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Local AGN Survey (LASr): I. Galaxy sample, infrared colour selection and predictions for AGN within 100 Mpc
To answer major questions on supermassive black hole (SMBH) and galaxy evolution, a complete census of SMBH growth, i.e., active galactic nuclei (AGN), is required. Thanks to all-sky surveys by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) and the Spectrum-Roentgen-Gamma (SRG) missions, this task is now feasible in the nearby Universe. We present a new survey, the Local AGN Survey (LASr), with the goal of identifying AGN unbiased against obscuration and determining the intrinsic Compton-thick (CT) fraction. We construct the most complete all-sky galaxy sample within 100 Mpc (90% completeness for logâ(M*/Mâ) ⌠9.4), four times deeper than the current reference, the Two Micron All-Sky Survey Redshift Survey (2MRS), which misses âŒ20% of known luminous AGN. These 49k galaxies serve as parent sample for LASr, called LASr-GPS. It contains 4.3k already known AGN, â„82% of these are estimated to have Lnuc(12ÎŒm) < 1042.3âerg sâ1, i.e., are low-luminosity AGN. As a first method for identifying Seyfert-like AGN, we use WISE-based infrared colours, finding 221 galaxies at Lnuc(12ÎŒm) â„ 1042.3âerg sâ1 to host an AGN at 90% reliability. This includes 61 new AGN candidates and implies and optical type 2 fraction of 50â71%. We quantify the efficiency of this technique and estimate the total number of AGN with Lint(2-10â keV) â„ 1042 erg sâ1 in the volume to be 362+145â116 (â 8.6+3.5â2.8Ă 10â5 Mpcâ3). X-ray brightness estimates indicate the CT fraction to be 40â55% to explain the Swift non-detections of the infrared selected objects. One third of the AGN within 100 Mpc remain to be identified, and we discuss the prospects for the eROSITA all-sky survey to detect them
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Variação do nĂșmero de estĂŽmatos e micropĂȘlos em Paspalum vaginatum Sw: em relação Ă s condiçÔes abiĂłticas numa marisma do estuĂĄrio da Lagoa dos Patos, RS-Brasil Variation in the number of stomata and microhairs of Paspalum vaginatum Sw: en relation to abiotic conditions in a breakwater in the Lagoa dos Patos estuary, RS-Brazil
Paspalum vaginatum Sw., gramĂnea perene, estolonĂfera, com folhas anfistomĂĄticas e pequenas Ă© caracterĂstica de pĂąntanos salgados, crescendo em condiçÔes estressantes na marisma da lagoa dos Patos, molhe oeste da Barra do Rio Grande, RS. Foram feitas contagens mensais de estĂŽmatos e micropĂȘlos nas superfĂcies adaxial e abaxial das lĂąminas e relacionadas Ă s caracterĂsticas abiĂłticas do ambiente. O nĂșmero de micropĂȘlos da superfĂcie foliar abaxial variou significativamente e diretamente com a temperatura da ĂĄgua intersticial junto Ă s rizosferas. Estes, porĂ©m, nĂŁo mantiveram correlação com a salinidade intersticial. Os resultados sugerem que a espĂ©cie seja uma halĂłfita facultativa. O nĂșmero de estĂŽmatos da superfĂcie abaxial manteve um relacionamento inverso com a pluviosidade. Paspalum vaginatum, apresenta-se como uma espĂ©cie com caracterĂsticas xeromĂłrficas.<br>Paspalum vaginatum Sw., a perennial, stoloniferous grass with small leaves presenting stomata on both epidermises is characteristic of salt marshes, growing under stressful conditions near the west breakwater of the Rio Grande outlet, Lagoa dos Patos, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Monthly counts of stomata and microhairs on the adaxial and abaxial surfaces were related to the abiotic characteristics of the enviroment. The number of microhairs of the abaxial leaf surface varied significantly and directly with interstitial water temperature close to the rhyzosphere. However, these counts did not correlate with the interstitial salinity. The results suggest that the species is a facultative halophyte. Stomata counts of the abaxial surface showed an inverse relation to precipitation. Paspalum vaginatum appears to be a species with xeromorphic characteristics