Long-term variability of AGN at hard X-rays Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Soldi S.
  2. Beckmann V.
  3. Baumgartner W.H.
  4. Ponti G.
  5. Shrader C.R.,Lubinski P.
  6. Krimm H.A.
  7. Mattana F.
  8. Tueller J.
  9. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

Variability at all observed wavelengths is a distinctive property of active galactic nuclei (AGN). Hard X-rays provide us with a view of the innermost regions of AGN, mostly unbiased by absorption along the line of sight. Characterizing the intrinsic hard X-ray variability of a large AGN sample and comparing it to the results obtained at lower X-ray energies can significantly contribute to our understanding of the mechanisms underlying the high-energy radiation. Swift/BAT provides us with the unique opportunity to follow, on time scales of days to years and with regular sampling, the 14-195keV emission of the largest AGN sample available up to date for this kind of investigation. As a continuation of an early work using the first 9 months of BAT data, we study the amplitude of the variations and their dependence on subclass and on energy, for a sample of 110 radio quiet and radio loud AGN selected from the BAT 58-month survey.

Keywords
  1. active-galactic-nuclei
  2. seyfert-galaxies
  3. x-ray-sources
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2014A&A...563A..57S
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IVOA Identifier IVOID
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/563/A57
Document Object Identifer DOI
doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.35630057

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History

2014-06-20T11:57:15Z
Resource record created
2014-06-20T11:57:15Z
Created
2017-10-09T13:33:46Z
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