2018ApJ...860..169K

Query : 2018ApJ...860..169K

2018ApJ...860..169K - Astrophys. J., 860, 169-169 (2018/June-3)

Enhancing the H2O megamaser detection rate using optical and mid-infrared photometry.

KUO C.Y., CONSTANTIN A., BRAATZ J.A., CHUNG H.H., WITHERSPOON C.A., PESCE D., IMPELLIZZERI C.M.V., GAO F., HAO L., WOO J.-H. and ZAW I.

Abstract (from CDS):

Water megamasers from circumnuclear disks in galaxy centers provide the most accurate measurements of supermassive black hole masses and uniquely probe the subparsec accretion processes. At the same time, these systems offer independent crucial constraints of the Hubble constant in the nearby universe, and thus, the arguably best single constraint on the nature of dark energy. The chances of finding these golden standards are, however, abysmally low, at <=3% overall for any level of water maser emission detected at 22 GHz and <=1% for those exhibiting disk-like configuration. We provide here a thorough summary of the current state of detection of water megamaser disks along with a novel investigation of the likelihood of increasing their detection rates based on a multivariate parameter analysis of the optical and mid-infrared (mid-IR) photometric properties of the largest database of galaxies surveyed for 22 GHz emission. We find that galaxies with water megamaser emission tend to be associated with strong emission in all Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer mid-IR wavelengths, with the strongest enhancement in the W4 band, at 22 µm, as well as with previously proposed and newly found indicators of active galactic nucleus strength in the mid-IR, such as red W1 - W2 and W1 - W4 colors, and the integrated mid-IR luminosity of the host galaxy. These trends offer a potential boost of the megamaser detection rates to 6%-15%, or a factor of 2-8 relative to the current rates, depending on the chosen sample selection criteria, while fostering real chances for discovering >=20 new megamaser disks.

Abstract Copyright: © 2018. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

Journal keyword(s): galaxies: active - galaxies: nuclei - infrared: galaxies - masers - surveys

Simbad objects: 169

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Number of rows : 169
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA 		ICRS (J2000)
DEC 		Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026 		#notes
1 NGC 23 AGN 00 09 53.411 +25 55 25.46   12.5       ~ 331 2
2 NGC 17 Sy2 00 11 06.612 -12 06 28.33   14.14 13.52     ~ 369 1
3 2MASX J00114518-0054303 Sy2 00 11 45.2234465520 -00 54 30.672854028   19.19 18.50     ~ 14 0
4 IC 10 rG 00 20 17.33520 +59 18 13.6480   13.6 9.5     ~ 1185 1
5 2MASX J00272528+4544279 G 00 27 25.2948978288 +45 44 27.574230372           ~ 10 0
6 NGC 235 Sy1 00 42 52.8103465632 -23 32 27.718834092   14.24   12.63   ~ 168 1
7 NGC 253 SyG 00 47 33.134 -25 17 19.68   8.03   6.94 8.1 ~ 3588 2
8 NGC 262 Bla 00 48 47.14147900 +31 57 25.0845702 14.04 13.90 13.06 8.53   ~ 778 2
9 NGC 291 Sy2 00 53 29.9068688856 -08 46 03.911839284   14   13.90   ~ 69 1
10 ESO 13-12 AG? 01 07 02.316 -80 18 27.78   13.49   11.86   ~ 67 0
11 2MASX J01094510-0332329 Sy2 01 09 45.0861990168 -03 32 32.669690172   13.0 13     ~ 32 0
12 NGC 449 Sy2 01 16 07.2105079530 +33 05 21.649015602   15.90 14.96     ~ 302 4
13 NGC 520S GiP 01 24 34.5 +03 47 23   12.4       ~ 17 0
14 LEDA 3092689 Sy2 01 26 01.6474982376 -04 17 56.241027960   16.07   14.93   ~ 16 0
15 NGC 591 Sy1 01 33 31.2305692968 +35 40 05.628351108   14.71 13.90     ~ 205 0
16 M 33 GiG 01 33 50.8965749232 +30 39 36.630403128 6.17 6.27 5.72     ~ 6226 1
17 NGC 613 AGN 01 34 18.235 -29 25 06.56   10.77 12.71 9.50 10.6 ~ 446 3
18 IC 184 Sy2 01 59 51.2449132680 -06 50 25.308208716   14.92 14.10     ~ 56 2
19 SDSS J021405.91-001637.0 Sy2 02 14 05.9141127072 -00 16 37.073648280   18.44 17.89     ~ 22 0
20 Z 413-68 G 02 17 03.5780283096 +05 17 31.481644560   15.4       ~ 45 0
21 NGC 1052 Bla 02 41 04.79849989 -08 15 20.7519527 11.84 11.41 10.47 10.71   ~ 1397 2
22 M 77 Sy2 02 42 40.7091669408 -00 00 47.859690204 9.70 9.61 8.87 10.1 9.9 ~ 4897 2
23 NGC 1106 Sy2 02 50 40.4948208192 +41 40 17.731340580   13.7       ~ 95 1
24 LEDA 1148489 Sy2 02 53 29.5967543928 -00 14 05.553705336   18.58 17.93 16.39   ~ 18 0
25 Z 524-40 Sy2 02 59 58.5970307633 +36 49 13.808979663   14.89 13.96     ~ 369 1
26 NGC 1194 Sy2 03 03 49.1124029328 -01 06 13.415103900   15.29 14.18     ~ 307 0
27 NGC 1320 Sy2 03 24 48.6886857672 -03 02 32.121533436   14.0 14.00     ~ 317 0
28 LEDA 176456 Sy2 03 36 46.1757715464 -07 50 23.616612204   15.98   14.80   ~ 8 0
29 NGC 1386 Sy1 03 36 46.238 -35 59 57.39 12.42 12.16 11.23 10.76   ~ 553 1
30 IRAS 03355+0104 Sy2 03 38 10.3790759400 +01 14 18.225992616           ~ 36 0
31 IC 342 AGN 03 46 48.514 +68 05 45.98   10.5       ~ 1579 1
32 2MFGC 3185 G 03 50 00.3507356160 -01 27 57.417475788   16.14   14.83   ~ 18 0
33 4C 05.19 QSO 04 14 37.76734974 +05 34 42.3295956   24.100 23.800 21.270   ~ 371 2
34 SDSS J043703.67+245606.8 GiG 04 37 03.6816891024 +24 56 06.870657804           ~ 37 0
35 2MASX J04370825+6637424 GiG 04 37 08.2738953024 +66 37 42.118978728           ~ 14 0
36 IRAS 04385-0828 Sy1 04 40 54.9608896320 -08 22 22.126721232   15.71 14.5     ~ 128 0
37 Z 468-1 Sy2 04 46 29.758 +18 27 39.28   15.7       ~ 66 0
38 Z 394-23 GiG 04 52 52.586 +03 03 25.90   14.7       ~ 50 0
39 NGC 1741 EmG 05 01 38.3 -04 15 25   13.7   13.02 13.6 ~ 273 0
40 Z 468-2 Sy2 05 08 19.7062775592 +17 21 48.085162020   15.4       ~ 129 0
41 Z 421-3 Sy2 05 09 50.167 +07 29 00.52   15.6       ~ 59 2
42 UGCA 116 AGN 05 55 42.645 +03 23 32.23 10.74 11.68 11.46   11.82 ~ 561 0
43 Z 329-24 Sy2 06 15 36.2812259376 +71 02 14.837219808 14.21 14.03 12.97     ~ 960 2
44 NGC 2146 AGN 06 18 37.710 +78 21 25.27 11.67 11.38 10.59     ~ 765 2
45 ZW VII 73 Sy2 06 30 25.5433597128 +63 40 41.294696952   15.7       ~ 65 0
46 NGC 2273 Sy1 06 50 08.6691789600 +60 50 44.864645136   14.50 13.54     ~ 566 2
47 ESO 558-9 G 07 04 21.002 -21 35 19.36           ~ 36 0
48 Z 286-10 Sy2 07 19 30.892 +59 21 18.48   13.3       ~ 148 0
49 NGC 2410 Sy2 07 35 02.2553446824 +32 49 19.644162420   17.01 16.26     ~ 102 1
50 Mrk 78 Sy2 07 42 41.7033384240 +65 10 37.447730076   15.57 14.58     ~ 386 3
51 IC 485 SyG 08 00 19.76686 +26 42 05.2293   15.5       ~ 67 0
52 Z 31-36 Sy2 08 04 05.8608218112 +05 06 49.823376120   14.55 13.7     ~ 340 2
53 FIRST J080431.0+360718 Sy2 08 04 31.01 +36 07 18.1   21.80 21.22     ~ 34 2
54 MCG-04-21-005 AGN 08 36 15.190 -26 24 33.66 12.04 11.93 11.45 11.09 12.3 ~ 600 3
55 2MASX J08362280+3327383 Sy2 08 36 22.7990518080 +33 27 38.754616392     17.84     ~ 21 1
56 NGC 2639 Sy2 08 43 38.0682469032 +50 12 19.942091604 12.90 12.56 11.65     ~ 451 2
57 2MASX J08474769-0022514 Sy2 08 47 47.6987929032 -00 22 51.300435792   18.44 17.75     ~ 25 1
58 Z 120-39 G 08 49 14.0780873040 +23 22 48.992838168   15.5       ~ 15 0
59 LEDA 1252932 G 09 05 30.123 +03 28 22.82           ~ 15 0
60 NGC 2781 Sy2 09 11 27.5157906744 -14 49 00.191638668   12.5   11.38 12.0 ~ 78 0
61 LEDA 3739285 Sy2 09 12 46.3700282496 +23 04 27.228898164           ~ 10 0
62 NGC 2782 Sy2 09 14 05.11967 +40 06 49.6800 12.29 12.30 11.63     ~ 494 3
63 NGC 2824 AGN 09 19 02.2176446256 +26 16 11.997810444   14.3       ~ 126 1
64 Z 239-3 LIN 09 31 06.7601611560 +49 04 47.102307708   15.3       ~ 82 1
65 Z 289-11 Sy2 09 35 51.6045544584 +61 21 11.589382368   15.20 15.50     ~ 617 2
66 NGC 2960 SyG 09 40 36.3826266216 +03 34 37.235848260   13.60       ~ 197 1
67 NGC 2979 GiP 09 43 08.6387939688 -10 22 59.995646472   14       ~ 57 1
68 NGC 2989 Sy2 09 45 25.225 -18 22 25.96   13.51 14.50 12.46 12.9 ~ 93 0
69 M 82 AGN 09 55 52.430 +69 40 46.93 9.61 9.30 8.41     ~ 6156 6
70 NGC 3081 Sy2 09 59 29.5437024336 -22 49 34.747341960   13.06 13.55 11.67 12.1 ~ 509 0
71 NGC 3079 Sy2 10 01 57.8789863992 +55 40 47.449758324 11.57 11.54 10.86     ~ 1476 3
72 6dFGS gJ101150.6-192644 Sy2 10 11 50.5669658112 -19 26 43.933796052   16.79   15.54   ~ 5 0
73 NGC 3160 Sy2 10 13 55.0760744136 +38 50 34.394956404   15.2       ~ 74 0
74 IC 2560 Sy2 10 16 18.7073057664 -33 33 49.720274676   12.53 13.31 11.25 12.2 ~ 283 1
75 LEDA 155109 Sy2 10 20 59.568 -00 10 34.25   18.65 17.92     ~ 13 0
76 NGC 3256 Sy2 10 27 51.284 -43 54 13.55   11.83 11.33 10.62 11.9 ~ 920 2
77 2MFGC 8115 Sy2 10 28 02.888 +10 46 30.44           ~ 19 0
78 Z 124-35 Sy2 10 31 38.8866034032 +25 59 02.159019528   15.0       ~ 58 0
79 MCG+10-15-104 Sy2 10 34 08.54424 +60 01 52.1004   15.71 14.65     ~ 271 1
80 NGC 3359 EmG 10 46 36.845 +63 13 25.10 10.83 11.03 10.57     ~ 380 1
81 NGC 3393 Sy2 10 48 23.4653152920 -25 09 43.487648784   13.10 13.95 11.67 12.2 ~ 471 1
82 Z 66-92 Sy2 11 00 47.9570025384 +10 43 41.359156500   14.8       ~ 75 0
83 SDSS J110338.40-005208.4 Sy2 11 03 38.36352 -00 52 08.4628   18.51 17.83 16.56   ~ 13 0
84 NGC 3521 EmG 11 05 48.5680991376 -00 02 09.245076540 10.06 9.83 9.02 10.1 9.6 ~ 879 2
85 2MASX J11093314+2837393 Sy2 11 09 33.1473959688 +28 37 39.883725588   16.03       ~ 35 0
86 M 108 AGN 11 11 30.967 +55 40 26.84   10.70       ~ 497 1
87 NGC 3620 AG? 11 16 04.680 -76 12 58.74   15.9       ~ 78 1
88 Z 185-28 LIN 11 17 00.1058032560 +32 35 50.962185528   15.5       ~ 34 1
89 NGC 3614 GiG 11 18 21.3370383720 +45 44 53.524032396   12.7       ~ 137 0
90 M 66 AGN 11 20 15.0 +12 59 29 9.85 9.65 8.92     ~ 1509 4
91 NGC 3690 IG 11 28 31.0 +58 33 41   13.19 12.86     ~ 1015 4
92 NGC 3735 Sy2 11 35 57.2748856320 +70 32 07.951921080   12.4       ~ 202 2
93 Z 68-13 Sy2 11 38 08.0064642288 +11 11 46.946920020   15.3       ~ 37 0
94 NGC 3783 Sy1 11 39 01.7096819040 -37 44 19.009642992   12.46 13.43 11.33 12.1 ~ 1765 1
95 Z 268-89 Sy2 11 49 45.6806516736 +50 31 37.258142520   15.4       ~ 39 0
96 NAME Antennae IG 12 01 53.170 -18 52 37.92           ~ 1749 0
97 2MASX J12020465+3519173 Sy2 12 02 04.6153685808 +35 19 17.927494320           ~ 9 0
98 Z 98-29 Sy2 12 02 23.9797510344 +14 50 37.296836412   14.7       ~ 60 0
99 NGC 4051 Sy1 12 03 09.6101337312 +44 31 52.682601288   11.08 12.92 9.94   ~ 2270 1
100 NGC 4151 Sy1 12 10 32.5759813872 +39 24 21.063527532   12.18 11.48     ~ 3938 2
101 NGC 4194 rG 12 14 09.615 +54 31 35.93   13.79 13.30     ~ 467 2
102 NGC 4228 SBG 12 15 39.174 +36 19 36.80 10.63 10.30 9.93 9.74   ~ 1017 1
103 NGC 4253 Sy1 12 18 26.5163572920 +29 48 46.531535472   14.34 13.57     ~ 1106 1
104 M 106 Sy2 12 18 57.620 +47 18 13.39   9.14 8.41 8.11   ~ 2512 4
105 NGC 4261 LIN 12 19 23.2160630 +05 49 29.700024   13.92 12.87     ~ 1290 0
106 NGC 4293 LIN 12 21 12.891 +18 22 56.64   11.6       ~ 311 2
107 NGC 4388 Sy2 12 25 46.820 +12 39 43.45 11.91 11.76 11.02     ~ 1433 2
108 NGC 4527 AGN 12 34 08.49600 +02 39 13.7160   12.4       ~ 549 2
109 NGC 4631 GiC 12 42 08.009 +32 32 29.44   9.78 9.19 9.10   ~ 1154 3
110 NGC 4633 GiP 12 42 37.3727566944 +14 21 25.949234160   14.7       ~ 147 0
111 PMN J1256-0804 rG 12 55 59.8762746144 -08 04 32.549730744           ~ 16 1
112 ESO 269-12 Sy2 12 56 40.5123469200 -46 55 34.274942184   14.72   13.54 13.9 ~ 65 0
113 M 64 SyG 12 56 43.696 +21 40 57.57   9.36 8.52     ~ 1010 2
114 NGC 4922N Sy2 13 01 25.2660290577 +29 18 49.879144069   15.60 14.67 13.85   ~ 265 5
115 NGC 4945 Sy2 13 05 27.279 -49 28 04.44   9.31 14.40 7.55   ~ 1582 2
116 NGC 4968 Sy2 13 07 05.976 -23 40 37.34   13.78 14.79 12.46 12.78 ~ 198 2
117 NGC 5077 rG 13 19 31.66962921 -12 39 25.0765176   13.87 12.85 11.30   ~ 312 1
118 NAME Centaurus A BLL 13 25 27.61521044 -43 01 08.8050291   8.18 6.84 6.66   ~ 4774 3
119 M 51 Sy2 13 29 52.698 +47 11 42.93   9.26 8.36 8.40   ~ 4565 4
120 NGC 5256 PaG 13 38 17.81 +48 16 41.2   14.1 13.42     ~ 449 1
121 NGC 5253 rG 13 39 55.990 -31 38 24.11 11.48 10.94 10.49 10.33 13.47 ~ 1421 4
122 2MASX J13464080+5228359 Sy2 13 46 40.8017904336 +52 28 36.481460304     16     ~ 43 0
123 NGC 5347 Sy2 13 53 17.7984934128 +33 29 27.011618196   13.46 12.70     ~ 373 1
124 LEDA 1290748 AGN 13 55 35.8946953680 +05 53 04.609429080           ~ 12 0
125 MCG+11-17-010 Sy2 13 56 28.7239870272 +64 37 43.307542920   18.86 18.14     ~ 17 0
126 2MASX J13564736+6937117 Sy2 13 56 47.4459345120 +69 37 11.621315856           ~ 11 0
127 ESO 446-18 Sy2 14 08 38.287 -29 34 19.34   14.91   13.48 14.87 ~ 67 0
128 Z 219-55 GiG 14 10 55.49672 +39 46 19.7450   14.9       ~ 41 0
129 NGC 5495 Sy2 14 12 23.3599954392 -27 06 29.105572824   13.53 13.5 12.20   ~ 82 3
130 NAME Circinus Galaxy Sy2 14 13 09.906 -65 20 20.47   10.89 9.84 10.6 10.0 ~ 1331 1
131 NGC 5506 Bla 14 13 14.8761010056 -03 12 27.556909272   15.25 14.38     ~ 1173 1
132 MCG-02-37-004 Sy2 14 26 12.2785046976 -11 54 16.233631344   15   14.03   ~ 30 0
133 NGC 5643 Sy2 14 32 40.778 -44 10 28.60   11.03 13.60 9.92 10.6 ~ 652 1
134 NGC 5691 EmG 14 37 53.339 -00 23 55.94   12.9   12.9 12.4 ~ 114 0
135 NGC 5728 Sy2 14 42 23.8918506576 -17 15 11.240783784   14.34 13.40     ~ 679 1
136 Z 164-19 Sy2 14 45 36.8464489536 +27 02 05.566485732   12.7 15.3 11.9   ~ 86 0
137 NGC 5765B Sy2 14 50 51.50555 +05 06 52.1550   14.6       ~ 80 1
138 MCG+04-35-019 G 14 57 00.66647 +24 37 02.6720     15.7     ~ 76 1
139 Z 248-36 Sy2 14 58 35.9966730912 +44 53 00.975483708   14.6       ~ 69 0
140 NGC 5793 Sy2 14 59 24.807 -16 41 36.55   14.47 13.32 12.77   ~ 147 1
141 2MASX J15201964+5253560 Sy2 15 20 19.6748609064 +52 53 56.649213384           ~ 16 0
142 Z 136-40 Sy2 15 39 16.6662080400 +24 27 18.295166700   15.1       ~ 51 0
143 2MASX J16070391+0106296 Sy2 16 07 03.9468198960 +01 06 29.450542572           ~ 6 0
144 LEDA 97536 Sy2 16 30 32.6560544664 +39 23 03.103312344     15.3     ~ 96 0
145 Z 168-18 Sy2 16 30 40.9050682920 +30 29 19.613251716   15.7       ~ 19 0
146 NGC 6240 Sy2 16 52 58.9 +02 24 03   14.31 13.37     ~ 1734 2
147 NGC 6264 Sy2 16 57 16.1272966344 +27 50 58.574330124   15.5       ~ 123 1
148 NGC 6269 rG 16 57 58.1011343880 +27 51 15.883449192   14.4 13.73     ~ 109 1
149 LEDA 3096522 Sy2 16 58 15.5005144080 +39 23 29.242177188   17.7       ~ 49 0
150 2MASX J17101815+1344058 G 17 10 18.157 +13 44 05.86           ~ 7 0
151 NGC 6323 GiG 17 13 18.0454114728 +43 46 56.772281424   14.8       ~ 103 1
152 NGC 6300 Sy2 17 16 59.5418094960 -62 49 13.946588832   10.88 13.08 9.44 10.2 ~ 478 1
153 Z 252-44 Sy2 17 20 29.604 +50 22 37.61   15.3       ~ 26 0
154 Z 171-22 G 17 54 29.392 +32 53 14.22   14.3       ~ 60 1
155 ESO 103-35 Sy2 18 38 20.3204821536 -65 25 39.141804936   14.75 14.53 13.24   ~ 342 0
156 LEDA 90336 Sy2 19 39 38.8705621644 -01 24 33.479702649   17.82 16.42 14.83   ~ 41 1
157 3C 403.0 Sy2 19 52 15.7996999344 +02 30 24.238200816   15.42 16.5     ~ 353 1
158 NGC 6926 Sy2 20 33 06.1084582704 -02 01 38.498909376   14.87 13.87 13.0 12.5 ~ 172 2
159 Z 448-20 G 20 57 23.62800 +17 07 44.5980   15.2       ~ 190 0
160 Z 375-1 Sy2 21 09 11.3680324248 -01 47 54.983719284   15.0       ~ 16 0
161 IC 1361 AG? 21 11 29.172 +05 03 15.67   15.4       ~ 20 0
162 LEDA 1488317 G 21 44 57.2889605472 +15 34 49.853082612           ~ 10 0
163 MCG-06-48-013 Sy2 22 01 17.0669321040 -37 46 23.886792120   14.90 14.03     ~ 88 3
164 NAME TXFS 2226-1821 Sy2 22 29 12.4915751904 -18 10 47.242352208   16.92   15.73   ~ 65 1
165 NGC 7331 LIN 22 37 04.0506038088 +34 24 56.800076508 10.65 10.35 9.48     ~ 1284 2
166 NGC 7479 Sy2 23 04 56.6432243448 +12 19 22.357387020 11.74 11.60 10.85 10.47 9.66 ~ 783 2
167 IC 1481 Sy1 23 19 25.0863724296 +05 54 21.836715048   14.5       ~ 107 1
168 MCG+05-55-041 G 23 37 16.4620812840 +31 48 02.420942436   15       ~ 15 0
169 Z 498-38 Sy2 23 55 44.2394896128 +30 12 44.562433356   15.2       ~ 43 1

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