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通过SN数据集的变异性选择AGN

Selecting AGN through variability in SN datasets

K. Boutsia, B. Leibundgut, D. Trevese, F. Vagnetti

摘要:

变率是活动星系核(AGN)的一个主要属性,它被用作超新星(SNe)探测的多历元巡天的选择标准。我们使用了两个SN数据集。首先,我们选择了应力项目的AXAF领域,集中在钱德拉深场南部,除了深X射线调查也存在各种光学目录。我们的方法产生了132个可变AGN候选者。然后,我们扩展了我们的方法,包括已经活跃了6年的ESSENCE项目的数据集,在R和I波段产生高质量的光变曲线。在整个12 ° ^2的ESSENCE场中,我们获得了约4800个可变源的样本,最小R=22。其中,使用结构函数的形状作为次要标准创建了约500个高优先级活动星系核候选者的子样本。在一个试点光谱运行,我们已经证实了活动星系核的性质,几乎所有的候选人。

英文摘要:

Variability is a main property of active galactic nuclei (AGN) and it was adopted as a selection criterion using multi epoch surveys conducted for the detection of supernovae (SNe). We have used two SN datasets. First we selected the AXAF field of the STRESS project, centered in the Chandra Deep Field South where, besides the deep X-ray surveys also various optical catalogs exist. Our method yielded 132 variable AGN candidates. We then extended our method including the dataset of the ESSENCE project that has been active for 6 years, producing high quality light curves in the R and I bands. We obtained a sample of ~4800 variable sources, down to R=22, in the whole 12 deg^2 ESSENCE field. Among them, a subsample of ~500 high priority AGN candidates was created using as secondary criterion the shape of the structure function. In a pilot spectroscopic run we have confirmed the AGN nature for nearly all of our candidates.

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