Publications (127)
Stellar-mass Black Hole Spin Constraints from Disk Reflection and Continuum Modeling
J. M. Miller, C. S. Reynolds, A. C. Fabian +2
Accretion disk reflection spectra, including broad iron emission lines, bear the imprints of the strong Doppler shifts and gravitational red-shifts close to black holes. The extrem…
Narrow Line Seyfert 1 galaxies at hard X-rays
F. Panessa, A. De Rosa, L. Bassani +7
Narrow Line Seyfert 1 (NLSy1) galaxies are a peculiar class of type 1 AGN (BLSy1). The X-ray properties of individual objects belonging to this class are often extreme and associat…
LOFT: the Large Observatory For X-ray Timing
M. Feroci, J. W. den Herder, E. Bozzo +245
The LOFT mission concept is one of four candidates selected by ESA for the M3 launch opportunity as Medium Size missions of the Cosmic Vision programme. The launch window is curren…
HYPERION: broad-band X-ray-to-near-infrared emission of Quasars in the first billion years of the Universe
I. Saccheo, A. Bongiorno, E. Piconcelli +41
We aim at characterizing the X-ray-to-optical/near-infrared broad-band emission of luminous QSOs in the first Gyr of cosmic evolution to understand whether they exhibit differences…
Lost and Found - A gallery of overlooked optical nuclear transients from the ZTF archive
E. Quintin, E. Russeil, M. Llamas Lanza +12
Tidal disruption events (TDEs) correspond to the destruction of a star by the tidal forces around a black hole, leading to outbursts which can last from months to years. These tran…
Feedback and feeding in the context of galaxy evolution with SPICA: direct characterization of molecular outflows and inflows
E. González-Alfonso, L. Armus, F. J. Carrera +28
A far-infrared observatory such as the {\it SPace Infrared telescope for Cosmology and Astrophysics} ({\it SPICA}), with its unprecedented spectroscopic sensitivity, would unveil t…