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Estimating black hole spin from AGN SED fitting: the impact of general-relativistic ray tracing (2023)
Journal Article
Hagen, S., & Done, C. (2023). Estimating black hole spin from AGN SED fitting: the impact of general-relativistic ray tracing. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 525(3), 3455-3467. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad2499

Accretion disc model fitting to optical/UV quasar spectra requires that the highest mass black holes have the highest spin, with implications on the hierarchical growth of supermassive black holes and their host galaxies over cosmic time. However, th... Read More about Estimating black hole spin from AGN SED fitting: the impact of general-relativistic ray tracing.

The SOUX AGN sample: optical/UV/X-ray SEDs and the nature of the disc (2023)
Journal Article
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.

Modelling continuum reverberation in active galactic nuclei: a spectral-timing analysis of the ultraviolet variability through X-ray reverberation in Fairall 9 (2023)
Journal Article
Hagen, S., & Done, C. (2023). Modelling continuum reverberation in active galactic nuclei: a spectral-timing analysis of the ultraviolet variability through X-ray reverberation in Fairall 9. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 521(1), 251-268. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad504

Continuum reverberation mapping of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) can provide new insight into the nature and geometry of the accretion flow. Some of the X-rays from the central corona irradiating the disc are absorbed, increasing the local disc tempe... Read More about Modelling continuum reverberation in active galactic nuclei: a spectral-timing analysis of the ultraviolet variability through X-ray reverberation in Fairall 9.