Browsing by Author "Brightman, M."
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- ItemA statistical relation between the X-ray spectral index and Eddington ratio of active galactic nuclei in deep surveys.(2013) Brightman, M.; Treister, Ezequiel; Silverman, J. D.; Mainieri, V.; Ueda, Y.; Schramm, M.; Matsuoka, K.; Nagao, T.; Steinhardt C. L.; Kartaltepe, J.
- ItemDetermining the covering factor of compton-thick active galactic nuclei with NuSTAR(2015) Brightman, M.; Balokovic, M.; Stern, D.; Arevalo, P.; Ballantyne, D. R.; Bauer, Franz Erik; Bogg, S. E.; Craig, W. W.; Christensen, F. E.; Comastri, A.; Gandhi, P.; Hailey, C. J.; Harrison, F. A.; Hickox, R. C.; Koss, M.; Lamassa, S.; Fuerst, F.; Puccetti, S.; Rivers, E.; Vasudevan, R.; Walton, D. J.; Zhang, W. W.
- ItemHard X-ray emission of the luminous infrared galaxy NGC 6240 as observed by NuSTAR(2016) Puccetti, S.; Comastri, A.; Bauer, Franz Erik; Brandt, W.; Fiore, E.; Harrison, F.; Luo, B.; Stern, D.; Urry, C.; Alexander, D.; Annuar, A.; Arevalo, P.; Balokovic, M.; Boggs, S.; Brightman, M.; Craig, W.; Ricci, Claudio
- ItemHOT DUST OBSCURED GALAXIES WITH EXCESS BLUE LIGHT : DUAL AGN OR SINGLE AGN UNDER EXTREME CONDITIONS?(2016) Assef, R.; Walton, D.; Brightman, M.; Stern, D.; Alexander, D.; Bauer, Franz Erik; Blain, A.; Diaz, T.; Eisenhardt, P.; Finkelstein, S.; Hickox, R.; Tsai, C.; Wu, J.
- ItemIC 3639—A NEW BONA FIDE COMPTON-THICK AGN UNVEILED BY NuSTAR(2016) Boorman, Peter G.; Gandhi, P.; Alexander, D. M.; Annuar, A.; Ballantyne, D. R.; Bauer, Franz Erik; Boggs, S. E.; Brandt, W. N.; Brightman, M.; Christensen, F. E.; Craig, W. W.; Farrah, D.; Hailey, C. J.; Harrison, F. A.; Hönig, S. F.; Koss, M.; LaMassa, S. M.; Masini, A. C.; Ricci, G.; Risaliti, D.; Stern, W.; Zhang, W.
- ItemInvestigating the Evolution of the Dual AGN System ESO 509-IG066.(2017) Kosec, P.; Ricci, Claudio; Treister, Ezequiel; Privon, G. C.; Brightman, M.; Stern, D.; Müller-Sánchez, Francisco; Koss, M.; Oh, K.; Assef T., Roberto; Gandhi, P.
- ItemNew spectral model for constraining torus covering factors from broadband X-ray spectra of active galactic nuclei(2018) Baloković, M.; Brightman, M.; Harrison, F.A.; Comastri, A.; Ricci, Claudio; Buchner, J.; Gandhi, P.; Farrah, D.; Stern, D.
- ItemNuSTAR observations of four nearby X-ray faint AGNs: low luminosity or heavy obscuration?(OUP, 2020) Annuar, A.; Alexander, D. M.; Gandhi, P.; Lansbury, G. B.; Asmus, D.; Balokovic, M.; Ballantyne, D. R.; Bauer, Franz Erik; Boorman, P. G.; Brandt, W. N.; Brightman, M.; Chen, C. T. J.; Del Moro, A.; Farrah, D.; Harrison, F. A.; Koss, M. J.; Lanz, L.; Marchesi, S.; Masini, A.; Nardini, E.; Ricci, Claudio; Stern, D.; Zappacosta, L.We present NuSTAR (Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array) observations of four active galactic nuclei (AGNs) located within 15 Mpc. These AGNs, namely ESO 121-G6, NGC 660, NGC 3486, and NGC 5195, have observed X-ray luminosities of L 2–10 keV,obs ≲ 10 39 erg s −1 , classifying them as low-luminosity AGN (LLAGN). We perform broad-band X-ray spectral analysis for the AGN by combining our NuSTAR data with Chandra or XMM–Newton observations to directly measure their column densities (N H ) and infer their intrinsic power. We complement our X-ray data with archival and new high-angular resolution mid-infrared (mid-IR) data for all objects, except NGC 5195. Based on our X-ray spectral analysis, we found that both ESO 121-G6 and NGC 660 are heavily obscured (N H > 10 23 cm −2 ; L 2–10 keV,int ∼ 10 41 erg s −1 ), and NGC 660 may be Compton thick. We also note that the X-ray flux and spectral slope for ESO 121-G6 have significantly changed over the last decade, indicating significant changes in the obscuration and potentially accretion rate. On the other hand, NGC 3486 and NGC 5195 appear to be unobscured and just mildly obscured, respectively, with L 2–10 keV,int < 10 39 erg s −1 , i.e. genuine LLAGN. Both of the heavily obscured AGNs have L bol > 10 41 erg s −1 and λ Edd ≳ 10 −3 , and are detected in high-angular resolution mid-IR imaging, indicating the presence of obscuring dust on nuclear scale. NGC 3486, however, is undetected in high-resolution mid-IR imaging, and the current data do not provide stringent constraints on the presence or absence of obscuring nuclear dust in the AGN.
- ItemNuStar observations of the compton-thick active galactic nucleus and ultraluminous X-Ray source candidate in NGC 5643(2015) Annuar, A.; Gandhi, P.; Alexander, D.; Lansbury, G.; Arévalo, P.; Ballantyne, D.; Balokovic, M.; Boggs, S.; Brandt, W.; Brightman, M.; Christensen, F.; Craig, W.; Del Moro, A.; Hailey, C.; Harrison, F.; Bauer, Franz Erik
- ItemNuSTAR observations of water megamaser AGN(2016) Masini, A.; Comastri, A.; Baloković, M.; Zaw, I.; Puccetti, S.; Ballantyne, D. R.; Bauer, Franz Erik; Boggs, S. E.; Brandt, W. N.; Brightman, M.; Christensen, F. E.; Craig, W. W.; Gandhi, P.; Hailey, C. J.; Harrison, F. A.; Koss, M. J.; Madejski, G.; Ricci, Claudio; Rivers, E.; Stern, D.
- ItemNuStar reveals extreme absorption in z < 0.5 type 2 quasars(2015) Lansbury, G.; Gandhi, P.; Alexander, D.; Assef, R.; Aird, J.; Annuar, A.; Ballantyne, D.; Balokovic, M.; Bauer, Franz Erik; Boggs, S.; Brandt, W.; Brightman, M.; Christensen, F.; Civano, F.; Comastri, A.; Craig, W.
- ItemNuStar spectroscopy of multiI-component X-Ray reflection from NGC 1068(2015) Bauer, Franz Erik; Arévalo, P.; Walton, D.; Koss, M.; Puccetti, S.; Gandhi, P.; Stern, D.; Alexander, D.; Balokovic, M.; Boggs, S.; Brandt, W.; Brightman, M.; Christensen, F.; Comastri, A.; Craig, W.; Del Moro, A.
- ItemThe 2-79 keV X-Ray Spectrum of the Circinus Galaxy with NuSTAR, XMM-Newton, and Chandra: A Fully Compton-thick Active Galactic Nucleus(2014) Arévalo, Patricia.; Treister, Ezequiel; Bauer, Franz Erik; Puccetti, S.; Walton, D. J.; Koss, M.; Boggs, Steve E.; Brandt, W N.; Brightman, M.; Christensen, F. E.; Comastri, A.; Craig, W. W.
- ItemThe Multi-Layer Variable Absorbers in NGC 1365 Revealed by XMM-Newton and NuSTAR(2015) Rivers, E.; Risaliti, G.; Walton, D. J.; Harrison, F.; Arévalo, P.; Bauer, Franz Erik; Boggs, S. E.; Brenneman, L. W.; Brightman, M.; Christensen, F. E.
- ItemThe NuSTAR view of nearby compton-thick active galactic nuclei: The cases of NGC 424, NGC 1320, and IC 2560(2014) Balokovic, M.; Comastri, A.; Harrison, F.; Alexander, D.; Ballantyne, D.; Bauer, Franz Erik; Boggs, S.; Brandt, W.; Brightman, M.
- ItemThe Phoenix galaxy as seen by NuSTAR(2017) Masini, A.; Comastri, A.; Puccetti, S.; Balokovic, M.; Gandhi, P.; Guainazzi, M.; Boggs, S.; Ricci, Claudio; Bauer, Franz Erik; Boorman, P.; Brightman, M.; Christensen, F.; Craig, W.; Farrah, D.; Hailey, C.; Harrison, F.; Koss, M.
- ItemX-Ray Bolometric Corrections for Compton-thick Active Galactic Nuclei(2017) Brightman, M.; Balokovic, M.; Ballantyne, D. R.; Bauer, Franz Erik; Boorman, P.; Buchner, J.; Brandt, W. N.; Comastri, A.; Del Moro, A.; Ricci, Claudio