Browsing by Author "Urry, C.M."

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    • The 1993 multiwavelength campaign on 3C 279 : the radio to gamma-ray energy distribution inlow state 

      Maraschi, L.; Grandi, P.; Urry, C.M.; Wehrle, A. E.; Madejski, G.M.; Fink, H.; Ghisellini, G.; Hartman, R.C.; Koratkar, A.P.; von Montigny, C.; Pian, E.; Thomas, H.C.; Treves, A.; Aller, M. F.; Aller, H. D.; Bailyn, C. D.; Balonek, T.J.; Bock, H.; Collmar, W.; Glass, I.S.; Litchfield, S.J.; McHardy, I.M.; Mendez, R.; Pesce, J.; Reuter, H.-P.; Robson, E.I.; Steppe, H.; Stevens, Jason; Teraesranta, H.; Wagner, S.J. (1994-11-01)
      Simultaneous observations of 3C 279 at radio, millimeter, near-infrared, optical, ultraviolet (with IUE) and X-ray (with ROSAT) wavelengths were obtained in 1992 December-1993 January, during a three week pointing at the ...

    • 3C 279 Multiwavelength Monitoring II : The Ground-based Campaign 

      Grandi, P.; Urry, C.M.; Maraschi, L.; Wehrle, A. E.; Madejski, G. M.; Aller, M. F.; Aller, H. D.; Bailyn, C. D.; Balonek, T.J.; Bock, T. H.; Glass, I. S.; Litchfield, S.J.; McHardy, I.M.; Mulchaey, J. S.; Reuter, H.-P.; Robson, E. I.; Sadun, A. C.; Sherry, W.; Steppe, H.; Stevens, Jason; Teraesranta, H.; Tornikoski, M.; Wagner, S.J. (1996-03-01)
      The optically violently variable quasar 3C 279 was monitored simultaneously from radio to y-ray frequencies in 1992 December-1993 January. We report a detailed study of the ground-based results from radio to optical ...

    • Chandra observations of Galaxy Zoo mergers : Frequency of binary active nuclei in massive mergers 

      Teng, S.H.; Schawinski, K.; Urry, C.M.; Bonning, E.W.; Simmons, B.D.; Darg, D.W.; Kaviraj, S.; Lintott, C.J.; Oh, K.; Cardamone, C.N.; Keel, W.C.; Treister, E. (2012-07-10)
      We present the results from a Chandra pilot study of 12 massive galaxy mergers selected from Galaxy Zoo. The sample includes major mergers down to a host galaxy mass of 1011 M ☉ that already have optical active galactic ...

    • Do moderate-luminosity active galactic nuclei suppress star formation? 

      Schawinski, K.; Virani, S.; Simmons, B.; Urry, C.M.; Kushkuley, B.; Treister, E.; Kaviraj, S. (2009)
      The growth of supermassive black holes and their host galaxies are thought to be linked, but the precise nature of this symbiotic relationship is still poorly understood. Both observations and simulations of galaxy formation ...

    • A flare in the jet of Pictor A 

      Marshall, H.L.; Hardcastle, M.J.; Birkinshaw, M.; Croston, J.H.; Evans, D.; Landt, H.; Lenc, E.; Massaro, F.; Perlman, E.; Schwartz, D.A.; Siemiginowska, A.; Stawarz, L.; Urry, C.M.; Worrall, D.M. (2010)
      A Chandra X-ray imaging observation of the jet in Pictor A showed a feature that appears to be a flare that faded between 2000 and 2002. The feature was not detected in a follow-up observation in 2009. The jet itself is ...

    • Galaxy zoo : The fundamentally different co-evolution of supermassive black holes and their early- and late-type host galaxies 

      Schawinski, K.; Urry, C.M.; Virani, S.; Coppi, P.; Cardamone, C.N.; Bamford, S.P.; Treister, E.; Lintott, C.J.; Kaviraj, S.; Sarzi, M.; Keel, W.C.; Masters, K.L.; Nichol, R.C.; Thomas, D.; Ross, N.P.; Andreescu, D.; Murray, P.; Raddick, M.J.; Szalay, A.S.; Vandenberg, J.; Slosar, A. (2010-01-01)
      We use data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and visual classifications of morphology from the Galaxy Zoo project to study black hole growth in the nearby universe (z <0.05) and to break down the active galactic nucleus ...

    • Galaxy Zoo Green Peas: discovery of a class of compact extremely star-forming galaxies 

      Cardamone, C.; Schawinski, K.; Sarzi, M.; Bamford, S.; Bennert, N.; Urry, C.M.; Lintott, C.; Keel, W.; Parejko, J.; Nichol, R.C.; Thomas, D.; Andreescu, D.; Murray, P.; Raddick, M.J.; Slosar, A.; Szalay, A.; Vandenberg, J. (2009)
      We investigate a class of rapidly growing emission line galaxies, known as 'Green Peas', first noted by volunteers in the Galaxy Zoo project because of their peculiar bright green colour and small size, unresolved in Sloan ...

    • Galaxy Zoo: Bulgeless galaxies with growing black holes 

      Simmons, B.; Lintott, C.; Kaviraj, S.; Schawinski, K.; Han, A.; Urry, C.M.; Moran, E.C.; Masters, K.L.; Nichol, R.C.; Willett, K.W.; Bamford, S.P. (2013-03)
      The growth of supermassive black holes appears to be driven by galaxy mergers, violent merger-free processes and/or 'secular' processes. In order to quantify the effects of secular evolution on black hole growth, we study ...

    • Galaxy Zoo: the fundamentally different co-evolution of supermassive black holes and their early- and late-type host galaxies 

      Schawinski, K.; Urry, C.M.; Virani, S.; Coppi, P.; Bamford, S.; Treister, E.; Lintott, C.; Sarzi, M.; Keel, W.; Kaviraj, S.; Cardamone, C.; Masters, K.L.; Ross, N.P.; Andreescu, D.; Murray, P.; Nichol, R.C.; Raddick, M.J.; Slosar, A.; Szalay, A.; Thomas, D.; Vandenberg, J. (2010)
      We use data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and visual classifications of morphology from the Galaxy Zoo project to study black hole growth in the nearby universe (z < 0.05) and to break down the active galactic nucleus ...

    • Misalignment between cold gas and stellar components in early-type galaxies 

      Wong, O.I.; Schawinski, K.; Jozsa, G.I.; Urry, C.M.; Lintott, C.J.; Simmons, B.D.; Kaviraj, Sugata; Masters, K.L. (2015-03-11)
      Recent work suggests blue ellipticals form in mergers and migrate quickly from the blue cloud of star-forming galaxies to the red sequence of passively evolving galaxies, perhaps as a result of black hole feedback. Such ...

    • Multiwavelength Observations of a Dramatic High-Energy Flare in the Blazar 3C 279 

      Wehrle, A. E.; Pian, E.; Urry, C.M.; Maraschi, L.; McHardy, I.M.; Lawson, A.J.; Ghisellini, G.; Hartman, R.C.; Madejski, G.M.; Makino, F.; Marscher, A.P.; Wagner, S.J.; Webb, J.R.; Aldering, G.S.; Aller, M.F.; Aller, H.D.; Backman, D.E.; Balonek, T.J.; Boltwood, P.; Bonnell, J.; Caplinger, J.; Celotti, A.; Collmar, W.; Dalton, J.; Drucker, A.; Falomo, R.; Fichtel, C.E.; Freudling, W.; Gear, W.K.; Gonzalez-Perez, N.; Hall, P.; Inoue, H.; Johnson, W.N.; Kazanas, D.; Kidger, M.R.; Kii, T.; Kollgaard, R.I.; Kondo, Y.; Kurfess, J.; Lin, Y.C.; McCollum, B.; McNaron-Brown, K.; Nagase, F.; Nair, A.D.; Penton, S.; Pesce, J.E.; Pohl, M.; Raiteri, C.M.; Renda, M.; Robson, E.I.; Sambruna, R.M.; Schirmer, A.F.; Shrader, C.; Sikora, M.; Sillanpaeae, A.; Smith, P.S.; Stevens, Jason; Stocke, J.; Takalo, L.O.; Teraesranta, H.; Thompson, D.J.; Thompson, R.; Tornikoski, M.; Tosti, G.; Treves, A.; Turcotte, P.; Unwin, S.C.; Valtaoja, E.; Villata, M.; Xu, W.; Yamashita, A.; Zook, A. (1998-04-01)
      The blazar 3C 279, one of the brightest identified extragalactic objects in the γ-ray sky, underwent a large (factor of ~10 in amplitude) flare in γ-rays toward the end of a 3 week pointing by Compton Gamma Ray Observatory ...

    • Multiwavelength observations of the February 1996 high-energy flare in the blazar 3C 279 

      Wehrle, A. E.; Pian, E.; Urry, C.M.; Maraschi, L.; Ghisellini, G.; Hartman, R.C.; Madejski, G. M.; Makino, F.; Marscher, A.P.; McHardy, I.M.; Webb, J. R.; Aldering, G. S.; Aller, M. F.; Aller, H. D.; Backman, D.E.; Balonek, T.J.; Boltwood, P.; Bonnell, J.; Caplinger, J.; Celotti, A.; Collmar, W.; Dalton, J.; Drucker, A.; Falomo, R.; Fichtel, C.E.; Freudling, W.; Gear, W.K.; Gonzalez-Perez, N.; Hall, P.; Inoue, H.; Johnson, W. N.; Kidger, M. R.; Kollgaard, R. I.; Kondo, Y.; Kurfess, J.; Lawson, A.J.; McCollum, B.; McNaron-Brown, K.; Nair, D.; Penton, S.; Pesce, J. E.; Pohl, M.; Raiteri, C.M.; Renda, M.; Robson, E.I.; Sambruna, R.M.; Schirmer, A. F.; Shrader, C.; Sikora, M.; Sillanpää, A.; Smith, P.S.; Stevens, Jason; Stocke, J.; Takalo, L.O.; Teräsranta, H.; Thompson, D.J.; Thompson, R.; Tornikoski, M.; Tosti, G.; Turcotte, P.; Treves, A.; Unwin, S.C.; Valtaoja, E.; Villata, M.; Wagner, S.J.; Xu, W.; Zook, A. C. (American Institute of Physics (AIP), 1997-05-01)
      We report CGRO, RXTE, ASCA, ROSAT, IUE, HST and ground-based observations of a large flare in 3C 279 in February 1996. X-rays and γ-rays peaked simultaneously (within one day). We show simultaneous spectral energy distributions ...

    • Probing quasar shutdown timescales with Hanny's Voorwerp 

      Evans, D.A.; Schawinski, K.; Virani, S.; Urry, C.M.; Keel, W.C.; Natarajan, P.; Lintott, C.J.; Manning, A.; Coppi, P.; Kaviraj, S.; Bamford, S.P.; Józsa, G.I.G.; Garrett, M.; Van Arkel, H.; Gay, P.; Fortson, L. (American Institute of Physics (AIP), 2012)
      Galaxy formation is significantly modulated by energy output from supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies which grow in highly efficient luminous quasar phases. The timescale on which black holes transition ...

    • The sudden death of the nearest quasar 

      Schawinski, K.; Virani, S.; Urry, C.M.; Natarajan, P.; Coppi, P.; Evans, D.A.; Keel, W.C.; Manning, A.; Lintott, C.J.; Kaviraj, S.; Bamford, S.P.; Józsa, G.I.G.; Garrett, M.; Van Arkel, H.; Gay, P.; Fortson, L. (2010-11-20)
      Galaxy formation is significantly modulated by energy output from supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies which grow in highly efficient luminous quasar phases. The timescale on which black holes transition ...

    • The UV colours of high-redshift early-type galaxies : Evidence for recent star formation and stellar mass assembly over the last 8 billion years 

      Kaviraj, S.; Khochfar, S.; Schawinski, K.; Silk, J.; Yi, S.K.; Gawiser, E.; Virani, S.N.; Cardamone, C.N.; van Dokkum, P.G.; Urry, C.M. (2008-07)
      We combine deep optical and NIR (UBVRIzJK) photometry from the Multiwavelength Survey by Yale-Chile (MUSYC) with redshifts from the COMBO-17 survey to perform a large-scale study of the rest-frame ultraviolet (UV) properties ...