adaptive Optics to reach a spatial resolution of ˜2 kpc at z ˜ 2. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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10. AGN polarization modeling with Stokes.
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Goosmann, René W., Gaskell, C. Martin, and Shoji, Masatoshi
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We introduce a new, publicly available Monte Carlo radiative transfer code, Stokes, which has been developed to model polarization induced by scattering of free electrons and dust grains. It can be used in a wide range of astrophysical applications. Here, we apply it to model the polarization produced by the equatorial obscuring and scattering tori assumed to exist in active galactic nuclei (AGNs). We present optical/UV modeling of dusty tori with a curved inner shape and for two different dust types. The polarization spectra enable us to clearly distinguish between the two dust compositions. The Stokes code and its documentation can be freely downloaded from http://www.stokes-program.info/. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2006
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11. Radiative transfer simulations of multiphase AGN tori: thermal emission and polarisation.
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Baes, M., Stalevski, M., Camps, P., Fritz, J., Popović, L. Č., Nagendra, K. N., Bagnulo, S., Centeno, R., and Martínez González, M. J.
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The unification model of active galactic nuclei postulates an accreting supermassive black hole as the central engine, surrounded by a putative dusty torus. This dust absorbs the incoming radiation, re-emits it in the infrared and obscures our view of the central region at certain inclinations. We present a new set of AGN models, in which the torus is modelled as a 3D multiphase medium. These new models can explain the observed spectral energy distribution of AGNs over the entire infrared domain, including the observed silicate feature strength and the level of near-infrared continuum. A new generation of multi-phase models, based on hydrodynamical simulations, is being constructed. We will compute the polarisation structure of these physically motivated 3D torus models, and compare them to simpler smooth torus models and to the available observational data. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2014
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12. Compact object mergers: observations of supermassive binary black holes and stellar tidal disruption events.
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Komossa, S., Zensus, J. A., Meiron, Y., Li, S., Liu, F.-K., and Spurzem, R.
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The capture and disruption of stars by supermassive black holes (SMBHs), and the formation and coalescence of binaries, are inevitable consequences of the presence of SMBHs at the cores of galaxies. Pairs of active galactic nuclei (AGN) and binary SMBHs are important stages in the evolution of galaxy mergers, and an intense search for these systems is currently ongoing. In the early and advanced stages of galaxy merging, observations of the triggering of accretion onto one or both BHs inform us about feedback processes and BH growth. Identification of the compact binary SMBHs at parsec and sub-parsec scales provides us with important constraints on the interaction processes that govern the shrinkage of the binary beyond the “final parsec”. Coalescing binary SMBHs are among the most powerful sources of gravitational waves (GWs) in the universe. Stellar tidal disruption events (TDEs) appear as luminous, transient, accretion flares when part of the stellar material is accreted by the SMBH. About 30 events have been identified by multi-wavelength observations by now, and they will be detected in the thousands in future ground-based or space-based transient surveys. The study of TDEs provides us with a variety of new astrophysical tools and applications, related to fundamental physics or astrophysics. Here, we provide a review of the current status of observations of SMBH pairs and binaries, and TDEs, and discuss astrophysical implications. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2014
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13. Element abundance ratios in stellar population modelling.
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Thomas, Daniel, Cappellari, Michele, and Courteau, Stéphane
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I review the implementation of the effects from varying chemical element abundance ratios in stellar population modelling, focusing on α- and Fe-peak elements. A brief overview of the development of such models over the past 30 years is provided, starting with early work on the identification of relevant absorption features in the spectra of early-type galaxies in the 1980s leading to the most recent developments of the past years. Recent highlights include the adoption of new flux calibrated libraries, the inclusion of a wide range of chemical elements, the calculation of error estimates on the model, and the consideration of element variation effects on full spectra. The calibration of such models with globular clusters and some key results on the element ratios measured in early-type galaxies are presented. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2014
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14. Supermassive black holes: Coevolution (or not) of black holes and host galaxies.
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Kormendy, John
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Supermassive black holes (BHs) have been found in 75 galaxies by observing spatially resolved dynamics. The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) revolutionized BH work by advancing the subject from its ‘proof of concept’ phase into quantitative studies of BH demographics. Most influential was the discovery of a tight correlation between BH masses M• and the velocity dispersions σ of stars in the host galaxy bulge components at radii where the stars mostly feel each other and not the BH. Together with correlations between M• and bulge luminosity, with the ‘missing light’ that defines galaxy cores, and with numbers of globular clusters, this has led to the conclusion that BHs and bulges coevolve by regulating each other's growth. This simple picture with one set of correlations for all galaxies dominated BH work in the past decade.New results are now replacing the above, simple story with a richer and more plausible picture in which BHs correlate differently with different kinds of galaxy components. BHs with masses of 105—106M⊙ live in some bulgeless galaxies. So classical (merger-built) bulges are not necessary equipment for BH formation. On the other hand, while they live in galaxy disks, BHs do not correlate with galaxy disks or with disk-grown pseudobulges. They also have no special correlation with dark matter halos beyond the fact that halo gravity controls galaxy formation. This leads to the suggestion that there are two modes of BH feeding, (1) local, secular and episodic feeding of small BHs in largely bulgeless galaxies that involves too little energy feedback to drive BH–host-galaxy coevolution and (2) global feeding in major galaxy mergers that rapidly grows giant BHs in short-duration events whose energy feedback does affect galaxy formation. After these quasar-like phases, maintenance-mode BH feedback into hot, X-ray-emitting gas continues to have a primarily negative effect in preventing late-time star formation when cold gas or gas-rich galaxies get accreted. Finally, the highest-mass galaxies inherit coevolution effects from smaller galaxies; the tightness of their BH correlations is caused mainly by averaging during dissipationless major mergers. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2013
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15. Accurate AGN Black Hole Masses and the Scatter in the MBH–Lbulge Relationship.
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Gaskell, C. Martin
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A new empirical formulae is given for estimating the masses of black holes in AGNs from the Hβ velocity dispersion and the continuum luminosity at 5100 Å. It is calibrated to reverberation-mapping and stellar-dynamical estimates of black hole masses. The resulting mass estimates are as accurate as reverberation-mapping and stellar-dynamical estimates. The new mass estimates show that there is very little scatter in the MBH–Lbulge relationship for high-luminosity galaxies, and that the scatter increases substantially in lower-mass galaxies. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2009
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16. On the Relation Between Black Hole Mass and Velocity Dispersion in Type 1 and Type 2 AGN.
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Dasyra, Kalliopi M., Peterson, Bradley M., Tacconi, Linda J., Netzer, Hagai, Ho, Luis C., Helou, George, Armus, Lee, Lutz, Dieter, Davies, Richard, and Watson, Linda
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We present results from infrared spectroscopic projects that aim to test the relation between the mass of a black hole MBH and the velocity dispersion of the stars in its host-galaxy bulge. We demonstrate that near-infrared, high-resolution spectroscopy assisted by adaptive optics is key in populating the high-luminosity end of the relation. We show that the velocity dispersions of mid-infrared, high-ionization lines originating from gas in the narrow-line region of the active galactic nucleus follow the same relation. This result provides a way of inferring MBH estimates for the cosmologically significant population of obscured, type 2 AGN that can be applicable to data from spectrographs on next-generation infrared telescopes. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2009
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17. Integrated Spectra of Early-Type Galaxies.
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Rose, James A.
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I review efforts to determine the ages and chemical compositions of early-type galaxies from their integrated spectra. After reviewing the history of integrated light analyses, we consider how reliably the light-weighted mean ages and chemical compositions of galaxies can be extracted from current state-of-the-art population synthesis modelling and observational data. Particular attention is given to assessing the best strategies for pursuing integrated spectrum analysis, both from observational and modelling standpoints. Finally, we consider efforts to move beyond light-weighted mean ages and metallicities, specifically, to constrain star formation histories with multiple episodes of star formation. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2006
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18. Stellar Populations of Decoupled Cores in E/S0 Galaxies with sauron and oasis.
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McDermid, Richard M., Emsellem, Eric, Shapiro, Kristen L., Bacon, Roland, Bureau, Martin, Cappellari, Michele, Davies, Roger L., de Zeeuw, Tim, Falcón-Barroso, Jesús, Krajnović, Davor, Kuntschner, Harald, Peletier, Reynier F., and Sarzi, Marc
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We summarize results from McDermid et al. (2006), who present a set of follow-up observations of the sauron representative survey of early-type galaxies. We used the oasis integral-field spectrograph (while at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope) to obtain high spatial resolution spectra of 28 elliptical and lenticular galaxies. These seeing-limited data have on average twice the spatial resolution of the sauron data, albeit over a smaller field. These new data reveal previously unresolved features in these objects' stellar kinematics, stellar populations, and ionized gas properties. In this contribution, we focus on the discovery of a population of compact kinematically decoupled cores in a number of our sample galaxies. These compact cores are related to regions of young stars, and counter-rotate around the host galaxy's minor axis. We compare these objects to previously known decoupled components, which in contrast are composed of old stars, and which rotate around axes unrelated to the host galaxy's kinematics or shape. A key difference between these two kinds of decoupled cores are their physical size and relative mass. The compact decoupled cores are smaller than a few hundred parsec, and constitute less than a few percent of the total galaxy mass. The ‘classical’ decoupled cores exist on kiloparsec scales, and comprise around a factor 10 more mass. We suggest that the small components are only found with young ages because of their low mass-to-light ratio. We show that after a few Gyrs, these components ‘fade’ into the background galaxy, making them more difficult to detect. We draw the following conclusions: 1) young stars found in early-type galaxies are very often associated with centrally-concentrated counter-rotating components; 2) the small mass fraction and kinematic decoupling of these cores suggests that the star formation is associated to minor accretion events, which effectively drive the spread in luminosity-weighted ages found in early-type galaxies; and 3) such decoupled components may be common in all early-type galaxies, but not directly observed due to their small contribution to the total galaxy light at older ages. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2006
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19. Age and metallicity estimates from high-resolution galaxy spectra: application to early-type galaxies.
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Gallazzi, Anna, Charlot, S., White, S. D. M., and Brinchmann, J.
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We present a method for deriving light-weighted stellar metallicities and ages from high-resolution galaxy spectra, based on the new population synthesis code of Bruzual & Charlot (2003). The method relies on the simultaneous fit of several optical spectral absorption features that are sensitive to either age or metallicity, but not to the $\alpha$-elements abundance ratio. We have constructed a library of stochastic star formation histories, which we have used to derive median-likelihood estimates of ages and metallicities for $\sim10^5$ galaxies extracted from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release One (SDSS DR1), spanning the full range in star formation activities, from dormant early type to actively star forming. Here we discuss the results for early-type galaxies. We show that the $g-r$, $M_r$ color-magnitude relation for these galaxies is driven primarily by changes in metallicity and in heavy-element abundance ratios. Changes in light-weighted age contribute mainly to the scatter about the relation. This is consistent with previous interpretations of this relation based on lower resolution models.To search for other articles by the author(s) go to: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abstract_service.html [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2004
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20. Optical variability of PHL 1811 and 3C 273.
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Fan, J. H., Kurtanidze, O., Liu, Y., Yuan, Y. H., Hao, J. M., Cai, W., Xiao, H. B., Pei, Z. Y., Massaro, F., Cheung, C. C., Lopez, E., and Siemiginowska, A.
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In this work, we reported the optical photometry monitoring results for two brightest nearby quasars, PHL 1811 and 3C 273 using the ST-6 camera at Abastumani Observatory, Georgia. For PHL 1811, we found 3 microvariability events with time scale of ΔT = 6.0 min. For 3C273, we found that the largest variations are ΔV = 0.369 ± 0.028 mag, ΔR = 0.495 ± 0.076 mag, and ΔI = 0.355 ± 0.009 mag. When periodicity analysis methods are adopted to the available data, a period of p = 5.80 ± 1.12 years is obtained for PHL 1811, and p = 21.10 ± 0.14, 10.00 ± 0.14, 7.30 ± 0.09, 13.20 ± 0.09, 2.10 ± 0.06, and 0.68 ± 0.05 years are obtained for 3C 273. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2014
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21. Contribution of Advection Process in SOC Model Causing the Appearance of Lognormal Distribution in Emission.
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Kunjaya, Chatief, Mahasena, Putra, Vierdayanti, Kiki, and Herlie, Stefani
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Emission variability from Black Hole objects like Seyfert Galaxies, Quasars etc. shows a irregular variation with various amplitude and time scale. Further analysis of the emission shows the appearance of the lognormal distribution. Such distribution cannot be explained by conventional Self Organized Criticality (SOC) Model. In this paper a modified SOC model with cellular automaton mechanism combined with advection process is introduced. Simulation shows that lognormal distribution can be resulted, while the other characteristics of PSD and structure function of the original SOC model can be maintained. Incorporation of the advection process is the key factor for the appearance of lognormal distribution. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2012
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22. Stellar line-strength indices distribution inside the bar region.
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Pérez, I., Sánchez-Blázquez, P., and Zurita, A.
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We present a detailed study of stellar line indices along the bar region for a sample of six early-type galaxies. We find positive gradients within the bar region in the metal indices in four of the six galaxies, and opposite trends in the other two. These latter two galaxies are classified as SAB and they present exponential bar light profiles. For all the galaxies, we find a positive gradient in the Balmer indices. There is a clear correlation between the position of morphological features inside the bar region with changes in the slope and value of the indices, which indicate, using stellar population analysis, changes in the stellar population. Therefore, it seems that the bar regions show a gradient in both age and metallicity, changing radially to younger and more metal rich populations for all the galaxies except for those two with exponential profiles. This is the first time such an analysis of the stellar populations in bars has been performed. The radial distribution of the indices is related to the star formation history of the bar, understanding these trends will help us to understand how bars are formed and how they evolve. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2006
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23. The elliptical galaxy NGC 5044: Stellar population and ionized gas.
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Rickes, M. G., Pastoriza, M. G., and Bonato, Ch.
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In this work we investigate the stellar population, metallicity distribution and ionized gas in the elliptical galaxy NGC 5044, using long-slit spectroscopy and a stellar population synthesis method. We found differences in the slope of FeI and Mg2 lines gradients, which suggests an enhancement of ± elements, particularly towards the central region. The stellar population synthesis shows that the contribution, at »5870, of the most metallic and old stellar population ($Z/Z_\odot \sim 0.0$ and 1010year) is dominant in NGC 5044. The presence of a non-thermal ionization source, such as a low-luminosity AGN and/or shock ionization, is implied by the large values of the ratio [NII]/H± observed in all sampled regions. However, the emission lines observed in the external regions indicate the presence of an additional ionization source, probably hot, post-AGB stars.To search for other articles by the author(s) go to: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abstract_service.html [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2004
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24. IAU volume 5 issue S267 Cover and Back matter.
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- 2009
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