Publications (24)
The Disk Plus (Failed) Wind System of 3C 47: A Story of Accretion Disks and Binary Black Holes
P. Marziani, S. Terefe Mengistue, A. del Olmo +9
[Abridged] Optically thick, geometrically thin accretion disks around supermassive black holes are thought to contribute to broad-line emission in type-1 active galactic nuclei (AG…
Evidence for a Stratified Accretion Disk Wind in AGN
P. Marziani, E. Bon, S. Panda +5
We present observational evidence supporting the presence of a stratified accretion disk wind in active galactic nuclei (AGN), based on multi-wavelength spectroscopic analysis of b…
The quasar main sequence and its potential for cosmology
P. Marziani, D. Dultzin, A. Del Olmo +10
The main sequence offers a method for the systematization of quasar spectral properties. Extreme FeII emitters (or extreme Population A, xA) are believed to be sources accreting ma…
The intermediate-ionization lines as virial broadening estimators for Population A quasars
P. Marziani, A. del Olmo, C. A. Negrete +10
The identification of a virial broadening estimator in the quasar UV rest frame suitable for black hole mass computation at high redshift has become an important issue. We compare…
Quasar emission lines as virial luminosity estimators
P. Marziani, E. Bon, N. Bon +6
Quasars accreting matter at very high rates (known as extreme Population A [xA]) may provide a new class of distance indicators covering cosmic epochs from present day up to less t…
Quasars: from the Physics of Line Formation to Cosmology
P. Marziani, E. Bon, N. Bon +6
Quasars accreting matter at very high rates (known as extreme Population A [xA] or super-Eddington accreting massive black holes) provide a new class of distance indicators coverin…