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most citedBubbles and outflows: the novel JWST/NIRSpec view of the z=1.59 obscured quasar XID2028

89 citations · 336 across the 35 of their papers we have counts for

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38 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

Chemical abundance patterns at z=1-7: Carbon, Nitrogen, Neon, Sulphur, and Argon abundances from JWST spectroscopy

E. Cataldi, F. Belfiore, M. Curti +22

The relative abundances of chemical elements in the interstellar medium (ISM) trace the history of star formation and chemical enrichment in galaxies. We investigate the abundance…

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

LoTSS of dual AGN: enhanced detectability and prospects for a systematic search

Q. D'Amato, F. Mannucci, E. De Rubeis +25

Context: Dual active galactic nuclei (DAGN) - systems of two accreting supermassive black holes at kpc-scale separations - trace galaxy mergers and are the progenitors of gravitati…

astro-ph.GA2026

Low-power jet-ISM coupling and disk-plane perturbations in the edge-on Seyfert galaxy NGC 4388

M. Ceci, G. Venturi, C. Marconcini +26

Active galactic nuclei (AGN) may regulate galaxy evolution through radiatively driven winds and collimated jets, but their relative impact and coupling to the interstellar medium (…

astro-ph.GA2026

An (in)complete NIRSpec census of Balmer absorption in Type 1 AGN -- radiation-driven outflows in little red dots, quasars and variable stars

Ignas Juodžbalis, Xihan Ji, Francesco D'Eugenio +17

A notable achievement of the first generation of JWST surveys was the discovery of an abundance of faint high-redshift () broad-line active galactic nuclei (AGN) in the $L_{…

astro-ph.GA2026

BlackTHUNDER Reveals a Massive Filament around a Compact AGN at

Giulia Tozzi, Hannah Übler, Eleonora Parlanti +27

Despite the growing number of compact active galactic nuclei (AGN) at discovered by JWST, their formation and evolution remain poorly understood. This paper investigates the…

astro-ph.GA2026

GA-NIFS: The interplay between feedback and star formation at 3 < z < 9 probed by JWST/NIRSpec IFU

L. Ulivi, M. Perna, S. Arribas +24

The study of starburst- and AGN-driven feedback is fundamental for understanding the processes that shape galaxy growth, quench star formation, and drive the co-evolution of galaxi…

astro-ph.GA2026

Milky-Way-like stars in a galaxy core 8 billion years ago revealed by gravitational lensing

Quirino D'Amato, Filippo Mannucci, Alessandro Sonnenfeld +40

The assembly of stellar-dominated cores in elliptical galaxies is key to understanding how cosmic structures evolved. Gravitational lensing offers unique insights into the nature o…

astro-ph.GA2026

Constraints on the host galaxy and AGN properties of three z > 6 JWST AGN from NOEMA observations

Giovanni Mazzolari, Hannah Übler, Rodrigo Herrera Camus +32

We targeted with deep NOEMA observations the [CII]158m emission of three JWST-discovered AGN at z>6. Two of them have the typical features of Little Red Dots (LRDs), while the t…

astro-ph.GA2026★ 2 cited

One cloud is not enough: extreme conditions bias chemical abundances in high-redshift galaxies

Bianca Moreschini, Francesco Belfiore, Alessandro Marconi +18

Since its launch, JWST has opened an unprecedented opportunity to characterise the ionised ISM of high-redshift galaxies using well-established rest-frame UV/optical diagnostics fr…

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.GA2026★ 1 cited

GA-NIFS: high prevalence of dusty and metal-enriched outflows in massive and luminous star-forming galaxies at

B. Rodríguez Del Pino, S. Arribas, M. Perna +16

We present a search for and characterization of ionized outflows in 15 star-forming systems at with no evidence of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN), observed with JWST/NIRSp…

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

Tracing nitrogen enrichment across cosmic time with JWST

E. Cataldi, F. Belfiore, M. Curti +22

We present a comprehensive analysis of the nitrogen-to-oxygen (N/O) abundance ratio in a sample of ~ 660 star-forming galaxies at redshift z ~ 1-6, with a median redshift of z = 3.…

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★ 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★ 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★ 3 cited

Classifying spectra of emission-line regions with neural networks -- An application to integral field spectroscopic data of M33

Caterina Bracci, Francesco Belfiore, Michele Ginolfi +13

Emission-line regions are key to understanding the properties of galaxies, as they trace the exchange of matter and energy between stars and the interstellar medium (ISM). In nearb…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 5 cited

MARTA: Temperature-temperature relationships and strong-line metallicity calibrations from multiple auroral-line detections at cosmic noon

E. Cataldi, F. Belfiore, M. Curti +22

We present the first results from MARTA (Measuring Abundances at high Redshift with the T Approach), a programme leveraging ultra-deep, medium-resolution JWST/NIRSpec spectrosc…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 18 cited

Unveiling the Fast Acceleration of AGN-Driven Winds at Kiloparsec Scales

Cosimo Marconcini, Alessandro Marconi, Giovanni Cresci +18

Supermassive black holes at the centre of galaxies gain mass through accretion disks. Models predict that quasi-spherical winds, expelled by the black hole during active accretion…

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…