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most citedUbiquitous cold and massive filaments in cool core clusters

154 citations · 582 across the 34 of their papers we have counts for

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36 papers

cond-mat.mes-hall2026

Quantum Oscillations across Hole Crystallization in Rhombohedral Graphene

Daniele Guerci, Enrico Rossi

Recent quantum-oscillation measurements in rhombohedral graphene reveal an abrupt increase in the dominant frequency and the emergence of additional frequencies as the carrier dens…

astro-ph.GA2026

Reigniting the FUSE II: O VI Emission in Massive Elliptical Galaxies

Michael Reefe, Michael McDonald, Greg L. Bryan +6

This is the second paper in a series where we examine archival far-ultraviolet spectroscopy of 29 massive elliptical galaxies from the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE)…

astro-ph.GA2026

Mapping Gas Accretion and Stellar Kinematics to Sub-kiloparsec Scales in NGC 4696 with JWST/NIRSpec

Mathieu Marquis, Julie Hlavacek-Larrondo, Olivia Pereira +35

We present JWST/NIRSpec IFU spectroscopy of the central pc () of NGC 4696, the BCG in the Centaurus cluster. Leveraging the (…

astro-ph.GA2026

JWST reveals how black holes are fed: kiloparsec-scale multiphase filaments feed sub-kiloparsec circumnuclear disks

Julie Hlavacek-Larrondo, Hyunseop Choi, Minghao Guo +35

The Centaurus cluster is one of the most important archetypes of radio-mode AGN feedback, with its central galaxy, NGC 4696, launching powerful jets that inflate X-ray cavities and…

astro-ph.HE2026

BlackHoleWeather -- Jet-regulated chaotic cold accretion across the meso scale: Variability and kinematics

Vieri Cammelli, Massimo Gaspari, Filippo Barbani +10

Chaotic cold accretion (CCA) predicts that supermassive black holes are fed by multiphase clouds condensing from turbulent hot atmospheres. In jet-regulated systems cold gas must a…

astro-ph.GA2026

BlackHoleWeather -- Spin-coupled chaotic cold accretion across the meso scale: Variability and kinematics

Olmo Piana, Massimo Gaspari, Vieri Cammelli +10

Supermassive black hole (SMBH) spin records the vector history of accretion. In chaotic cold accretion (CCA), this history is set by clouds and filaments whose torques can add cohe…

astro-ph.GA2026

BlackHoleWeather -- Chaotic cold accretion across the meso-scale: Morphology and thermodynamics

Filippo Barbani, Massimo Gaspari, Vieri Cammelli +12

Supermassive black holes (SMBHs) self-regulate galaxies, groups, and clusters, yet the pathway transporting gas from halo scales to sub-pc radii remains debated. In hot stratified…

astro-ph.GA2026

BlackHoleWeather -- Chaotic cold accretion across the meso-scale: Variability and kinematics

Filippo Barbani, Massimo Gaspari, Olmo Piana +12

Accretion onto supermassive black holes (SMBHs) in realistic halos is time-variable, governed by turbulence, cooling, and multiphase condensation. In chaotic cold accretion (CCA),…

astro-ph.GA2026

BlackHoleWeather -- Jet-regulated chaotic cold accretion across the meso scale: Morphology and thermodynamics

Vieri Cammelli, Massimo Gaspari, Olmo Piana +11

How mechanical AGN feedback couples to multiphase condensation across scales remains a problem in galaxy groups and clusters. It is unclear how jets reshape the chaotic cold accret…

astro-ph.GA2026

BlackHoleWeather -- Spin-coupled chaotic cold accretion across the meso-scale: Morphology and thermodynamics

Olmo Piana, Massimo Gaspari, Filippo Barbani +10

Supermassive black hole (SMBH) spin is a key but poorly constrained ingredient of the feeding-feedback loop. Chaotic cold accretion (CCA) of cold gas clouds delivers rapidly varyin…

astro-ph.GA2026

AGN Feedback and the Development of Dusty Multiphase Gas in X-ray Emitting Elliptical Galaxies

Pasquale Temi, Francesco Ubertosi, Fabrizio Brighenti +9

This paper investigates the physical and kinematic properties of dust-rich regions in a small sample of group-centered elliptical galaxies, emphasizing their connection with the ho…

astro-ph.GA2025

Observations of AGN-driven feedback: dynamics and ionization of the filaments in M87

Camille Poitras, Marie-Lou Gendron-Marsolais, Valeria Olivares +9

We present a comprehensive kinematic and ionization analysis of the warm ionized filaments ( K) in M87, the central galaxy of the Virgo cluster, using new integral field spec…

astro-ph.GA2025

The relationship between warm and hot gas-phase metallicity in massive elliptical galaxies and the influence of AGN feedback

Valeria Olivares, Yuanyuan Su, Pasquale Temi +10

Warm ionized gas is ubiquitous at the centers of X-ray bright elliptical galaxies. While it is believed to play a key role in the feeding and feedback processes of supermassive bla…

astro-ph.HE2025

Direct observation of the X-ray counterpart of the Hα filaments and of the sloshing spiral in the Perseus galaxy cluster

Adrien Picquenot, Fabio Acero, Valeria Olivares +2

Deep Chandra observations of the Perseus galaxy cluster have allowed for the discovery of X-ray counterparts to the Hα filamentary structures and of a sloshing spiral. However, bot…

astro-ph.GA2025

JVLA and VLBA study of the merging cool core CHIPS 1911+4455 at z~0.5: radio emission from an infant AGN and from a rapidly star-forming BCG

Francesco Ubertosi, Myriam Gitti, Pasquale Temi +5

Recent studies of galaxy clusters found peculiar cases at the boundary between non-cool core and cool core systems. While unusual, these objects can help us understand the evolutio…

astro-ph.GA2025

High-Resolution Optical IFU Spectroscopy of the Complex Galaxy Merger II Zw 096

C. Riesco, E. Treister, G. Venturi +20

Luminous and Ultra-luminous IR galaxies ((U)LIRGs) are critical for investigating feedback mechanisms due to a combination of intense star formation (SF) episodes and active galact…

astro-ph.GA2025

The Rise of Ionized Gas Filaments in Early-Type Galaxies

Ryan Eskenasy, Valeria Olivares, Yuanyuan Su

Multiphase filamentary nebulae are ubiquitous in the brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs) of cool-core clusters, providing insight into baryon cycling and the feeding and feedback of…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 15 cited

H-X-ray Surface Brightness Correlation for Filaments in Cooling Flow Clusters

Valeria Olivares, Adrien Picquenot, Yuanyuan Su +4

Massive galaxies in cooling flow clusters display clear evidence of feedback from Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN). Joint X-ray and radio observations have shown that AGN radio jets pu…

astro-ph.GA2024

A hot core in the group-dominant elliptical galaxy NGC 777

Ewan O'Sullivan, Kamlesh Rajpurohit, Gerrit Schellenberger +8

NGC 777 provides an example of a phenomenon observed in some group-central ellipticals, in which the temperature profile shows a central peak, despite the short central cooling tim…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 5 cited

The formation channels of multiphase gas in nearby early-type galaxies

Ryan Eskenasy, Valeria Olivares, Yuanyuan Su +1

The processes responsible for the assembly of cold and warm gas in early-type galaxies (ETGs) are not well-understood. We report on the multiwavelength properties of 15 non-central…

astro-ph.GA2023

The composition and thermal properties of a cool core lacking a brightest cluster galaxy

Yuanyuan Su, Francoise Combes, Valeria Olivares +3

We present a multiwavelength observation of a cool core that does not appear to be associated with any galaxy, in a nearby cluster, Abell~1142. Its X-ray surface brightness peak of…

astro-ph.GA2023

X-ray Cavity Dynamics and their Role in the Gas Precipitation in Planck Sunyaev-Zeldovich (SZ) Selected Clusters

V. Olivares, Y. Su, W. Forman +7

We study active galactic nucleus (AGN) feedback in nearby (z<0.35) galaxy clusters from the Planck Sunyaev-Zeldovich (SZ) sample using Chandra observations. This nearly unbiased ma…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 11 cited

Waking the monster: the onset of AGN feedback in galaxy clusters hosting young central radio galaxies

Francesco Ubertosi, Myriam Gitti, Fabrizio Brighenti +3

The investigation of the feedback cycle in galaxy clusters has historically been performed for systems where feedback is ongoing ("mature-feedback" clusters), that is where the cen…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 2 cited

The Nature of the Motions of Multiphase Filaments in the Centers of Galaxy Clusters

Shalini Ganguly, Yuan Li, Valeria Olivares +6

The intracluster medium (ICM) in the centers of galaxy clusters is heavily influenced by the ``feedback'' from supermassive black holes (SMBHs). Feedback can drive turbulence in th…