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most citedThe X-shooter/ALMA Sample of Quasars in the Epoch of Reionization. II. Black Hole Masses, Eddington Ratios, and the Formation of the First Quasars

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astro-ph.GA2026

Radio-dust connection in quasars driven by powerful ionised outflows

V. A. Fawcett, C. M. Harrison, T. Costa +8

Feedback from dusty quasars is thought to be a key driver in galaxy evolution. Multiple studies have reported a link between dust extinction and radio emission in quasars, possibly…

astro-ph.GA2026

The Quasar Feedback Survey: Ionised Outflows in type 2 QSOs with MUSE data

M. Bianchin, C. M. Harrison, T. Costa +13

We study ionised gas properties in a sample of 18 luminous (log L erg/s) obscured QSOs at 0.085<z<0.2 observed with VLT/MUSE as part of the multi-wavelength Quasa…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 26 cited

A quasar-galaxy merger at : rapid host growth via accretion of two massive satellite galaxies

Roberto Decarli, Federica Loiacono, Emanuele Paolo Farina +38

We present JWST/NIRSpec Integral Field Spectroscopy in the rest-frame optical bands of the system PJ308-21, a quasar at caught as its host galaxy interacts with companio…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 34 cited

A quasar-galaxy merger at : black hole mass and quasar properties from the NIRSpec spectrum

Federica Loiacono, Roberto Decarli, Marco Mignoli +31

We present JWST/NIRSpec integral field data of the quasar PJ308-21 at . As shown by previous ALMA and HST imaging, the quasar has two companion sources, interacting with…

astro-ph.GA2023

Quasar Feedback Survey: molecular gas affected by central outflows and by ~10 kpc radio lobes reveal dual feedback effects in `radio quiet' quasars

A. Girdhar, C. M. Harrison, V. Mainieri +17

We present a study of molecular gas, traced via CO (3-2) from ALMA data, of four z< 0.2, `radio quiet', type 2 quasars (log [L(bol)/(erg/s)] = 45.3 - 46.2; log [L(1.4 GHz)/(W/Hz)]…

astro-ph.GA2023

The Quasar Feedback Survey: characterising CO excitation in quasar host galaxies

S. J. Molyneux, G. Calistro Rivera, C. De Breuck +15

We present a comprehensive study of the molecular gas properties of 17 Type 2 quasars at 0.2 from the Quasar Feedback Survey (L > ), sel…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 29 cited

SPICE: the connection between cosmic reionisation and stellar feedback in the first galaxies

Aniket Bhagwat, Tiago Costa, Benedetta Ciardi +2

We present SPICE, a new suite of RHD cosmological simulations targeting the epoch of reionisation. The goal of these simulations is to systematically probe a variety of stellar fee…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 6 cited

The luminosity-area relation of quasars' Ly nebulae

Fabrizio Arrigoni Battaia, Aura Obreja, Tiago Costa +2

Cool (~K) gas is commonly observed around quasars as traced by extended Ly emission. These large-scale nebulae are usually studied using circularly averaged sur…

astro-ph.GA2023

HYPERION. Interacting companion and outflow in the most luminous quasar

R. Tripodi, J. Scholtz, R. Maiolino +11

We present ALMA deep observations of the [CII] 158 m emission line and the continuum at 253 GHz and 99 GHz towards SDSS J0100+2802 at , the most luminous quasi-stel…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 91 cited

A SPectroscopic survey of biased halos In the Reionization Era (ASPIRE): JWST Reveals a Filamentary Structure around a z=6.61 Quasar

Feige Wang, Jinyi Yang, Joseph F. Hennawi +56

We present the first results from the JWST ASPIRE program (A SPectroscopic survey of biased halos In the Reionization Era). This program represents an imaging and spectroscopic sur…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 77 cited

A SPectroscopic survey of biased halos In the Reionization Era (ASPIRE): A First Look at the Rest-frame Optical Spectra of Quasars Using JWST

Jinyi Yang, Feige Wang, Xiaohui Fan +53

Studies of rest-frame optical emission in quasars at have historically been limited by the wavelengths accessible by ground-based telescopes. The James Webb Space Telescope (…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 20 cited

Accurate dust temperature and star formation rate in the most luminous quasar in the HYPerluminous quasars at the Epoch of ReionizatION (HYPERION) sample

Roberta Tripodi, Chiara Feruglio, Francisca Kemper +14

We present ALMA Band 9 continuum observation of the ultraluminous quasi-stellar object (QSO) SDSS J0100+2802, providing a detection at GHz. SDSS J0100+2802 is…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 28 cited

Red quasars blow out molecular gas from galaxies during the peak of cosmic star formation

H. R. Stacey, T. Costa, J. P. McKean +4

Recent studies have suggested that red quasars are a phase in quasar evolution when feedback from black hole accretion evacuates obscuring gas from the nucleus of the host galaxy.…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 110 cited

The X-shooter/ALMA Sample of Quasars in the Epoch of Reionization. II. Black Hole Masses, Eddington Ratios, and the Formation of the First Quasars

Emanuele Paolo Farina, Jan-Torge Schindler, Fabian Walter +20

We present measurements of black hole masses and Eddington ratios for a sample of 38 bright (M < -24.4 mag) quasars at 5.8 < z < 7.5, derived from VLT/X-shooter near-IR sp…

astro-ph.GA2022

Cosmological simulations predict that AGN preferentially live in gas-rich, star-forming galaxies despite effective feedback

Samuel Ruthven Ward, Chris Harrison, Tiago Costa +1

Negative feedback from active galactic nuclei (AGN) is the leading mechanism for the quenching of massive galaxies in the vast majority of modern galaxy evolution models. However,…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 77 cited

Quasar Feedback Survey: Multi-phase outflows, turbulence and evidence for feedback caused by low power radio jets inclined into the galaxy disk

A. Girdhar, C. M. Harrison, V. Mainieri +18

We present a study of a luminous, z=0.15, type-2 quasar (log [L([OIII])/(erg/s)]=42.8) from the Quasar Feedback Survey. It is classified as 'radio-quiet' (log [L(1.4 GHz)/(W/Hz)]=2…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 35 cited

The effects of AGN feedback on the structural and dynamical properties of Milky Way-mass galaxies in cosmological simulations

Dimitrios Irodotou, Francesca Fragkoudi, Ruediger Pakmor +6

Feedback from active galactic nuclei (AGN) has become established as a fundamental process in the evolution of the most massive galaxies. Its impact on Milky Way (MW)-mass systems,…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 1 cited

Resolved Neutral Outflow from a Lensed Dusty Star Forming Galaxy at z=2.09

Kirsty M. Butler, Paul P. van der Werf, Matus Rybak +9

We report the detection of a massive neutral gas outflow in the z=2.09 gravitationally lensed Dusty Star-Forming Galaxy HATLASJ085358.9+015537 (G09v1.40), seen in absorption with t…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 53 cited

The multiwavelength properties of red QSOs -- Evidence for dusty winds as the origin of QSO reddening

G. Calistro-Rivera, D. M. Alexander, D. J. Rosario +11

Fundamental differences in the radio properties of red quasars (QSOs), as compared to blue QSOs, have been recently discovered, positioning them as a potential key population in th…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 62 cited

The Quasar Feedback Survey: Discovering hidden Radio-AGN and their connection to the host galaxy ionised gas

M. E. Jarvis, C. M. Harrison, V. Mainieri +18

We present the first results from the Quasar Feedback Survey, a sample of 42 z<0.2, [O III] luminous AGN (L[O III]>10^42.1 ergs/s) with moderate radio luminosities (i.e. L(1.4GHz)>…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 68 cited

High molecular gas content and star formation rates in local galaxies that host quasars, outflows and jets

M. E. Jarvis, C. M. Harrison, V. Mainieri +11

We use a sample of powerful z~0.1 type 2 quasars ('obscured'; log[L(AGN)/erg/s]>~45), which host kiloparsec-scale ionized outflows and jets, to identify possible signatures of AGN…