Tracing AGNâgalaxy co-evolution with UV line-selected obscured AGN
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Oxford University Press 545:2 (2025) staf2076
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Understanding black holeâgalaxy co-evolution and the role of active galactic nucleus (AGN) feedback requires complete AGN samples, including heavily obscured systems. Such sources are key to constraining the black hole accretion rate density over cosmic time, yet they are challenging to identify and characterize across most wavelengths. In this work, we present the first ultraviolet (UV) line-selected ([Ne v] Ă and C iv Ă ) sample of obscured AGN with full X-ray-to-radio coverage, assembled by combining data from the Chandra COSMOS Legacy survey, the COSMOS2020 UVâNIR catalogue, mid- and far-IR photometry from XID+, and radio observations from the Very Large Array and MeerKAT International GHz Tiered Extragalactic Exploration Survey (MIGHTEE) surveys. Using cigale to perform spectral energy distribution (SED) fitting, we analyse 184 obscured AGNs at and , enabling detailed measurements of AGN and host-galaxy properties, and direct comparison with simba hydrodynamical simulations. We find that X-ray and radio data are essential for accurate SED fits, with the radio band proving critical when X-ray detections are missing or in cases of poor IR coverage. Comparisons with matched non-active galaxies and simulations suggest that the [Ne v]-selected sources are in a pre-quenching stage, while the C iv-selected ones are likely quenched by AGN activity. Our results indicate that [Ne v] and C iv selections target galaxies in a transient phase of their co-evolution, characterized by intense, obscured accretion, and pave the way for future extensions with upcoming large area high-z spectroscopic surveys.The FourâPillar Intersectionality Framework: Reframing Sustainable Entrepreneurship as a Transdisciplinary Domain
Business Strategy and the Environment Wiley (2025)
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This study offers a comprehensive bibliometric and textâmining overview of two decades of sustainabilityâoriented entrepreneurship research. Drawing on 7563 peerâreviewed articles from the Web of Science Core Collection, we map the field's evolution, thematic structure, and disciplinary convergence, identifying influential authors, networks, and journals. Using ruleâbased classification and unsupervised learning, we categorize contributions within a fourâpillar framework encompassing environmental, social, economic, and cultural dimensions and examine their prevalence, overlap, and temporal trends. The results reveal a pronounced shift toward transdisciplinarity: 77% of articles engage with at least three pillars, and 34.5% address all four simultaneously. Building directly on this empirical evidence, we propose the FourâPillar Intersectionality Framework (FâPIF), which reconceptualizes sustainable entrepreneurship as a transdisciplinary knowledge domain shaped by interdependent sustainability logics. The FâPIF is therefore both derived from and supported by the bibliometric findings, providing an empirically grounded conceptual model that advances theoretical understanding and offers practical guidance for scholars and practitioners navigating entrepreneurship in the age of sustainability.JADES: Low Surface Brightness Galaxies at 0.4 < z < 0.8 in GOODS-S
(2025)
PAH Marks the Spot: Digging for Buried Clusters in Nearby Star-forming Galaxies
The Astronomical Journal IOP Publishing 170:6 (2025) 340
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The joint capabilities of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and JWST allow for an unparalleled look at the early lives of star clusters at near- and mid-infrared wavelengths. We present here a multiband analysis of embedded young stellar clusters in 11 nearby, star-forming galaxies, using the PHANGS-JWST and PHANGS-HST data sets. We use the Zooniverse citizen science platform to conduct an initial by-eye search for embedded clusters in near-UV/optical/near-infrared images that trace stellar continuum emission, the Paschenα and Hα recombination lines, and the 3.3 ÎŒm polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon feature and its underlying continuum. With this approach, we identify 292 embedded cluster candidates for which we characterize their ages, masses, and levels of line-of-sight extinction by comparing the photometric data to predictions from stellar population models. The embedded cluster candidates have a median age of 4.5 Myr and an average line-of-sight extinction ăAVă = 6.0 mag. We determine lower limits on source stellar masses, resulting in a median stellar mass of 103 Mâ. We use this sample of embedded cluster candidates to train multiple convolutional neural network models to carry out deep transfer learning-based searches for embedded clusters. With the aim of optimizing models for future catalog production, we compare results for four variations of training data using two neural networks. Confusion matrices for all eight model configurations, as well as inter-model identification trends, are presented. With refinement of the training sample, we determine that optimized models could serve as a pathway for future embedded cluster identification beyond our 11 galaxy sample.The GECKOS survey: the formation history of a barred galaxy via structural decomposition and spatially resolved spectroscopy
Astronomy & Astrophysics EDP Sciences 705 (2025) A1