Publications (32)
The European Far-Infrared Space Roadmap
D. Rigopoulou, F. Helmich, L. Hunt +9
The European Far-Infrared (FIR) Space Roadmap focuses on fundamental, yet still unresolved, astrophysical questions that can only be answered through a far-infrared space mission a…
Thermal Pressure in the Cold Neutral Medium of Nearby Galaxies
R. Herrera-Camus, A. Bolatto, M. Wolfire +14
Dynamic and thermal processes regulate the structure of the multi-phase interstellar medium (ISM), and ultimately establish how galaxies evolve through star formation. Thus, to con…
Towards universal hybrid star formation rate estimators
M. Boquien, R. Kennicutt, D. Calzetti +13
To compute the SFR of galaxies from the rest-frame UV it is essential to take into account the obscuration by dust. To do so, one of the most popular methods consists in combining…
INSPIRE: INvestigating Stellar Population In RElics IV. The Initial Mass Function slope in relics
I. Martin-Navarro, C. Spiniello, C. Tortora +10
In the last decade, growing evidence has emerged supporting a non-universal stellar Initial Mass Function (IMF) in massive galaxies, with a larger number of dwarf stars with respec…
Extragalactic globular clusters with Euclid and other wide surveys
Ariane Lançon, S. Larsen, K. Voggel +14
Globular clusters play a role in many areas of astrophysics, ranging from stellar physics to cosmology. New ground-based optical surveys complemented by observations from space-bas…
Italian Science Case for ALMA Band 2+3
M. T. Beltran, E. Bianchi, J. Brand +18
The Premiale Project "Science and Technology in Italy for the upgraded ALMA Observatory - iALMA" has the goal of strengthening the scientific, technological and industrial Italian…
Cool Dust in the Outer Ring of NGC 1291
J. L. Hinz, C. W. Engelbracht, R. Skibba +18
We examine Herschel Space Observatory images of one nearby prototypical outer ring galaxy, NGC 1291, and show that the ring becomes more prominent at wavelengths longer than 160um.…
ALMA captures feeding and feedback from the active galactic nucleus in NGC613
A. Audibert, F. Combes, S. GarcÃa-Burillo +11
We report ALMA observations of CO(3-2) emission in the Seyfert galaxy NGC613, at a spatial resolution of 17pc, as part of our NUclei of GAlaxies sample. Our aim is to investigate t…
GRB 021004 modelled by multiple energy injections
A. de Ugarte Postigo, A. J. Castro-Tirado, J. Gorosabel +43
GRB 021004 is one of the best sampled gamma-ray bursts (GRB) to date, although the nature of its light curve is still being debated. Here we present a large amount (107) of new opt…
Fueling the central engine of radio galaxies. III. Molecular gas and star formation efficiency of 3C 293
A. Labiano, S. Garcia-Burillo, F. Combes +6
Aims. We investigate the different manifestations of AGN feedback in the evolved, powerful radio source 3C293 and their impact on the molecular gas of its host galaxy, which harbor…
Late-epoch optical and near-infrared observations of the GRB000911 afterglow and its host galaxy
N. Masetti, E. Palazzi, E. Pian +28
We present the results of an optical and near-infrared (NIR) monitoring campaign of the counterpart of Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) 000911, located at redshift z=1.06, from 5 days to more…
First extragalactic detection of a phosphorus-bearing molecule with ALCHEMI: phosphorus nitride (PN)
D. Haasler, V. M. Rivilla, S. MartÃn +16
Phosphorus (P) is a crucial element for life given its central role in several biomolecules. P-bearing molecules have been discovered in different regions of the Milky Way, but not…
Molecular Gas in NUclei of GAlaxies (NUGA): VI. Detection of a molecular gas disk/torus via HCN in the Seyfert2 galaxy NGC6951?
M. Krips, R. Neri, S. Garcia-Burillo +8
Several studies of nearby active galaxies indicate significantly higher HCN-to-CO intensity ratios in AGN than in starburst (SB) environments. HCN enhancement can be caused by many…
The Science Case for ALMA Band 2 and Band 2+3
G. A. Fuller, A. Avison, M. Beltran +18
We discuss the science drivers for ALMA Band 2 which spans the frequency range from 67 to 90 GHz. The key science in this frequency range are the study of the deuterated molecules…
Black hole feeding and star formation in NGC 1808
A. Audibert, F. Combes, S. GarcÃa-Burillo +11
We report on Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) observations of CO(3-2) emission in the Seyfert2/starburst galaxy NGC1808, at a spatial resolution of 4pc. Our aim is to investig…
Shock Excited Molecules in NGC 1266: ULIRG conditions at the center of a Bulge Dominated Galaxy
E. W. Pellegrini, J. D. Smith, M. G. Wolfire +28
We investigate the far infrared spectrum of NGC 1266, a S0 galaxy that contains a massive reservoir of highly excited molecular gas. Using the SPIRE-FTS, we detect the CO la…
VST-SMASH: VST Survey of Mass Assembly and Structural Hierarchy I. Survey presentation and deep photometry of IC 5332: tracing the mass assembly in the challenging faintest-end regime
R. Ragusa, C. Tortora, L. Hunt +9
Understanding the formation and evolution of late type galaxies (LTG) requires deep imaging for tracing the faintest stellar components in their outskirts. Despite their crucial ro…
The Displaced Dusty ISM of NGC 3077: Tidal Stripping in the M 81 Triplet
Fabian Walter, Karin Sandstrom, G. Aniano +32
We present the detection of extended (~30 kpc^2) dust emission in the tidal \hi\ arm near NGC 3077 (member of the M\,81 triplet) using SPIRE on board Herschel. Dust emission in the…
Mapping far-IR emission from the central kiloparsec of NGC 1097
K. Sandstrom, O. Krause, H. Linz +39
Using photometry of NGC 1097 from the Herschel PACS (Photodetector Array Camera and Spectrometer) instrument, we study the resolved properties of thermal dust continuum emission fr…
INSPIRE: INvestigating Stellar Population In RElics -- I. Survey presentation and pilot program
C. Spiniello, C. Tortora, G. D'Ago +12
Massive ETGs are thought to form through a two-phase process. At early times, an intense and fast starburst forms blue and disk-dominated galaxies. After quenching, the remaining s…
ALMA observations of molecular tori around massive black holes
F. Combes, S. Garcia-Burillo, A. Audibert +12
We report ALMA observations of CO(3-2) emission in a sample of 7 Seyfert/LINER galaxies at the unprecedented spatial resolution of 0.1'' = 4-9 pc. Our aim is to explore the close e…
FIR colours and SEDs of nearby galaxies observed with Herschel
A. Boselli, L. Ciesla, V. Buat +78
We present infrared colours (in the 25-500 mic spectral range) and UV to radio continuum spectral energy distributions of a sample of 51 nearby galaxies observed with SPIRE on Hers…
Explaining two circumnuclear star forming rings in NGC5248
T. P. R. van der Laan, E. Schinnerer, E. Emsellem +7
The distribution of gas in the central kiloparsec of a galaxy has a dynamically rapid evolution. Nonaxisymmetries in the gravitational potential of the galactic disk, such as a lar…
Molecular gas in NUclei of GAlaxies (NUGA) XV. Molecular gas kinematics in the inner 3kpc of NGC6951
T. P. R. van der Laan, E. Schinnerer, F. Boone +6
Within the NUclei of GAlaxies project we have obtained IRAM PdBI and 30m 12CO(1-0) and 12CO(2-1) observations of the spiral galaxy NGC 6951. Previous work shows that there is indir…
Nature versus nurture: relic nature and environment of the most massive passive galaxies at
C. Tortora, N. R. Napolitano, M. Radovich +13
Relic galaxies are thought to be the progenitors of high-redshift red nuggets that for some reason missed the channels of size growth and evolved passively and undisturbed since th…
High resolution mapping of molecular tori with ALMA
F. Combes, A. Audibert, S. Garcia-Burillo +11
Recent high resolution mapping of the circum-nuclear regions of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) has revealed the existence of geometrically thin nuclear disks, in general randomly ori…
Origins Space Telescope: From First Light to Life -- ESA Voyage 2050 White Paper
M. C. Wiedner, S. Aalto, J. Birkby +24
The Origins Space Telescope (Origins) is one of four science and technology definition studies selected by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in preparation of th…
LonGSp: the Gornergrat Longslit Infrared Spectrometer
L. Vanzi, M. Sozzi, G. Marcucci +8
We present a near-infrared cooled grating spectrometer that has been developed at the Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory for the 1.5 m Infrared Telescope at Gornergrat (TIRGO). The…
The composite starburst/AGN nature of the superwind galaxy NGC 4666
M. Persic, M. Cappi, Y. Rephaeli +6
We report the discovery of a Compton-thick AGN and of intense star-formation activity in the nucleus and disk, respectively, of the nearly edge-on superwind galaxy NGC 4666. Spatia…
The LMT Galaxies' 3 mm Spectroscopic Survey: First Results
D. Rosa Gonzalez, P. Schloerb, O. Vega +10
The molecular phase of the interstellar medium (ISM) in galaxies offers fundamental insight for understanding star-formation processes and how stellar feedback affects the nuclear…
INSPIRE: INvestigating Stellar Population In RElics II. First Data Release (DR1)
C. Spiniello, C. Tortora, G. D'Ago +12
The INvestigating Stellar Population In RElics is an on-going project targeting 52 ultra-compact massive galaxies at 0.1<z<0.5 with the X-Shooter@VLT spectrograph (XSH). These obje…
ALCHEMI: an ALMA Comprehensive High-resolution Extragalactic Molecular Inventory. Survey presentation and first results from the ACA array
S. MartÃn, J. G. Mangum, N. Harada +32
We used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), covering a nearly contiguous 289 GHz frequency range between 84.2 and 373.2 GHz, to image the continuum and spectra…