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TREASUREHUNT: Transients and Variability Discovered with HST in the JWST North Ecliptic Pole Time-domain Field (2024)
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O’Brien, R., Jansen, R. A., Grogin, N. A., Cohen, S. H., Smith, B. M., Silver, R. M., …Acharya, T. (2024). TREASUREHUNT: Transients and Variability Discovered with HST in the JWST North Ecliptic Pole Time-domain Field. Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 272(1), Article 19. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/ad3948

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) North Ecliptic Pole (NEP) Time-domain Field (TDF) is a >14′ diameter field optimized for multiwavelength time-domain science with JWST. It has been observed across the electromagnetic spectrum both from the groun... Read More about TREASUREHUNT: Transients and Variability Discovered with HST in the JWST North Ecliptic Pole Time-domain Field.

The first spectroscopic IR reverberation programme on Mrk 509 (2024)
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Mitchell, J. A. J., Ward, M. J., Kynoch, D., Santisteban, J. V. H., Horne, K., Pott, J. .-U., …Winkler, H. (2024). The first spectroscopic IR reverberation programme on Mrk 509. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 529(4), 4824-4839. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae790

Near IR spectroscopic reverberation of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) potentially allows the infrared (IR) broad line region (BLR) to be reverberated alongside the disc and dust continua, while the spectra can also reveal details of dust astro-chemistr... Read More about The first spectroscopic IR reverberation programme on Mrk 509.

AGN STORM 2. V. Anomalous Behavior of the C iv Light Curve of Mrk 817 (2024)
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Homayouni, Y., Kriss, G. A., De Rosa, G., Plesha, R., Cackett, E. M., Goad, M. R., …Zu, Y. (2024). AGN STORM 2. V. Anomalous Behavior of the C iv Light Curve of Mrk 817. Astrophysical Journal, 963(2), Article 123. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad1be4

An intensive reverberation mapping campaign of the Seyfert 1 galaxy Mrk 817 using the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph on the Hubble Space Telescope revealed significant variations in the response of broad UV emission lines to fluctuations in the continuu... Read More about AGN STORM 2. V. Anomalous Behavior of the C iv Light Curve of Mrk 817.

Deconvolution of JWST/MIRI Images: Applications to an Active Galactic Nucleus Model and GATOS Observations of NGC 5728 (2024)
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Leist, M. T., Packham, C., Rosario, D. J. V., Hope, D. A., Alonso-Herrero, A., Hicks, E. K. S., …Shimizu, T. (2024). Deconvolution of JWST/MIRI Images: Applications to an Active Galactic Nucleus Model and GATOS Observations of NGC 5728. Astronomical Journal, 167(3), Article 96. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ad1886

The superb image quality, stability, and sensitivity of JWST permit deconvolution techniques to be pursued with a fidelity unavailable to ground-based observations. We present an assessment of several deconvolution approaches to improve image quality... Read More about Deconvolution of JWST/MIRI Images: Applications to an Active Galactic Nucleus Model and GATOS Observations of NGC 5728.

The Galaxy Activity, Torus, and Outflow Survey (GATOS): III. Revealing the inner icy structure in local active galactic nuclei (2023)
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García-Bernete, I., Alonso-Herrero, A., Rigopoulou, D., Pereira-Santaella, M., Shimizu, T., Davies, R., …Ward, M. J. (2024). The Galaxy Activity, Torus, and Outflow Survey (GATOS): III. Revealing the inner icy structure in local active galactic nuclei. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 681, Article L7. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202348266

We use JWST/MIRI MRS spectroscopy of a sample of six local obscured type 1.9/2 active galactic nuclei (AGN) to compare their nuclear mid-IR absorption bands with the level of nuclear obscuration traced by X-rays. This study is the first to use subarc... Read More about The Galaxy Activity, Torus, and Outflow Survey (GATOS): III. Revealing the inner icy structure in local active galactic nuclei.

Wavelength dependences of the optical/UV and X-ray luminosity correlations of quasars (2023)
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Ward, M., Done, C., Jin, C., Lusso, E., & Middei, R. (2024). Wavelength dependences of the optical/UV and X-ray luminosity correlations of quasars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 527(1), 356–373. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad3193

The interband correlations between optical/ultraviolet (UV) and X-ray luminosities of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) are important for understanding the disc–coronal connection, as well as using AGN as standard candles for cosmology. It is convention... Read More about Wavelength dependences of the optical/UV and X-ray luminosity correlations of quasars.

Delayed appearance and evolution of coronal lines in the TDE AT2019qiz (2023)
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Short, P., Lawrence, A., Nicholl, M., Ward, M., Reynolds, T. M., Mattila, S., …Wevers, T. (2023). Delayed appearance and evolution of coronal lines in the TDE AT2019qiz. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 525(1), 1568-1587. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad2270

Tidal disruption events (TDEs) occur when a star gets torn apart by a supermassive black hole as it crosses its tidal radius. We present late-time optical and X-ray observations of the nuclear transient AT2019qiz, which showed the typical signs of an... Read More about Delayed appearance and evolution of coronal lines in the TDE AT2019qiz.

MIDIS: Strong (Hβ+[O iii]) and Hα Emitters at Redshift z ≃ 7–8 Unveiled with JWST NIRCam and MIRI Imaging in the Hubble eXtreme Deep Field (2023)
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Rinaldi, P., Caputi, K. I., Costantin, L., Gillman, S., Iani, E., Pérez-González, P. G., …Kokorev, V. (2023). MIDIS: Strong (Hβ+[O iii]) and Hα Emitters at Redshift z ≃ 7–8 Unveiled with JWST NIRCam and MIRI Imaging in the Hubble eXtreme Deep Field. Astrophysical Journal, 952(2), Article 143. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acdc27

We make use of JWST medium-band and broadband NIRCam imaging, along with ultradeep MIRI 5.6 μm imaging, in the Hubble eXtreme Deep Field to identify prominent line emitters at z ≃ 7–8. Out of a total of 58 galaxies at z ≃ 7–8, we find 18 robust candi... Read More about MIDIS: Strong (Hβ+[O iii]) and Hα Emitters at Redshift z ≃ 7–8 Unveiled with JWST NIRCam and MIRI Imaging in the Hubble eXtreme Deep Field.

Life beyond 30: Probing the −20 < M UV < −17 Luminosity Function at 8 < z < 13 with the NIRCam Parallel Field of the MIRI Deep Survey (2023)
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Pérez-González, P. G., Costantin, L., Langeroodi, D., Rinaldi, P., Annunziatella, M., Ilbert, O., …María Mérida, R. (2023). Life beyond 30: Probing the −20 < M UV < −17 Luminosity Function at 8 < z < 13 with the NIRCam Parallel Field of the MIRI Deep Survey. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 951:L1(1), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/acd9d0

We present the ultraviolet luminosity function and an estimate of the cosmic star formation rate density at 8 < z < 13 derived from deep NIRCam observations taken in parallel with the MIRI Deep Survey of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (HUDF), NIRCam cov... Read More about Life beyond 30: Probing the −20 < M UV < −17 Luminosity Function at 8 < z < 13 with the NIRCam Parallel Field of the MIRI Deep Survey.

The SOUX AGN sample: optical/UV/X-ray SEDs and the nature of the disc (2023)
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Mitchell, J. A. J., Done, C., Ward, M. J., Kynoch, D., Hagen, S., Lusso, E., & Landt, H. (2023). The SOUX AGN sample: optical/UV/X-ray SEDs and the nature of the disc. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 524(2), 1796-1825. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad1830

We use the SOUX sample of ∼700 active galactic nucleus (AGN) to form average optical-ultraviolet (UV)-X-rays spectral energy distributions (SEDs) on a two-dimensional (2D) grid of MBH and L2500. We compare these with the predictions of a new AGN SED... Read More about The SOUX AGN sample: optical/UV/X-ray SEDs and the nature of the disc.