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Title: AGNs on the Move: A Search for Off-nuclear AGNs from Recoiling Supermassive Black Holes and Ongoing Galaxy Mergers with the Zwicky Transient Facility
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Award ID(s):
1440341 2034437
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NSF-PAR ID:
10280452
Journal Name:
The Astrophysical Journal
Volume:
913
Issue:
2
Page Range or eLocation-ID:
102
ISSN:
0004-637X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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