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most citedFirst M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. I. The Shadow of the Supermassive Black Hole

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astro-ph.GA2015★ 28 cited

On R-W1 as A Diagnostic to Discover Obscured Active Galactic Nuclei in Wide-Area X-ray Surveys

Stephanie M. LaMassa, Francesca Civano, Marcella Brusa +18

Capitalizing on the all-sky coverage of {\it WISE}, and the 35\% and 50\% sky coverage from SDSS and Pan-STARRS, respectively, we explore the efficacy of (optical) - $m_{3.…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 27 cited

On the properties of the interstellar medium in extremely metal-poor blue compact dwarf galaxies. A VIMOS-IFU study of the cometary galaxy and Ly absorber Tol 65

P. Lagos, R. Demarco, P. Papaderos +5

In this study we present high-resolution VIsible Multi-Object Spectrograph integral field unit spectroscopy (VIMOS-IFU) of the extremely metal-poor HII/blue compact dwarf (BCD) gal…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 3 cited

MUSE-ings on AM1354-250: Collisions, Shocks and Rings

Blair C. Conn, L. M. R. Fogarty, Rory Smith +1

We present MUSE observations of AM1354-250, confirming its status as a collisional ring galaxy which has recently undergone an interaction, creating its distinctive shape. We analy…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 36 cited

Origin of the Metallicity Distribution in the Thick Disc

Maider S. Miranda, Kate Pilkington, Brad K. Gibson +9

Aims. Using a suite of cosmological chemodynamical disc galaxy simulations, we assess how (a) radial metallicity gradients evolve with scaleheight; (b) the vertical metallicity gra…

astro-ph.HE2015★ 99 cited

Gamma rays from the quasar PKS 1441+25: story of an escape

A. U. Abeysekara, S. Archambault, A. Archer +103

Outbursts from gamma-ray quasars provide insights on the relativistic jets of active galactic nuclei and constraints on the diffuse radiation fields that fill the Universe. The det…

astro-ph.CO2015★ 23 cited

The XXL Survey VII: A supercluster of galaxies at z=0.43

E. Pompei, C. Adami, D. Eckert +15

The XXL Survey is the largest homogeneous and contiguous survey carried out with XMM-Newton. Covering an area of 50 square degrees distributed over two fields, it primarily investi…