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Publications (24)

astro-ph.GA2026

NOEMA3D: Resolving radial gas flows in disk galaxies at z~1.1-1.6 with high-resolution CO observations

Jean-Baptiste Jolly, Linda J. Tacconi, Reinhard Genzel +34

We present NOEMA3D, a unique high-resolution study of purely molecular gas kinematics at to 1.6, providing a dedicated view of cold gas dynamics at the late stages of…

astro-ph.GA2022

The optically elusive, changing-look active nucleus in NGC 4156

Giulia Tozzi, Elisabeta Lusso, Lapo Casetti +21

We report on the changing-look nature of the active galactic nucleus (AGN) in the galaxy NGC 4156, as serendipitously discovered thanks to data acquired in 2019 at the Telescopio N…

astro-ph.GA2026

The ALPINE-CRISTAL-JWST Survey: Gas-phase abundance gradients of main sequence star-forming galaxies and their kinematics at

Lilian L. Lee, Natascha M. Förster Schreiber, Seiji Fujimoto +50

We present gas-phase radial metallicity profiles for 20 main-sequence galaxies at , primarily based on JWST NIRSpec IFU observations obtained as part of the JWST-ALPINE-CRIS…

astro-ph.GA2025

NOEMA: A first kpc resolution study of a main sequence barred galaxy channeling gas into a growing bulge

Stavros Pastras, Reinhard Genzel, Linda J. Tacconi +32

We present a very deep CO(3-2) observation of a massive, gas-rich, main sequence, barred spiral galaxy at . Our data were taken with the IRAM-NOEMA interferometer for…

astro-ph.GA2025

PHIBSS: Searching for Molecular Gas Outflows in Star-Forming Galaxies at 0.5-2.6

Capucine Barfety, Jean-Baptiste Jolly, Natascha M. Förster Schreiber +27

We present an analysis of millimeter CO observations to search and quantify signatures of molecular gas outflows. We exploit the large sample of galaxies observed a…

astro-ph.GA2025

Classifying spectra of emission-line regions with neural networks -- An application to integral field spectroscopic data of M33

Caterina Bracci, Francesco Belfiore, Michele Ginolfi +13

Emission-line regions are key to understanding the properties of galaxies, as they trace the exchange of matter and energy between stars and the interstellar medium (ISM). In nearb…

astro-ph.GA2026

BlackTHUNDER Reveals a Massive Filament around a Compact AGN at

Giulia Tozzi, Hannah Übler, Eleonora Parlanti +27

Despite the growing number of compact active galactic nuclei (AGN) at discovered by JWST, their formation and evolution remain poorly understood. This paper investigates the…

astro-ph.GA2025

The JWST/NIRSpec view of the nuclear region in the prototypical merging galaxy NGC 6240

Matteo Ceci, Giovanni Cresci, Santiago Arribas +9

Merger events are thought to be an important phase in the assembly of massive galaxies. At the same time, Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) play a fundamental role in the evolution of t…

astro-ph.GA2025

Unveiling the Fast Acceleration of AGN-Driven Winds at Kiloparsec Scales

Cosimo Marconcini, Alessandro Marconi, Giovanni Cresci +18

Supermassive black holes at the centre of galaxies gain mass through accretion disks. Models predict that quasi-spherical winds, expelled by the black hole during active accretion…

astro-ph.GA2026

Milky-Way-like stars in a galaxy core 8 billion years ago revealed by gravitational lensing

Quirino D'Amato, Filippo Mannucci, Alessandro Sonnenfeld +40

The assembly of stellar-dominated cores in elliptical galaxies is key to understanding how cosmic structures evolved. Gravitational lensing offers unique insights into the nature o…

astro-ph.GA2023

Unveiling hidden active nuclei in MaNGA star-forming galaxies with HeII4686 line emission

Giulia Tozzi, Roberto Maiolino, Giovanni Cresci +5

Nebular HeII4686Ã ~line emission is useful to unveil active galactic nuclei (AGN) residing in actively star-forming (SF) galaxies, typically missed by the standard BPT classifi…

astro-ph.GA2026

NOEMA$^\rm{3D}$: A deep view of cold gas flows in a barred spiral galaxy at

Stavros Pastras, Reinhard Genzel, Linda J. Tacconi +35

We present a deep, high-resolution CO(4-3) IRAM-NOEMA observation of a main sequence, barred, spiral galaxy at , with an on-source integration time of hou…

astro-ph.GA2025

Galaxy morphologies at cosmic noon with JWST: A foundation for exploring gas transport with bars and spiral arms

Juan M. Espejo Salcedo, Stavros Pastras, Josef Vácha +22

The way in which radial flows shape galaxy structure and evolution remains an open question. Internal drivers of such flows, such as bars and spiral arms, known to mediate gas flow…

astro-ph.GA2025

Doubling NIRSpec/IFS capability to calibrate the single-epoch black hole mass relation at high redshifts

Eleonora Parlanti, Bartolomeo Trefoloni, Stefano Carniani +6

The recent discovery of a large population of overmassive black holes (BHs) in the early Universe challenges the validity of the BH-host galaxy coevolution framework. However, the…

astro-ph.GA2026

NOEMA3D: extended CO, [C I] and dust in massive star-forming main sequence galaxies at cosmic noon

Jianhang Chen, Linda J. Tacconi, Reinhard Genzel +34

We present a spatially resolved study of cold molecular gas and dust in ten main-sequence galaxies at z=1.1-1.6, using observations of CO(4-3), CO(3-2), [C I](1-0), and dust contin…

astro-ph.GA2026

Constraints on the host galaxy and AGN properties of three z > 6 JWST AGN from NOEMA observations

Giovanni Mazzolari, Hannah Übler, Rodrigo Herrera Camus +32

We targeted with deep NOEMA observations the [CII]158m emission of three JWST-discovered AGN at z>6. Two of them have the typical features of Little Red Dots (LRDs), while the…

astro-ph.GA2025

Resolving stellar populations, star formation, and interstellar medium conditions with JWST in a large spiral galaxy at

Eleonora Parlanti, Giulia Tozzi, Natascha M. Förster Schreiber +30

Cosmic noon represents the prime epoch of galaxy assembly, and a sweet spot for observations with the James Webb Telescope (JWST) and ground-based near-IR integral-field unit (IFU)…

astro-ph.GA2026

BlackTHUNDER: Evidence of three massive black holes in a z~5 galaxy

Hannah Übler, Giovanni Mazzolari, Roberto Maiolino +41

We present observational evidence of three massive, accreting black holes (BHs) in the z=5.0167 galaxy J0148-4214 from JWST/NIRSpec-IFU spectroscopy. The BHs are revealed through b…

astro-ph.GA2024

Deep kiloparsec view of the molecular gas in a massive star-forming galaxy at cosmic noon

Sebastián Arriagada-Neira, Rodrigo Herrera-Camus, Vicente Villanueva +10

We present deep ( 20 hr), high-angular resolution Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) observations of the and transitions,…

astro-ph.GA2026

The imprint of AGN-driven outflows on the CGM: the case of Lyα nebulae around high-z quasars

Silvia C. Rueda-Vargas, Vincenzo Mainieri, Giulia Tozzi +5

Some cosmological hydrodynamical simulations predict that outflows driven by active galactic nuclei (AGN) play a key role in powering the Ly nebulae observed around high-redshi…

astro-ph.GA2023

Bubbles and outflows: the novel JWST/NIRSpec view of the z=1.59 obscured quasar XID2028

Giovanni Cresci, Giulia Tozzi, Michele Perna +20

Quasar feedback in the form of powerful outflows is invoked as a key mechanism to quench star formation in galaxies, although direct observational evidence is still scarce and deba…

astro-ph.GA2026

The first detection of dense gas in a massive main-sequence galaxy at cosmic noon

Jianhang Chen, Natascha M. Förster Schreiber, Rodrigo Herrera Camus +18

Dense gas is the direct fuel for star formation, but measuring it has long been difficult at z>2, especially in typical star-forming main-sequence galaxies. In this work, we report…

astro-ph.GA2023

NGC 2992: The interplay between the multiphase disk, wind and radio bubbles

Maria Vittoria Zanchettin, Chiara Feruglio, Marcella Massardi +13

We present an analysis of the gas kinematics in NGC 2992, based on VLT/MUSE, ALMA and VLA data, aimed at characterising the disk, the wind and their interplay in the cold molecular…

astro-ph.GA2022

Unveiling the population of dual- and lensed- AGNs at sub-arcsec separations

Filippo Mannucci, Elena Pancino, Francesco Belfiore +12

All cosmological models of structure formation predict the existence of a widespread population of dual supermassive black holes in-spiralling inside their common host galaxy, even…