1. Discovering exotic AGN behind the Magellanic Clouds
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T. D. Joseph, Eleni Vardoulaki, Cameron P. M. Bell, Miroslav Filipovic, Clara M. Pennock, and Jacco Th. van Loon
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Physics ,Active galactic nucleus ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Electromagnetic spectrum ,Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,media_common.quotation_subject ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Astronomy ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,Multi wavelength ,Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics ,Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies ,01 natural sciences ,Galaxy ,Space and Planetary Science ,Sky ,Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA) ,0103 physical sciences ,Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics ,Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,media_common - Abstract
The nearby Magellanic Clouds system covers more than 200 square degrees on the sky. Much of it has been mapped across the electromagnetic spectrum at high angular resolution and sensitivity X-ray (XMM-Newton), UV (UVIT), optical (SMASH), IR (VISTA, WISE, Spitzer, Herschel), radio (ATCA, ASKAP, MeerKAT). This provides us with an excellent dataset to explore the galaxy populations behind the stellar-rich Magellanic Clouds. We seek to identify and characterise AGN via machine learning algorithms on this exquisite data set. Our project focuses not on establishing sequences and distributions of common types of galaxies and active galactic nuclei (AGN), but seeks to identify extreme examples, building on the recent accidental discoveries of unique AGN behind the Magellanic Clouds., Proceedings paper of the IAU symposium "Nuclear Activity in Galaxies Across Cosmic Time" (Ethiopia) accepted to be published under the Cambridge University Press, eds. M. Povic, P. Marziani, J. Masegosa, H. Netzer, S. H. Negu, and S. B. Tessema
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- 2019
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