The relationships between morphology, luminosity, and redshift in active galactic nuclei

Sporcic, Cole C.

dc.contributor.advisor	Bartholomew, Amy
dc.contributor.author	Sporcic, Cole C.
dc.date.accessioned	2021-07-20T15:27:31Z
dc.date.available	2021-07-20T15:27:31Z
dc.date.issued	2021-05
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/1907
dc.description.abstract	Active galactic nuclei (AGN) are an area of astronomy research with many questions still unanswered. This paper uses x-ray data taken from XMM-Newton to correlate different properties of AGN. In particular, we correlate morphology, luminosity, and redshift. We attempt to explain the trends we see, drawing on insight from the current scientific literature on AGN. We find trends consistent with a classification scheme based primarily on line of sight obscuration. Among other trends, obscured AGN have lower redshifts and luminosities, while unobscured AGN have higher redshifts and luminosities.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/	*
dc.subject	Research Subject Categories::NATURAL SCIENCES::Physics	en_US
dc.subject	Research Subject Categories::NATURAL SCIENCES::Physics::Astronomy and astrophysics::Astronomy	en_US
dc.subject	Morphology	en_US
dc.subject	Luminosity	en_US
dc.subject	Obscuration	en_US
dc.subject	Redshift	en_US
dc.title	The relationships between morphology, luminosity, and redshift in active galactic nuclei	en_US
dc.type	Honor's Project	en_US
dc.description.version	NA	en_US
refterms.dateFOA	2021-07-20T15:27:31Z
dc.description.institution	SUNY College at New Paltz	en_US
dc.description.department	Honors	en_US
dc.description.degreelevel	BS	en_US
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