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astro-ph.GA2015★ 29 cited

Dark-ages Reionization & Galaxy Formation Simulation II: Spin and concentration parameters for dark matter haloes during the Epoch of Reionization

Paul W. Angel, Gregory B. Poole, Aaron D. Ludlow +5

We use high resolution N-Body simulations to study the concentration and spin parameters of dark matter haloes in the mass range $10^8\, {\rm M}_{\odot}\, h^{-1} < {\rm M} < 10^{11…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 73 cited

Dark-ages reionization & galaxy formation simulation IV: UV luminosity functions of high-redshift galaxies

Chuanwu Liu, Simon J. Mutch, P. W. Angel +5

In this paper we present calculations of the UV luminosity function from the Dark-ages Reionization And Galaxy-formation Observables from Numerical Simulations (DRAGONS) project, w…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 133 cited

Dark-ages reionization and galaxy formation simulation - III. Modelling galaxy formation and the epoch of reionization

Simon J. Mutch, Paul M. Geil, Gregory B. Poole +4

We introduce Meraxes, a new, purpose-built semi-analytic galaxy formation model designed for studying galaxy growth during reionization. Meraxes is the first model of its type to i…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 51 cited

Dark-ages Reionization & Galaxy Formation Simulation I: The dynamical lives of high redshift galaxies

Gregory B. Poole, Paul W. Angel, Simon J. Mutch +5

We present the Dark-ages Reionization and Galaxy-formation Observables from Numerical Simulations (DRAGONS) program and Tiamat, the collisionless N-body simulation program upon whi…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 6 cited

Radio recombination lines from obscured quasars with the SKA

Serena Manti, Simona Gallerani, Andrea Ferrara +3

We explore the possibility of detecting hydrogen radio recombination lines from 0 < z < 10 quasars. We compute the expected Hnalpha flux densities as a function of absolute magnitu…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 9 cited

The evolution of high-redshift massive black holes

Marta Volonteri, Melanie Habouzit, Fabio Pacucci +1

Massive black holes (MBHs) are nowadays recognized as integral parts of galaxy evolution. Both the approximate proportionality between MBH and galaxy mass, and the expected importa…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 14 cited

Metal Enrichment in the Reionization Epoch

Andrea Ferrara

The presence of elements heavier than helium ("metals") is of fundamental importance for a large number of astrophysical processes occurring in planet, star and galaxy formation; i…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 184 cited

The MAGNUM survey: Positive feedback in the nuclear region of NGC 5643 suggested by MUSE

G. Cresci, A. Marconi, S. Zibetti +18

We study the ionization and kinematics of the ionized gas in the nuclear region of the barred Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC~5643 using MUSE integral field observations in the framework of t…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 185 cited

Gas phase formation of the prebiotic molecule formamide: insights from new quantum computations

V. Barone, C. Latouche, D. Skouteris +4

New insights into the formation of interstellar formamide, a species of great relevance in prebiotic chemistry, are provided by electronic structure and kinetic calculations for th…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 193 cited

On the [CII]-SFR relation in high redshift galaxies

L. Vallini, S. Gallerani, A. Ferrara +2

After two ALMA observing cycles, only a handful of [CII] emission line searches in z>6 galaxies have reported a positive detection, questioning the applicability of the l…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 103 cited

The Growth Efficiency of High-Redshift Black Holes

Fabio Pacucci, Marta Volonteri, Andrea Ferrara

The observational evidence that Super-Massive Black Holes () are already in place less than after the Big Bang…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 249 cited

Ionised outflows in z 2.4 quasar host galaxies

S. Carniani, A. Marconi, R. Maiolino +17

AGN-driven outflows are invoked by galaxy evolutionary models to quench star formation and to explain the origin of the relations observed locally between super massive black holes…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 62 cited

The Brightest Ly Emitter: Pop III or Black Hole?

A. Pallottini, A. Ferrara, F. Pacucci +6

CR7 is the brightest emitter (LAE) known to date, and spectroscopic follow-up by Sobral et al. (2015) suggests that CR7 might host Population (Pop) III stars.…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 91 cited

Intensity mapping of [CII] from early galaxies

Bin Yue, Andrea Ferrara, Andrea Pallottini +2

The intensity mapping of the [CII] 157.7 m fine-structure emission line represents an ideal experiment to probe star formation activity in galaxies, especially in those that…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 6 cited

The chemical evolution of self-gravitating primordial disks

Dominik R. G. Schleicher, Stefano Bovino, Muhammad A. Latif +2

Numerical simulations show the formation of self-gravitating primordial disks during the assembly of the first structures in the Universe, in particular during the formation of Pop…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 49 cited

Evidence for feedback in action from the molecular gas content in the z~1.6 outflowing QSO XID2028

M. Brusa, C. Feruglio, G. Cresci +16

Gas outflows are believed to play a pivotal role in shaping galaxies, as they regulate both star formation and black hole growth. Despite their ubiquitous presence, the origin and…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 290 cited

The multi-phase winds of Markarian 231: from the hot, nuclear, ultra-fast wind to the galaxy-scale, molecular outflow

C. Feruglio, F. Fiore, S. Carniani +9

We present the best sensitivity and angular resolution maps of the molecular disk and outflow of Mrk 231, as traced by CO observations obtained with IRAM/PdBI, and we analyze archi…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 42 cited

(Sub)millimetre interferometric imaging of a sample of COSMOS/AzTEC submillimetre galaxies - I. Multiwavelength identifications and redshift distribution

Oskari Miettinen, Vernesa Smolčić, Mladen Novak +17

We used the PdBI to map a sample of 15 SMGs in the COSMOS field at the wavelength of 1.3 mm. The target SMGs were originally discovered in the JCMT/AzTEC 1.1 mm continuum survey at…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 229 cited

The assembly of "normal" galaxies at z=7 probed by ALMA

R. Maiolino, S. Carniani, A. Fontana +12

We report new deep ALMA observations aimed at investigating the [CII]158um line and continuum emission in three spectroscopically confirmed Lyman Break Galaxies at 6.8<z<7.1, i.e.…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 9 cited

Gravitational Waves from Direct Collapse Black Holes Formation

Fabio Pacucci, Andrea Ferrara, Stefania Marassi

The possible formation of Direct Collapse Black Holes (DCBHs) in the first metal-free atomic cooling halos at high redshifts () is nowadays object of intense study and seve…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 99 cited

ALMA constraints on the faint millimetre source number counts and their contribution to the cosmic infrared background

S. Carniani, R. Maiolino, G. De Zotti +20

We have analysed 18 ALMA continuum maps in Bands 6 and 7, with rms down to 7.8Jy, to derive differential number counts down to 60Jy and 100Jy at 1.3 mm and 1.1 mm,…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 60 cited

A direct constraint on the gas content of a massive, passively evolving elliptical galaxy at z = 1.43

Mark T. Sargent, E. Daddi, F. Bournaud +6

Gas and dust in star-forming galaxies at the peak epoch of galaxy assembly are presently the topic of intense study, but little is known about the interstellar medium (ISM) of dist…