2024ApJ...974..258O

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2024ApJ...974..258O - Astrophys. J., 974, 258 (2024/October-3)

PEARLS: Discovery of Point-source Features within Galaxies in the North Ecliptic Pole Time Domain Field.

ORTIZ III R., WINDHORST R.A., COHEN S.H., WILLNER S.P., JANSEN R.A., CARLETON T., KAMIENESKI P.S., RUTKOWSKI M.J., SMITH B.M., SUMMERS J., CHENG C., COE D., CONSELICE C.J., DIEGO J.M., DRIVER S.P., D'SILVA J.C.J., FRYE B.L., GIM H.B., GROGIN N.A., HAMMEL H.B., HATHI N.P., HOLWERDA B.W., HYUN M., IM M., KEEL W.C., KOEKEMOER A.M., LI J., MARSHALL M.A., McCABE T.J., McLEOD N.J., MILAM S.N., O'BRIEN R., PIRZKAL N., ROBOTHAM A.S.G., RYAN R.E.Jr, WILLMER C.N.A., YAN H., YUN M.S. and ZITRIN A.

Abstract (from CDS):

The first public 0.9-4.4 μm NIRCam images of the North Ecliptic Pole Time Domain Field uncovered galaxies displaying point-source features in their cores as seen in the longer-wavelength filters. We visually identified a sample of 66 galaxies (∼1 galaxy arcmin^–2) with pointlike cores and have modeled their two-dimensional light profiles with GalFit, identifying 16 galactic nuclei with measurable point-source components. GalFit suggests that the visual sample is a mix of both compact stellar bulge and point-source galaxy cores. This core classification is complemented by spectral energy distribution modeling to infer the sample's active galactic nucleus (AGN) and host-galaxy parameters. For galaxies with measurable point-source components, the median fractional AGN contribution to their 0.1-30.0 μm flux is 0.44, and 14/16 are color-classified AGN. We conclude that near-infrared point-source galaxy cores are signatures of AGN. In addition, we define an automated sample-selection criterion to identify these point-source features. This criterion can be used in other extant and future NIRCam images to streamline the search for galaxies with unresolved IR-luminous AGN. The James Webb Space Telescope's superb angular resolution and sensitivity at infrared wavelengths are resurrecting the morphological identification of AGN.

Journal keyword(s): Active galactic nuclei

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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	NAME NEP	reg	18 00 00.000	+66 33 38.55						~	430	0

Query : 2024ApJ...974..258O

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NAME NEP -- Region defined in the Sky
Other object types:	`reg ()`
ICRS coord. (ep=J2000) :	`18 00 00.000 +66 33 38.55 [ ] D ~`
FK4 coord. (ep=B1950 eq=1950) :	`18 00 00.300 +66 33 38.48 [ ]`
Gal coord. (ep=J2000) :	`096.383977 +29.811440 [ ]`

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NAME NEP NAME North Ecliptic Pole NAME Northern Ecliptic Pole

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