Spitzer MIR AGN survey. I. Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Lacy M.
  2. Ridgway S.E.
  3. Gates E.L.
  4. Nielsen D.M.
  5. Petric A.O.
  6. Sajina A.,Urrutia T.
  7. Cox Drews S.
  8. Harrison C.
  9. Seymour N.
  10. Storrie-Lombardi L.J.
  11. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

We present the results of a program of optical and near-infrared spectroscopic follow-up of candidate active galactic nuclei (AGNs) selected in the mid-infrared. This survey selects both normal and obscured AGNs closely matched in luminosity across a wide range, from Seyfert galaxies with bolometric luminosities L _bol_~10^10^L_{sun}_ to highly luminous quasars (L_bol_~10^14^L_{sun}_), all with redshifts ranging from 0 to 4.3. Samples of candidate AGNs were selected with mid-infrared color cuts at several different 24{mu}m flux density limits to ensure a range of luminosities at a given redshift. The survey consists of 786 candidate AGNs and quasars, of which 672 have spectroscopic redshifts and classifications. Of these, 137 (20%) are type 1 AGNs with blue continua, 294 (44%) are type 2 objects with extinctions A_V_>~5 toward their AGNs, 96 (14%) are AGNs with lower extinctions (A_V_~1), and 145 (22%) have redshifts, but no clear signs of AGN activity in their spectra. Of the survey objects 50% have L_bol_>10^12^L_{sun}_, in the quasar regime. We present composite spectra for type 2 quasars and objects with no signs of AGN activity in their spectra. We also discuss the mid-infrared - emission-line luminosity correlation and present the results of cross correlations with serendipitous X-ray and radio sources.

Keywords
  1. active-galactic-nuclei
  2. galaxies
  3. infrared-sources
  4. spectroscopy
  5. x-ray-sources
  6. redshifted
  7. surveys
  8. infrared-photometry
  9. visible-astronomy
  10. Wide-band photometry
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2013ApJS..208...24L
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doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.22080024

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History

2013-12-02T09:16:21Z
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2013-12-02T09:16:21Z
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