SPIDERS: selection of spectroscopic targets using AGN candidates detected in all-sky X-ray surveys
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DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stx864
Abstract: SPIDERS (SPectroscopic IDentification of eROSITA Sources) is an SDSS-IV survey running in parallel to the eBOSS cosmology project. SPIDERS will obtain optical spectroscopy for large numbers of X-ray-selected AGN and galaxy cluster members detected in… read more here.
Keywords: xmm newton; survey; spectroscopic targets; spectroscopy ... See more keywords
Spatially offset AGN candidates in the CLASS survey
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DOI: 10.1093/mnras/sty114
Abstract: Prompted by a recent claim by Barrows et al. that X-ray AGN are often found significantly offset from the centres of their host galaxies, we have looked for examples of compact radio sources which are… read more here.
Keywords: survey; offset agn; spatially offset; agn candidates ... See more keywords
Catalogues of active galactic nuclei from Gaia and unWISE data
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DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stz2487
Abstract: We present two catalogues of active galactic nucleus (AGN) candidates selected from the latest data of two all-sky surveys – Data Release 2 of the Gaia mission and the unWISE catalogue of the Wide-field Infrared… read more here.
Keywords: gaia unwise; active galactic; agn; catalogues active ... See more keywords