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20202026
most citedGalaxy-scale ionised winds driven by ultra-fast outflows in two nearby quasars

60 citations · 325 across the 23 of their papers we have counts for

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25 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

Dual and lensed AGN at sub-arcsecond separations uncovered by ERIS

M. V. Zanchettin, F. Mannucci, Q. D'Amato +62

We present the first results of the ongoing INAF GTO program focused on the search of sub-arcsecond dual AGN, carried out with the near-infrared integral-field unit SPIFFIER of the…

astro-ph.GA2026

Cosmic Duets II. Growth and accretion in Gaia Multi-Peak dual AGN at Cosmic Noon

M. Scialpi, F. Mannucci, D. Izquierdo-Villalba +36

We present the first statistical characterization of the physical properties of Cosmic Duets: dual AGN in the redshift range 0.5 z 3.0 with projected separations of 1…

astro-ph.GA2026

Fast, dust-poor outflows in the local candidate dual AGN MCG-03-34-64 observed with VLT/ERIS

I. Lamperti, F. Mannucci, E. Bertola +28

We present VLT/ERIS IFU J-band observations of MCG-03-34-64, a nearby (z = 0.0167) Seyfert galaxy hosting a candidate dual AGN system with a separation of ~100 pc between the nucle…

astro-ph.GA2025

MIRACLE III. JWST/MIRI expose the hidden role of the AGN outflow in NGC 1068

C. Marconcini, A. Marconi, M. Ceci +27

We present new JWST IFS observations of the active galaxy NGC 1068, combining Mid-IR and optical IFS data from MIRI and MUSE to characterize the multi-phase circumnuclear gas prope…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 3 cited

Cosmic Duets I. High-spatial resolution spectroscopy of dual and lensed AGN with MUSE-NFM

M. Scialpi, F. Mannucci, Q. D'Amato +34

We present the first-year results of the MUSE Large Program "Cosmic Duets", whose goal is to obtain adaptive-optics assisted MUSE observations with an angular resolution of 0.1"-0.…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

Connecting outflows with radio emission in active galactic nuclei at cosmic noon

Gabriele S. Ilha, C. M. Harrison, V. Mainieri +17

AGN feedback is a well known mechanism in the evolution of galaxies. One open question is the driving mechanism of galaxy-scale outflows. At low redshift, radio jets often interact…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

Euclid: A machine-learning search for dual and lensed AGN at sub-arcsec separations

L. Ulivi, F. Mannucci, M. Scialpi +189

Cosmological models of hierarchical structure formation predict the existence of a widespread population of dual accreting supermassive black holes (SMBHs) on kpc-scale separations…

astro-ph.GA2025

M^3D: Mosaicking M33 with MUSE datacubes I. Unveiling the diversity of HII regions in M33 with MUSE

A. Feltre, F. Belfiore, G. Cresci +23

We present new VLT/MUSE observations of a 3 8 arcmin mosaic along the southern major axis of the Local Group galaxy M33. These data provide an unprecedented view of th…

astro-ph.GA2025

JWST MIRI/MRS observations of hot molecular gas in an AGN host galaxy at Cosmic Noon

D. Kakkad, V. Mainieri, Takumi S. Tanaka +27

Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) are believed to play a central role in quenching star formation by removing or destroying molecular gas from host galaxies via radiation-pressure drive…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 2 cited

MIRACLE II: Unveiling the multi-phase gas interplay in the circumnuclear region of NGC 1365 via multi-cloud modeling

M. Ceci, C. Marconcini, A. Marconi +25

We present a multi-phase study of the gas in the circumnuclear region (~1.1x1.0 kpc^2) of the nearby Seyfert 1.8 galaxy NGC 1365, observed in the context of the Mid-IR Activity of…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 10 cited

GA-NIFS: Mapping AGN-driven ionized outflows in the COSMOS field

E. Bertola, G. Cresci, G. Venturi +17

Active galactic nuclei (AGNi) are a key ingredient in galaxy evolution and possibly shape galaxy growth through the generation of powerful outflows. Little is known regarding AGN-d…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 2 cited

INSPIRE: INvestigating Stellar Populations In RElics. IX. KiDS J0842+0059: the first fully confirmed relic beyond the local Universe

C. Tortora, G. Tozzi, G. Agapito +20

Relics are massive, compact and quiescent galaxies that assembled the majority of their stars in the early Universe and lived untouched until today, completely missing any subseque…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 8 cited

MIRACLE I.: Unveiling the Multi-Phase, Multi-Scale physical properties of the Active Galaxy NGC 424 with MIRI, MUSE, and ALMA

C. Marconcini, A. Feltre, I. Lamperti +26

We present the analysis of the multi-phase gas properties in the Seyfert II galaxy NGC 424, using spatially resolved spectroscopic data from JWST/MIRI, part of the Mid-InfraRed Act…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 1 cited

KASHz+SUPER: Evidence of cold molecular gas depletion in AGN hosts at cosmic noon

E. Bertola, C. Circosta, M. Ginolfi +32

The energy released by AGN has the potential to heat or remove the gas of the ISM, thus likely impacting the cold molecular gas reservoir of host galaxies at first, with star forma…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 17 cited

SUPER VIII. Fast and Furious at : obscured type-2 active nuclei host faster ionised winds than type-1 systems

G. Tozzi, G. Cresci, M. Perna +22

We present spatially resolved VLT/SINFONI spectroscopy with adaptive optics of type-2 active galactic nuclei (AGN) from the SINFONI Survey for Unveiling the Physics and Effect of R…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 30 cited

Feedback and ionized gas outflows in four low-radio power AGN at z 0.15

L. Ulivi, G. Venturi, G. Cresci +19

An increasing number of observations and simulations suggests that low-power (<10 erg s) jets may be a significant channel of feedback produced by active galactic nuc…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 28 cited

HOMERUN a new approach to photoionization modelling. I -- reproducing observed emission lines with percent accuracy and obtaining accurate physical properties of the ionized gas

A. Marconi, A. Amiri, A. Feltre +26

We present HOMERUN (Highly Optimized Multi-cloud Emission-line Ratios Using photo-ionizatioN), a new approach to modelling emission lines from photoionized gas that can simultaneou…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 21 cited

MOKA3D: An innovative approach to 3D gas kinematic modelling. I. Application to AGN ionized outflows

C. Marconcini, A. Marconi, G. Cresci +15

Studying the feedback process of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) requires characterising multiple kinematical components, such as rotating gas and stellar disks, outflows, inflows, an…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 21 cited

MUSE adaptive-optics spectroscopy confirms dual active galactic nuclei and strongly lensed systems at sub-arcsec separation

M. Scialpi, F. Mannucci, C. Marconcini +21

The novel Gaia Multi Peak (GMP) technique has proven to be able to successfully select dual and lensed AGN candidates at sub-arcsec separations. Both populations are important beca…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 1 cited

GMP-selected dual and lensed AGNs: selection function and classification based on near-IR colors and resolved spectra from VLT/ERIS, KECK/OSIRIS, and LBT/LUCI

F. Mannucci, M. Scialpi, A. Ciurlo +44

The Gaia-Multi-Peak (GMP) technique can be used to identify large numbers of dual or lensed AGN candidates at sub-arcsec separation, allowing us to study both multiple SMBHs in the…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 16 cited

SUPER VII. Morphology and kinematics of H emission in AGN host galaxies at Cosmic noon using SINFONI

D. Kakkad, V. Mainieri, G. Vietri +19

We present spatially resolved H properties of 21 type 1 AGN host galaxies at z2 derived from the SUPER survey. These targets were observed with the adaptive optics capabil…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 31 cited

New multiple AGN systems with sub-arcsec separation: confirmation of candidates selected via the novel GMP method

A. Ciurlo, F. Mannucci, S. Yeh +18

The existence of multiple active galactic nuclei (AGN) at small projected distances on the sky is due to either the presence of multiple, in-spiraling SMBHs, or to gravitational le…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 35 cited

The diffuse ionized gas (DIG) in star-forming galaxies: the influence of aperture effects on local HII regions

F. Mannucci, F. Belfiore, M. Curti +7

The Diffuse Ionized Gas (DIG) contributes to the nebular emission of galaxies, resulting in emission line flux ratios that can be significantly different from those produced by HII…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 37 cited

Connecting X-ray nuclear winds with galaxy-scale ionised outflows in two lensed quasars

G. Tozzi, G. Cresci, A. Marasco +15

Outflows driven by active galactic nuclei (AGN) are expected to have a significant impact on the host galaxy evolution, but it is still debated how they are accelerated and propaga…