Publications (29)
Delving into the depths of NGC 3783 with XRISM: V. Broad-band modeling of ionized outflows
Keqin Zhao, Jelle S. Kaastra, Liyi Gu +7
The Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 3783 hosts a multiphase warm absorber (WA) that has been extensively studied in the X-ray band. High-resolution spectra from 2000-2001 revealed a complex o…
The most luminous blue quasars at 3.0<z<3.3 -- III. LBT spectra and accretion parameters
Bartolomeo Trefoloni, Elisabeta Lusso, Emanuele Nardini +13
We present the analysis of the rest frame ultraviolet and optical spectra of 30 bright blue quasars at , selected to examine the suitability of AGN as cosmological probes.…
AGN STORM 2. VI. Mapping Temperature Fluctuations in the Accretion Disk of Mrk 817
Jack M. M. Neustadt, Christopher S. Kochanek, John Montano +49
We fit the UV/optical lightcurves of the Seyfert 1 galaxy Mrk 817 to produce maps of the accretion disk temperature fluctuations resolved in time and radius. The maps a…
Delving into the depths of NGC 3783 with XRISM IV. Mapping of the accretion flow with Fe K emission lines
Chen Li, Jelle S. Kaastra, Liyi Gu +18
Using XRISM/Resolve time-averaged spectra of the well-known Seyfert-1.5 active galactic nucleus (AGN) in NGC 3783, we investigate the nature of the Fe K emissio…
Quasars as standard candles VI: spectroscopic validation of the cosmological sample
Bartolomeo Trefoloni, Elisabeta Lusso, Emanuele Nardini +5
A sample of quasars has been recently assembled to investigate the non-linear relation between their monochromatic luminosities at 2500Ã , and 2 keV and to exploit quasars as a new…
X-ray properties and obscured fraction of AGN in the J1030 Chandra field
Matilde Signorini, Stefano Marchesi, Roberto Gilli +13
The 500ks Chandra ACIS-I observation of the field around the quasar SDSS J1030+0524 is currently the 5th deepest extragalactic X-ray survey. The rich multi-band coverage o…
BASS. LI. Cool gas supply of HI-massive local Seyfert galaxies
Jeein Kim, Aeree Chung, O. Ivy Wong +19
We present neutral atomic hydrogen (HI) imaging observations of 22 HI-rich (), hard X-ray-selected local Seyferts to explore how cool gas is su…
BASS LIV. Physical Properties of AGN-Hosting Galaxy Mergers from Multiwavelength SED Fitting
Marco Troncoso, Ezequiel Treister, Alejandra Rojas +17
Galaxy mergers are believed to play an important role in triggering rapid supermassive black hole (SMBH) growth. As merging nuclei approach each other, the physical properties of t…
The X-rayUV Luminosity Relation of eROSITA Quasars
Andrea Sacchi, Guido Risaliti, Matilde Signorini +3
The non-linear relation between the UV and X-ray luminosity in quasars has been studied for decades. However, as we lack a comprehensive model able to explain it, its investigation…
The Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS) Community Science Book
Michael Koss, Nafisa Aftab, Steven W. Allen +395
The AXIS Community Science Book represents the collective effort of 592 scientists worldwide to define the transformative science enabled by the Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (A…
Quasars as Standard Candles IV. Analysis of the X-ray and UV indicators of the disc-corona relation
Matilde Signorini, Guido Risaliti, Elisabeta Lusso +4
Context: A non-linear relation between quasar monochromatic luminosities at 2500A and 2 keV holds at all observed redshifts and luminosities, and it has been used to derive quasar…
The near-infrared SED of blue quasars: what drives the evolution of the dusty torus?
Bartolomeo Trefoloni, Roberto Gilli, Elisabeta Lusso +5
A fundamental ingredient in the unified model of active galactic nuclei (AGN) is the obscuring torus, whose innermost, hottest region dominates the near infrared (NIR) emission. Ch…
Quasars as Standard Candles V. Evaluation of a 0.06 dex intrinsic dispersion in the LX-LUV relation
Matilde Signorini, Guido Risaliti, Elisabeta Lusso +4
A characteristic feature of quasars is the observed non-linear relationship between their monochromatic luminosities at rest-frame 2500 Ã and 2 keV. This relationship is evident ac…
LBT-MODS spectroscopy of high-redshift candidates in the Chandra J1030 field. A newly discovered z2.8 large scale structure
Stefano Marchesi, Marco Mignoli, Roberto Gilli +13
We present the results of a spectroscopic campaign with the Multi-Object Double Spectrograph (MODS) instrument mounted on the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT), aimed at obtaining a…
The most luminous blue quasars at 3.0<z<3.3. II. CIV/X-ray emission and accretion disc physics
Elisabeta Lusso, Emanuele Nardini, Susanna Bisogni +12
We analyse the properties of the CIV broad emission line in connection with the X-ray emission of 30 bright SDSS quasars at z~3.0-3.3 with pointed XMM-Newton observations, which we…
Radio selection of heavily obscured AGN in the J1030 field: unraveling a missing Compton-thick population
Giovanni Mazzolari, Roberto Gilli, Marco Mignoli +21
We tested the effectiveness of radio selection to discover heavily obscured AGNs, particularly at high-z, and we measured their abundance for the first time from a radio perspectiv…
Resolved UV-Optical HST Imaging and Spectral Energy Distribution Modeling of Nearby BAT Active Galactic Nuclei
Connor Auge, Michael Koss, Kriti K. Gupta +17
We use high-resolution UV-to-optical imaging from the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) to construct spatially resolved spectral energy distributions (SEDs) for seven nearby ()…
Building the high-redshift Hubble Diagram with quasars
Matilde Signorini, Guido Risaliti, Andrea Sacchi +2
Proceeding of the "HACK100" Conference, 6-10 June 2022, Trieste, Italy - In recent years, quasars have been shown to be reliable standardizable candles, thanks to the non-linear re…
BASS. XLIX. Characterization of highly luminous and obscured AGNs: local X-ray and [NeV]3426 emission in comparison with the high-redshift Universe
Alessandro Peca, Michael J. Koss, Kyuseok Oh +21
We present a detailed analysis of the most luminous and obscured Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs) detected in the ultra-hard X-ray band (14-195 keV) by Swift/BAT. Our sample comprises…
BASS LV. Connecting X-ray variability with AGN physical properties and a new path to Cosmological distances
Matilde Signorini, Federica Ricci, Alessia Tortosa +18
X-ray variability is a well-established characteristic of active galactic nuclei (AGN), known to correlate inversely with both the supermassive black hole mass and luminosity, alth…
A big red dot at cosmic noon
Federica Loiacono, Roberto Gilli, Marco Mignoli +22
We report the discovery of a little red dot (LRD), dubbed BiRD ('big red dot'), at in the field around the quasar SDSSJ1030+0524. Using NIRCam images, we identifie…
JWST meets Chandra: a large population of Compton thick, feedback-free, and intrinsically X-ray weak AGN, with a sprinkle of SNe
Roberto Maiolino, Guido Risaliti, Matilde Signorini +22
We investigate the X-ray properties of a sample of 71 broad line and narrow line AGN at 2z11 discovered by JWST in the GOODS fields, which have the deepest Chandra observatio…
No evolution in the number density of little red dots from cosmic dawn to cosmic noon
Federica Loiacono, Roberto Gilli, Marco Mignoli +24
We present our search for little red dots (LRDs) in the "J1030 field", a region of the sky around the quasar SDSS J1030+0524, observed by the JWST EIGER program. Over 1…
Quasars as high-redshift standard candles
Guido Risaliti, Elisabeta Lusso, Emanuele Nardini +5
In the past few years, we built a Hubble diagram of quasars up to redshift z7, based on the nonlinear relation between quasars' x-ray and UV luminosities. Such a Hubble diagr…
Observation of A Solar Like Magnetic Reconnection Event in an AGN Corona with XRISM
Gal Vardi, Ehud Behar, Liyi Gu +14
The authors present the first direct observation of a magnetic reconnection flare in the X‑ray corona of the active galaxy NGC 3783, using XRISM and XMM‑Newton data that reveal a N…
AGN STORM 2: IX. Studying the Dynamics of the Ionized Obscurer in Mrk 817 with High-resolution X-ray Spectroscopy
Fatima Zaidouni, Erin Kara, Peter Kosec +45
We present the results of the XMM-Newton and NuSTAR observations taken as part of the ongoing, intensive multi-wavelength monitoring program of the Seyfert 1 galaxy Mrk 817 by the…
Non-parametric analysis of the Hubble Diagram with Neural Networks
Lorenzo Giambagli, Duccio Fanelli, Guido Risaliti +1
The recent extension of the Hubble diagram of Supernovae and quasars to redshifts much higher than 1 prompted a revived interest in non-parametric approaches to test cosmological m…
The X-ray properties of the most luminous quasars with strong emission-line outflows
Anastasia Shlentsova, Bartolomeo Trefoloni, Matilde Signorini +7
Strong outflows from active galactic nuclei are frequently observed in objects with lower coronal X-ray luminosity. This intrinsic X-ray weakness is considered a requirement for th…
Delving into the depths of NGC 3783 with XRISM III. Birth of an ultrafast outflow during a soft flare
Liyi Gu, Keigo Fukumura, Jelle Kaastra +18
The 2024 X-ray/UV observation campaign of NGC 3783, led by XRISM, revealed the launch of an ultrafast outflow (UFO) with a radial velocity of 0.19c (57000 km/s). This event is sync…