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most citedDissecting X-ray-emitting Gas around the Center of our Galaxy

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astro-ph.GA2026★ 1 cited

Holes in the BH? AGN signatures in the FUV spectrum of a black-hole dominated Little Red Dot at

Xihan Ji, Gabriele Pezzulli, Francesco D'Eugenio +15

It has been suggested that "Little Red Dots" (LRDs) might be accreting black holes enshrouded by dense gas in a nearly closed geometry, which completely covers the central black ho…

astro-ph.GA2025

Another view into JWST-discovered X-ray weak AGNs via radiative dusty feedback

W. Ishibashi, A. C. Fabian, R. Maiolino +2

JWST has revealed a previously unknown population of low-luminosity active galactic nuclei (AGN) in the early Universe. These JWST-AGN at high redshifts are characterised by a set…

astro-ph.GA2025

The possible accretion discs of GN-z11 at redshift z = 10.6, MoM-z14 at z = 14.44 and other high redshift objects

A. C. Fabian, J. Jiang, W. M. Baker +4

The JWST has enabled the discovery of Active Galactic Nuclei at high redshifts. The intrinsic UV spectrum of GN-z11 at redshift z=10.6 has a spectral slope compatible with a standa…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 17 cited

A direct black hole mass measurement in a Little Red Dot at the Epoch of Reionization

Ignas Juodžbalis, Cosimo Marconcini, Francesco D'Eugenio +37

Recent discoveries of faint active galactic nuclei (AGN) at the redshift frontier have revealed a plethora of broad \Halpha emitters with optically red continua, named Little Red D…

astro-ph.GA2025

Lord of LRDs: Insights into a "Little Red Dot" with a low-ionization spectrum at z = 0.1

Xihan Ji, Francesco D'Eugenio, Ignas Juodžbalis +14

Recent observations by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have revealed a puzzling population of optically red and compact galaxies with peculiar "V"-shaped spectra at high reds…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 7 cited

BlackTHUNDER -- A non-stellar Balmer break in a black hole-dominated little red dot at

Xihan Ji, Roberto Maiolino, Hannah Übler +34

Recent observations from JWST have revealed an abundant population of active galactic nuclei (AGN) and so-called ``Little Red Dots'' (LRDs) at , many of wh…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 18 cited

The radio properties of the JWST-discovered AGN

G. Mazzolari, R. Gilli, R. Maiolino +23

We explore the radio emission of JWST-selected Broad Line AGN (BLAGN, or type 1) in the GOODS-N field. We use deep radio data at different frequencies (144\,MHz, 1.5\,GHz, 3\,GHz,…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 80 cited

JADES -- The Rosetta Stone of JWST-discovered AGN: deciphering the intriguing nature of early AGN

Ignas Juodžbalis, Xihan Ji, Roberto Maiolino +23

JWST has discovered a large population of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) at high redshift. Many of these newly discovered AGN have broad permitted lines (typically H), but are ext…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 9 cited

JWST meets Chandra: a large population of Compton thick, feedback-free, and intrinsically X-ray weak AGN, with a sprinkle of SNe

Roberto Maiolino, Guido Risaliti, Matilde Signorini +22

We investigate the X-ray properties of a sample of 71 broad line and narrow line AGN at 2z11 discovered by JWST in the GOODS fields, which have the deepest Chandra observatio…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 10 cited

XRB continuum fitting with sensitive high energy X-ray detectors

M. L. Parker, D. J. K. Buisson, J. A. Tomsick +4

The launch of the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) heralded a new era of sensitive high energy X-ray spectroscopy for X-ray binaries (XRBs). In this paper we show how…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 82 cited

An Iron K Component to the Ultrafast Outflow in NGC 1313 X-1

D. J. Walton, M. J. Middleton, C. Pinto +8

We present the detection of an absorpton feature at keV in the combined X-ray spectrum of the ultraluminous X-ray source NGC 1313 X-1 observed with XMM-New…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 124 cited

Hitomi constraints on the 3.5 keV line in the Perseus galaxy cluster

Hitomi Collaboration, Felix A. Aharonian, Hiroki Akamatsu +215

High-resolution X-ray spectroscopy with Hitomi was expected to resolve the origin of the faint unidentified E=3.5 keV emission line reported in several low-resolution studies of va…

astro-ph.HE2015★ 141 cited

NuSTAR and Suzaku observations of the hard state in Cygnus X-1: locating the inner accretion disk

M. L. Parker, J. A. Tomsick, J. M. Miller +20

We present simultaneous Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR ) and Suzaku observations of the X-ray binary Cygnus X-1 in the hard state. This is the first time this state…

astro-ph.HE2014★ 59 cited

Coronal Properties of the Seyfert 1.9 Galaxy MCG -05-23-016 Determined from Hard X-ray Spectroscopy with NuSTAR

M. Baloković, G. Matt, F. A. Harrison +15

Measurements of the high-energy cut-off in the coronal continuum of active galactic nuclei have long been elusive for all but a small number of the brightest examples. We present a…

astro-ph.HE2014★ 83 cited

NuSTAR unveils a Compton-thick Type 2 quasar in Mrk 34

P. Gandhi, G. B. Lansbury, D. M. Alexander +27

We present Nustar 3-40 keV observations of the optically selected Type 2 quasar (QSO2) SDSS J1034+6001 or Mrk 34. The high-quality hard X-ray spectrum and archival XMM-Newton data…

astro-ph.HE2014★ 58 cited

Observations of MCG-5-23-16 with Suzaku, XMM-Newton and NuSTAR: Disk tomography and Compton hump reverberation

A. Zoghbi, E. M. Cackett, C. Reynolds +12

MCG-5-23-16 is one of the first AGN where relativistic reverberation in the iron K line originating in the vicinity of the supermassive black hole was found, based on a short XMM-N…

astro-ph.HE2014★ 25 cited

Multi-Wavelength Coverage of State Transitions in the New Black Hole X-Ray Binary Swift J1910.2-0546

N. Degenaar, D. Maitra, E. M. Cackett +11

Understanding how black holes accrete and supply feedback to their environment is one of the outstanding challenges of modern astrophysics. Swift J1910.2-0546 is a candidate black…

astro-ph.HE2014★ 100 cited

Simultaneous NuSTAR and XMM-Newton 0.5-80 keV spectroscopy of the Narrow Line Seyfert 1 galaxy SWIFT J2127.4+5654

A. Marinucci, G. Matt, E. Kara +20

We present a broad band spectral analysis of the joint XMM-Newton and NuSTAR observational campaign of the Narrow Line Seyfert 1 SWIFT J2127.4+5654, consisting of 300 ks performed…

astro-ph.HE2014★ 109 cited

Broadband X-ray Spectra of the Ultraluminous X-ray Source Holmberg IX X-1 observed with NuSTAR, XMM-Newton and Suzaku

D. J. Walton, F. A. Harrison, B. W. Grefenstette +16

We present results from the coordinated broadband X-ray observations of the extreme ultraluminous X-ray source Holmberg IX X-1 performed by NuSTAR, XMM-Newton and Suzaku in late 20…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 40 cited

Measuring the Coronal Properties of IC4329A with NuSTAR

L. W. Brenneman, G. Madejski, F. Fuerst +16

We present an analysis of a ~160 ks NuSTAR observation of the nearby bright Seyfert galaxy IC4329A. The high-quality broadband spectrum enables us to separate the effects of distan…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 92 cited

Constraints on the Neutron Star and Inner Accretion Flow in Serpens X-1 Using NuSTAR

J. M. Miller, M. L. Parker, F. Fuerst +17

We report on an observation of the neutron star low-mass X-ray binary Serpens X-1, made with NuSTAR. The extraordinary sensitivity afforded by NuSTAR facilitated the detection of a…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 97 cited

An Extremely Luminous and Variable Ultraluminous X-ray Source in the Outskirts of Circinus Observed with NuSTAR

D. J. Walton, F. Fuerst, F. A. Harrison +16

Following a serendipitous detection with the NuSTAR observatory, we present a multi-epoch spectral and temporal analysis of an extreme ultraluminous X-ray source (ULX) located in t…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 304 cited

Dissecting X-ray-emitting Gas around the Center of our Galaxy

Q. D. Wang, M. A. Nowak, S. B. Markoff +16

Most supermassive black holes (SMBHs) are accreting at very low levels and are difficult to distinguish from the galaxy centers where they reside. Our own Galaxy's SMBH provides a…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 72 cited

Weak Hard X-ray Emission from Two Broad Absorption Line Quasars Observed with NuSTAR: Compton-thick Absorption or Intrinsic X-ray Weakness?

B. Luo, W. N. Brandt, D. M. Alexander +22

We present NuSTAR hard X-ray observations of two X-ray weak broad absorption line (BAL) quasars, PG 1004+130 (radio loud) and PG 1700+518 (radio quiet). Many BAL quasars appear X-r…