@article{8bc846c8ad6c47ddbe4650ee8e409682,
title = "The NuSTAR Local AGN $N_{\rm H}$ Distribution Survey (NuLANDS) I: Towards a Truly Representative Column Density Distribution in the Local Universe",
abstract = " Hard X-ray-selected samples of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) provide one of the cleanest views of supermassive black hole accretion, but are biased against objects obscured by Compton-thick gas column densities of $N_{\rm H}$ $>$ 10$^{24}$ cm$^{-2}$. To tackle this issue, we present the NuSTAR Local AGN $N_{\rm H}$ Distribution Survey (NuLANDS)$-$a legacy sample of 122 nearby ($z$ $",
keywords = "galaxies: active, Galaxies: X-rays: general, surveys, galaxies: Seyfert",
author = "Boorman, {Peter G.} and Poshak Gandhi and Johannes Buchner and Daniel Stern and Claudio Ricci and Mislav Balokovi{\'c} and Daniel Asmus and Harrison, {Fiona A.} and Ji{\v r}{\'i} Svoboda and Claire Greenwell and Michael Koss and Alexander, {David M.} and Adlyka Annuar and Franz Bauer and Brandt, {William N.} and Murray Brightman and Francesca Panessa and Chen, {Chien-Ting J.} and Duncan Farrah and Karl Forster and Brian Grefenstette and H{\"o}nig, {Sebastian F.} and Hill, {Adam B.} and Elias Kammoun and George Lansbury and Lauranne Lanz and Stephanie LaMassa and Kristin Madsen and Stefano Marchesi and Matthew Middleton and Beatriz Mingo and Parker, {Michael L.} and Ezequiel Treister and Yoshihiro Ueda and Urry, {C. Megan} and Luca Zappacosta",
note = "Accepted for publication in ApJ. 50 pages (78 including appendix and bibliography), 21 figures",
year = "2024",
month = oct,
day = "9",
doi = "10.3847/1538-4357/ad8236",
language = "English",
volume = "978",
journal = "The Astrophysical Journal",
issn = "0004-637X",
publisher = "American Astronomical Society",
number = "1",
}