The Landscape of Galaxies Harboring Changing-Look Active Galactic Nuclei
  in the Local Universe
  We study the properties of the host galaxies of Changing-Look Active Galactic
Nuclei (CL AGNs) with the aim of understanding the conditions responsible for
triggering CL activity. We find that CL AGN hosts primarily reside in the
so-called green valley that is located between spiral-like star-forming
galaxies and dead ellipticals, implying that CL AGNs are activated during
distinct periods of quenching and galaxy transformation processes. CL AGN hosts
have low galaxy asymmetry indicators, suggesting that secular evolutionary
processes (the influence of bars and spirals, and possibly minor mergers) might
be the primary mechanism for transporting gas to the vicinity of the
supermassive black hole (SMBH) rather than major mergers. Similar to tidal
disruption events (TDEs) and highly variable AGNs, we find that CL AGN hosts
are associated with SMBHs residing in high density pseudo-bulges and appear to
overlap most significantly with the population of low-ionization nuclear
emission-line region (LINER) galaxies. As such, CL AGN are likely fueled by
strong episodic bursts of accretion activity, which appear to take place
preferentially as the amount of material accessible for star formation and
accretion dwindles. We also identify that CL AGN hosts are characterized by
either large S\'ersic indices or high bulge fractions, which suggests a simple
metric for identifying candidates for spectroscopic follow-up observations in
forthcoming synoptic surveys.
