Table · dataset · 2026
AGNs CALIFA/Chandra physical properties
Listed in IVOA Registry (Virtual Observatory)
A complete demographic of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) is essential to understand the evolution of the Universe.
Description
Optical surveys estimate the population of AGNs in the local Universe to be of ~ 4 per cent. However, these results could be biased towards bright sources, not affected by the host galaxy attenuation.
An alternative method for detecting these objects is through the X-ray emission. In this work, we aim to complement the AGN population of the optical CALIFA survey (941 sources), by using X-ray data from Chandra, which provides the best spatial resolution to date, essential to isolate the nuclear emission from the host galaxy. We study a total of 138 sources with available data.
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We find 34 new bona fide AGNs and 23 AGN candidates, which could increase the AGN population to 7-10 per cent among the CALIFA survey. X-rays are particularly useful for low-luminosity AGNs since they are excluded by the criterion of large equivalent width of the H{alpha} emission line when applied to optical selections. Indeed, placing such a restrictive criteria might cause a loss of up to 70 per cent of AGN sources.
X-ray detected sources are preferentially located in the right side of the [OIII]/H{beta} versus [NII]/H{alpha} diagram, suggesting that this diagram might be the most reliable at classifying AGN sources. Our results support the idea that multiwavelength studies are the best way to obtain a complete AGN population.
Links
Where it is published
- Reference page cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/MNRAS/522/5788 ↗
landing page · from IVOA Registry
Documentation and papers
- ADS 2023MNRAS.522.5788O ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023MNRAS.522.5788O ↗
publication · from IVOA Registry
Catalogue records · 2
- VOResource record dc.g-vo.org/oai.xml?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=ivo_vor&identifier=ivo%3… ↗
metadata API · from IVOA Registry
- Registry record (GAVO) dc.g-vo.org/I/cds.vizier/j/mnras/522/5788 ↗
catalogue entry · from IVOA Registry
Topics
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics
Provenance · 1 source records, 9 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
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| IVOA Registry (Virtual Observatory) | ivo://cds.vizier/j/mnras/522/5788 | 12 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:astronomy | mapping · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[modality].ivoa_waveband:optical | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[modality].ivoa_waveband:x-ray | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | rr.resource.res_description |
| license_text | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | |
| publication_date | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | rr.resource.res_title |
| updated_date | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 |