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most citedWATCAT: a tale of wide-angle tailed radio galaxies

42 citations · 162 across the 17 of their papers we have counts for

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17 papers

astro-ph.CO2026

Spectroscopic redshifts of selected flat-spectrum radio sources I

Dmitry Blinov, Alberto Floris, Andreas Zezas +5

We present the first results of a spectroscopic campaign carried out as part of the Search for Milli-Lenses (SMILE) program, which aims to constrain the prevalence of gravitational…

astro-ph.HE2026

Is XRISM/Resolve probing a "raining" absorber in Mrk 509?

M. Dadina, V. Missaglia, V. Braito +19

X-ray spectroscopy of AGN offers unique insights into the reprocessing of radiationand gas dynamics near SMBH. The Sey 1 galaxy Mrk 509 is an ideal laboratory for these studies sin…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 2 cited

SMILE: Discriminating milli-lens systems in a VLBI pilot project

F. M. Pötzl, C. Casadio, G. Kalaitzidakis +11

Dark Matter (DM) remains poorly probed on critical, sub-galactic scales, where predictions from different models diverge in terms of abundance and density profiles of halos. Gravit…

astro-ph.HE2023

The Multi-Wavelength Environment of Second Bologna Catalog Sources

A. Paggi, F. Massaro, H. Peña-Herazo +11

We present the first results of the Chandra Cool Targets (CCT) survey of the Second Bologna Catalog (B2CAT) of powerful radio sources, aimed at investigating the extended X-ray emi…

astro-ph.CO2023★ 2 cited

Investigating the large-scale environment of wide-angle tailed radio galaxies in the local Universe

V. Missaglia, A. Paggi, F. Massaro +7

We present a statistical analysis of the large-scale (up to 2 Mpc) environment of an homogeneous and complete sample, both in radio and optical selection, of wide-angle tailed radi…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 2 cited

Powerful yet lonely: Is 3C 297 a high-redshift fossil group?

Valentina Missaglia, Juan P. Madrid, Mischa Schirmer +8

The environment of the high-redshift (z=1.408), powerful radio-loud galaxy 3C 297 has several distinctive features of a galaxy cluster. Among them, a characteristic halo of hot gas…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 5 cited

The cavity of 3CR 196.1: H emission spatially associated with an X-ray cavity

A. Jimenez-Gallardo, E. Sani, F. Ricci +20

We present a multifrequency analysis of the radio galaxy 3CR 196.1 (), associated with the brightest galaxy of the cool core cluster CIZAJ0815.4-0303. This nearby radio…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 1 cited

High frequency radio imaging of 3CR 403.1 with the Sardinia Radio Telescope

Valentina Missaglia, Matteo Murgia, Francesco Massaro +5

We present multifrequency observations of the radio source 3CR 403.1, a nearby (z=0.055), extended (0.5 Mpc) radio galaxy hosted in a small galaxy group. Using new high frequ…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 6 cited

Hidden treasures in the unknown 3CR extragalactic radio sky: a multi-wavelength approach

V. Missaglia, F. Massaro, E. Liuzzo +17

We present the analysis of multi-wavelength observations of seven extragalactic radio sources, listed as unidentified in the Third Cambridge Revised Catalog (3CR). X-ray observatio…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 5 cited

Raining in MKW 3s: a Chandra-MUSE analysis of X-ray cold filaments around 3CR 318.1

A. Jimenez-Gallardo, F. Massaro, B. Balmaverde +23

We present the analysis of X-ray and optical observations of gas filaments observed in the radio source 3CR 318.1, associated with NGC 5920, the Brightest Cluster Galaxy (BCG) of M…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 6 cited

Peering Into the Extended X-ray Emission on Megaparsec Scale in 3C 187

A. Paggi, F. Massaro, H. A. Pena-Herazo +7

Context. The diffuse X-ray emission surrounding radio galaxies is generally interpreted either as due to inverse Compton scattering of non-thermal radio-emitting electrons on the C…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 12 cited

Extended X-ray emission around FR II radio galaxies: hotspots, lobes and galaxy clusters

Ana Jimenez-Gallardo, Francesco Massaro, Alessandro Paggi +20

We present a systematic analysis of the extended X-ray emission discovered around 35 FR II radio galaxies from the revised Third Cambridge catalog (3CR) Chandra Snapshot Survey wit…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 18 cited

The 3CR extragalactic survey at high redshift

A. Jimenez-Gallardo, F. Massaro, M. A. Prieto +13

We present the analysis of nine radio sources belonging to the Third Cambridge Revised catalog (3CR) observed with during Cycle 20 in the redshift range between 1.5 and 2…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 20 cited

Deciphering the Large-Scale Environment of Radio Galaxies in the Local Universe II. A Statistical Analysis of Environmental Properties

F. Massaro, A. Capetti, A. Paggi +6

In our previous analysis we investigated the large-scale environment of two samples of radio galaxies (RGs) in the local Universe (i.e. with redshifts z<0.15), classified as FR I a…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 42 cited

WATCAT: a tale of wide-angle tailed radio galaxies

V. Missaglia, F. Massaro, A. Capetti +4

We present a catalog of 47 wide-angle tailed radio galaxies (WATs), the WATCAT; these galaxies were selected by combining observations from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 33 cited

The 3CR Chandra snapshot survey: extragalactic radio sources with 0.51.0

F. Massaro, V. Missaglia, C. Stuardi +10

This paper presents the analysis of Chandra X-ray snapshot observations of a subsample of the extragalactic sources listed in the revised Third Cambridge radio catalog (3CR), previ…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 8 cited

The 3CR extragalactic survey at 1.01.5

C. Stuardi, V. Missaglia, F. Massaro +11

The aim of this paper is to present an analysis of newly acquired X-ray observations of 16 extragalactic radio sources, listed in the Third Cambridge Revised (3CR) catalog, and not…