AGN Diagnostic Plot In The WISE And 3XMM Era: The Role Of Variability
Abstract
An efficient diagnostic method to find local (z<0.1) Compton-thick AGN consists in selecting sources characterized by hard X- ray colors and low hard X-ray over mid-IR flux ratio. This has been done efficiently in the past using 2XMM and IRAS data (Severgnini et al. 2012). In this talk I will present my thesis work in which I tested this technique using the latest 3XMM and WISE data for the sample presented by Severgnini et al. I will also briefly discuss the X-ray spectral properties of all of those sources showing flux and/or spectral variability in the XMM-Newton observations.
- Publication:
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Active Galactic Nuclei 12: A Multi-Messenger Perspective (AGN12)
- Pub Date:
- October 2016
- DOI:
- 10.5281/zenodo.163800
- Bibcode:
- 2016agnt.confE..43Z
- Keywords:
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- active galactic nuclei;
- AGN;
- Zenodo community agn12