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20192026
most citedMUSE Analysis of Gas around Galaxies (MAGG) -- II: Metal-enriched halo gas around z~1 galaxies

99 citations · 196 across the 27 of their papers we have counts for

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28 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

Constraining the density distribution of the cold Circumgalactic Medium of quasars at z>2 through Lya, HeII and Ha emission

Andrea Travascio, Sebastiano Cantalupo, Titouan Lazeyras +16

Extended Lya emission is routinely detected around high-redshift quasars, revealing large reservoirs of cool circumgalactic medium (CGM). Its resonant nature complicates interpreta…

astro-ph.GA2026

Detection of metal absorption lines in quasar spectra: a neural network approach using U-Net

Elena Sofia Mangola, Francesco Pistis, Michele Fumagalli +7

Current and future large spectroscopic surveys are significantly enhancing the volume and resolution of quasar spectra that are observed, which requires the creation of efficient a…

astro-ph.GA2026

Cosmic web Ly emission in a sample of overdense regions

Davide Tornotti, Michele Fumagalli, Matteo Fossati +7

We present a complete and homogeneous analysis of the Ly emission properties of the cosmic web at as a function of the overdensity of Ly emitters (L…

astro-ph.GA2026

The MUSE Ultra Deep Field (MUDF) VIII. The cool gas distribution surrounding galaxies at redshifts z ~ 0.5-2

Edoardo Santo, Michele Fumagalli, Seok-Jun Chang +5

We use deep MUSE data from the MUDF survey to investigate the cool gas around galaxies at redshifts 0.5 < z < 2. We constructed two samples: one sample for a down-the-barrel analys…

astro-ph.GA2025

MUSE Analysis of Gas around Galaxies (MAGG) -- VII. Emission line galaxies near strong blended Ly absorption systems at

Marta Galbiati, Davide Tornotti, Michele Fumagalli +2

We investigate the connection between strong, blended Ly absorption systems (SBLAs) and Ly emitting galaxies (LAEs) at in 28 quasar fields from the…

astro-ph.GA2025

Baryonic Ecosystem IN Galaxies (BEINGMgII) -- III. Cool gas reservoirs at in the Dark Energy Survey

Reena Chaudhary, Ravi Joshi, Sarbeswar Das +5

We investigate the origin of intervening cool MgII absorption detected in the spectra of background quasars and the nature of associated galaxies across a broad redshift range of $…

astro-ph.GA2025

Bayesian luminosity function estimation in multi-depth datasets with selection effects: A case study for Lyman emitters

Davide Tornotti, Matteo Fossati, Michele Fumagalli +3

We present a hierarchical Bayesian framework designed to infer the luminosity function of any class of object by jointly modelling data from multiple surveys with varying depth, co…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 3 cited

Automated quasar continuum estimation using neural networks: a comparative study of deep-learning architectures

Francesco Pistis, Michele Fumagalli, Matteo Fossati +13

Context. Ongoing and upcoming large spectroscopic surveys are drastically increasing the number of observed quasar spectra, requiring the development of fast and accurate automated…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 2 cited

Modeling Mg II resonance doublet spectra from galaxy haloes at z 1

Seok-Jun Chang, Rajeshwari Dutta, Max Gronke +3

We investigate the properties of cold gas at around star-forming galaxies at using Mg II spectra through radiative transfer modeling. We utilize a comprehen…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 2 cited

Baryonic Ecosystem in Galaxies (BEINGMgII). Host Galaxies of Ultra-strong MgII Absorbers in Subaru Hyper Suprime-Cam Survey

Ravi Joshi, Sarbeswar Das, Michele Fumagalli +5

We study the galaxies hosting ultra-strong MgII (USMgII) absorbers at small impact parameters of 2" (5 - 20 kpc), spanning a redshift range of , using deep…

astro-ph.GA2024

The MUSE Ultra Deep Field: A 5 Mpc stretch of the z 4 cosmic web revealed in emission

Davide Tornotti, Michele Fumagalli, Matteo Fossati +7

We detect Ly emission from a ~5 Mpc-long (comoving) portion of the cosmic web hosting an overdensity () of 19 Ly emitters (LAEs) at within the MUSE…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 9 cited

WEAVE First Light Observations: Origin and Dynamics of the Shock Front in Stephan's Quintet

M. I. Arnaudova, S. Das, D. J. B. Smith +62

We present a detailed study of the large-scale shock front in Stephan's Quintet, a byproduct of past and ongoing interactions. Using integral-field spectroscopy from the new Willia…

astro-ph.GA2024

The MUSE Ultra Deep Field (MUDF) VII. Probing high-redshift gas structures in the surroundings of ALMA-identified massive dusty galaxies

A. Pensabene, M. Galbiati, M. Fumagalli +12

We present new ALMA continuum and spectral observations of the MUSE Ultra Deep Field (MUDF), a arcmin region with ultradeep multiwavelength imaging and spectroscopy…

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★ 5 cited

Baryonic Ecosystem in Galaxies (BEINGMgII) -- II. Unveiling the Nature of Galaxies Harboring Cool Gas Reservoirs

S. Das, R. Joshi, R. Chaudhary +4

We search for the galaxies associated with the intervening MgII absorbers over a redshift range of using imaging data from DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys and measu…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 8 cited

Connecting the growth of galaxies to the large-scale environment in a massive node of the Cosmic Web at z~3

M. Galbiati, S. Cantalupo, C. Steidel +10

A direct link between large-scale environment and galaxy properties is very well established in the local universe. However, very little is known about the role of the environment…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 15 cited

A Giant Disk Galaxy Two Billion Years After The Big Bang

Weichen Wang, Sebastiano Cantalupo, Antonio Pensabene +14

Observational studies showed that galaxy disks are already in place in the first few billion years of the universe. The early disks detected so far, with typical half-light radii o…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 5 cited

Metal line emission around z<1 galaxies

Rajeshwari Dutta, Michele Fumagalli, Matteo Fossati +7

We characterize, for the first time, the average extended emission in multiple lines ([OII], [OIII], and Hbeta) around a statistical sample of 560 galaxies at z~0.25-0.85. By stack…

astro-ph.GA2024

The stellar population of a Ly emitting group associated with a damped Ly absorber

Giulia Pruto, Michele Fumagalli, Marc Rafelski +4

We present near-infrared observations, acquired with the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) on board of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), of a Ly double-clumped emitting nebula at $z \a…

astro-ph.GA2024

The MUSE Ultra Deep Field (MUDF). VI. The relationship between galaxy properties and metals in the circumgalactic medium

Alexander Beckett, Marc Rafelski, Mitchell Revalski +10

We present intial results associating galaxies in the MUSE Ultra Deep Field (MUDF) with gas seen in absorption along the line-of-sight to two bright quasars in this field, to explo…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 5 cited

MUSE Analysis of Gas around Galaxies (MAGG) -- VI. The cool and enriched gas environment of z3 Ly emitters

Marta Galbiati, Rajeshwari Dutta, Michele Fumagalli +2

We present a novel dataset that extends our view of the cosmic gas around z3-4 Ly emitting galaxies (LAEs) in the Muse Analysis of Gas around Galaxies (MAGG) survey by…

astro-ph.CO2024

High-definition imaging of a filamentary connection between a close quasar pair at z=3

Davide Tornotti, Michele Fumagalli, Matteo Fossati +16

Filaments connecting halos are a long-standing prediction of cold dark matter theories. We present a detection of the cosmic web emission connecting two quasar-host galaxies at red…

astro-ph.GA2024

The MUSE Ultra Deep Field (MUDF). V. Characterizing the Mass-Metallicity Relation for Low Mass Galaxies at -

Mitchell Revalski, Marc Rafelski, Alaina Henry +13

Using more than 100 galaxies in the MUSE Ultra Deep Field with spectroscopy from the Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Camera 3 and the Very Large Telescope's Multi Unit Spectros…

astro-ph.GA2024

ALMA survey of a massive node of the Cosmic Web at z~3. I. Discovery of a large overdensity of CO emitters

A. Pensabene, S. Cantalupo, C. Cicone +12

Sub-mm surveys toward overdense regions in the early Universe are essential to uncover the obscured star-formation and the cold gas content of assembling galaxies within massive da…