activity
20092026
most citedAGN wind scaling relations and the co-evolution of black holes and galaxies

605 citations · 1.6k across the 20 of their papers we have counts for

collaborators

22 papers

cs.LG2026

Distilling Graph Geometry: Knowledge Gap from GNNs to MLPs

Zhewei Chen, Hao Zhu, Jiaojiao Jiang +1

GNN-to-MLP distillation aims to retain the predictive accuracy of a message-passing teacher while deploying a graph-free MLP at inference. Existing methods mainly transfer node-wis…

astro-ph.GA2026

The WISSH quasars project XIII. A multi-epoch study of ultra-fast broad absorption line outflows at cosmic noon

A. Deconto-Machado, G. Vietri, E. Piconcelli +22

Ultra-fast broad absorption line outflows (uBAL, ~0.1-0.2c) represent some of the most extreme manifestations of quasar-driven winds. We aim to investigate the variability of uBALs…

astro-ph.GA2026

Supermassive Black Hole Winds in X-rays: SUBWAYS IV. Tracing Radio Emission and Unveiling the Role of Winds

E. Amenta, M. Brienza, G. Bruni +30

Most Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) are Radio Quiet, with radio emission that may arise from star-formation activity, AGN-driven winds, weak jets, and coronal activity. Disentangling…

astro-ph.GA2025

A deep X-ray look to the most obscured quasar at z~3.6 and its environment

I. Villani, L. Zappacosta, E. Piconcelli +17

The most luminous and obscured quasars (QSOs) detected in infrared all-sky surveys could represent a key co-evolutionary phase from nuclear to circum-galactic (CG) scales in the fo…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

The WISSH quasar project. XII. X-ray view of the most luminous quasi-stellar objects at Cosmic Noon

C. Degli Agosti, C. Vignali, E. Piconcelli +25

To improve our knowledge of nuclear emission in luminous QSOs at Cosmic Noon, we studied the X-ray emission of the WISE/SDSS-selected hyper-luminous (WISSH) QSO sample: 85 broad-li…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 6 cited

HYPERION: broad-band X-ray-to-near-infrared emission of Quasars in the first billion years of the Universe

I. Saccheo, A. Bongiorno, E. Piconcelli +41

We aim at characterizing the X-ray-to-optical/near-infrared broad-band emission of luminous QSOs in the first Gyr of cosmic evolution to understand whether they exhibit differences…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 6 cited

HYPERION. Shedding light on the first luminous quasars: A correlation between UV disc winds and X-ray continuum

A. Tortosa, L. Zappacosta, E. Piconcelli +41

One of the main open questions in the field of luminous () quasars (QSOs) at is the rapid formation (Gyr) of their superm…

astro-ph.GA2024

X-ray view of a massive node of the Cosmic Web at z~3 I. An exceptional overdensity of rapidly accreting SMBHs

A. Travascio, S. Cantalupo, P. Tozzi +16

Exploring SMBH population in protoclusters offers valuable insights into how environment affects SMBH growth. However, research on AGN within these areas is still limited by the sm…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 11 cited

MUSE view of PDS 456: kpc-scale wind, extended ionized gas and close environment

A. Travascio, E. Piconcelli, M. Bischetti +23

PDS 456 is the most luminous RQQ at z<0.3 and can be regarded as a local counterpart of the powerful QSOs shining at Cosmic Noon. It hosts a strong nuclear X-ray ultra-fast outflow…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 19 cited

HYPERION. Coevolution of supermassive black holes and galaxies at and the build-up of massive galaxies

R. Tripodi, C. Feruglio, F. Fiore +22

We used low- to high-frequency ALMA observations to investigate the cold gas and dust in ten QSOs at . Our analysis of the CO(6-5) and CO(7-6) emission lines in the sel…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 23 cited

The WISSH quasars project XI. The mean Spectral Energy Distribution and Bolometric Corrections of the most luminous quasars

Ivano Saccheo, Angela Bongiorno, Enrico Piconcelli +18

Hyper-luminous Quasi-Stellar Objects (QSOs) represent the ideal laboratory to investigate Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) feedback mechanism since their formidable energy release caus…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 25 cited

Speed limits for radiation driven SMBH winds

A. Luminari, F. Nicastro, M. Elvis +4

Ultra Fast Outflows (UFOs) are an established feature in X-ray spectra of AGNs. According to the standard picture, they are launched at accretion disc scales with relativistic velo…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 37 cited

On the AGN nature of two UV bright sources at z_spec~5.5 in the CANDELS fields: an update of the AGN space density at M1450~-22.5

A. Grazian, E. Giallongo, F. Fiore +8

It is a widespread opinion that hydrogen reionization is mainly driven by primeval star-forming galaxies, with a minor role of high-z active galactic nuclei. Recent observations, h…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 64 cited

On the discovery of fast molecular gas in the UFO/BAL quasar APM 08279+5255 at z=3.912

C. Feruglio, A. Ferrara, M. Bischetti +12

We have performed a high sensitivity observation of the UFO/BAL quasar APM 08279+5255 at z=3.912 with NOEMA at 3.2 mm, aimed at detecting fast moving molecular gas. We report the d…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 605 cited

AGN wind scaling relations and the co-evolution of black holes and galaxies

F. Fiore, C. Feruglio, F. Shankar +14

Feedback from accreting SMBHs is often identified as the main mechanism responsible for regulating star-formation in AGN host galaxies. However, the relationships between AGN activ…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 104 cited

The Lyman Continuum escape fraction of galaxies at z=3.3 in the VUDS-LBC/COSMOS field

A. Grazian, E. Giallongo, R. Gerbasi +52

The Lyman continuum (LyC) flux escaping from high-z galaxies into the IGM is a fundamental quantity to understand the physical processes involved in the reionization epoch. We have…

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.GA2014★ 49 cited

The hidden quasar nucleus of a WISE-selected, hyperluminous, dust-obscured galaxy at z ~ 2.3

E. Piconcelli, C. Vignali, S. Bianchi +8

We present the first X-ray spectrum of a Hot dust-obscured galaxy (DOG), namely W1835+4355 at z ~ 2.3. Hot DOGs represent a very rare population of hyperluminous (>= 10^47 erg/s),…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 90 cited

Constraints on the star-formation rate of z~3 LBGs with measured metallicity in the CANDELS GOODS-South field

M. Castellano, V. Sommariva, A. Fontana +19

We analyse 14 LBGs at z~2.8-3.8 constituting the only sample where both a spectroscopic measurement of their metallicity and deep IR observations (CANDELS+HUGS survey) are availabl…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 21 cited

Suzaku reveals X-ray continuum piercing the nuclear absorber in Markarian 231

E. Piconcelli, G. Miniutti, P. Ranalli +3

We report the results from a 2011 Suzaku observation of the nearby low-ionization BAL quasar/ULIRG Markarian 231. These data reveal that the X-ray spectrum has undergone a large va…

astro-ph.CO2011★ 137 cited

The evolving slope of the stellar mass function at 0.6 <= z < 4.5 from deep WFC3 data

P. Santini, A. Fontana, A. Grazian +12

We used Early Release Science (ERS) observations taken with the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) in the GOODS-S field to study the galaxy stellar mass function (GSMF) at 0.6<=z<4.5. Deep…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 109 cited

The Fraction of Quiescent Massive Galaxies in the Early Universe

A. Fontana, P. Santini, A. Grazian +9

Aims: The aim of this work is to collect a complete, mass--selected sample of galaxies with very low specific star formation rate, for a comparison with the prediction of recent th…