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most citedThe space density of z>4 blazars

39 citations · 106 across the 5 of their papers we have counts for

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astro-ph.HE202216 cited

The central engine of the highest redshift blazar

Silvia Belladitta, Alessandro Caccianiga, Alessandro Diana +8

We report on a LUCI/Large Binocular Telescope near-infrared (NIR) spectrum of PSO J030947.49+271757.31 (hereafter PSO J0309+27), the highest redshift blazar known to date (z6…

astro-ph.HE20211 cited

Minute-timescale variability in the X-ray emission of the highest redshift blazar

Alberto Moretti, Gabriele Ghisellini, Alessandro Caccianiga +9

We report on two Chandra observations of the quasar PSO J0309+27, the most distant blazar observed so far (z=6.1), performed eight months apart, in March and November 2020. Previou…

astro-ph.GA202111 cited

The Impact of the CMB on the Evolution of high-z Blazars

L. Ighina, A. Caccianiga, A. Moretti +3

Different works have recently found an increase of the average X-ray-to-radio luminosity ratio with redshift in the blazar population. We evaluate here whether the inverse Compton…

astro-ph.GA202139 cited

Radio Detection of VIK J23183113, the Most Distant Radio-Loud Quasar (=6.44)

L. Ighina, S. Belladitta, A. Caccianiga +4

We report the 888 MHz radio detection in the Rapid ASKAP Continuum Survey (RACS) of VIK J23183113, a =6.44 quasar. Its radio luminosity (1.2 W Hz at 5…

astro-ph.HE2020

Parsec-scale properties of the radio brightest jetted AGN at z > 6

C. Spingola, D. Dallacasa, S. Belladitta +4

We present Director's Discretionary Time multi-frequency observations obtained with the Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) and the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) of the blazar PSO J030…

astro-ph.CO2020

The first blazar observed at z>6

S. Belladitta, A. Moretti, A. Caccianiga +9

We present the discovery of PSO J030947.49+271757.31, the radio brightest (23.7 mJy at 1.4 GHz) active galactic nucleus (AGN) at z>6.0. It was selected by cross-matching the NRAO V…