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most citedDynamically cold disks in the early Universe: myth or reality?

51 citations · 204 across the 22 of their papers we have counts for

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24 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

GA-NIFS view of LAP1: Assembly of Pop~III stellar clusters during EoR

J. Scholtz, R. Maiolino, S. Carniani +28

Lensed and Pristine 1 (LAP1) is one of the most promising candidates for the detection of so-called Pop~III stars at . In this work, we present new high-spectral-resoluti…

astro-ph.GA2026

DREAMS: Taking the Temperature of a Massive Galaxy at z ~ 11

L. Parente, E. Vanzella, M. Messa +15

We present a detailed photometric and spectroscopic analysis of Janus-11, a galaxy magnified by a factor 1.6 by the galaxy cluster MACS J0416. It was observ…

astro-ph.GA2026

A Cosmic Archipelago of lensed metal-poor galaxies at

A. Bolamperti, M. Messa, A. Zanella +21

The Cosmic Archipelago is an ensemble of galaxies, strongly lensed by the cluster MACSJ0416, showing extreme physical properties at . We combine JWST/NIRCam with deep VL…

astro-ph.GA2026

A first [CII] view of high-z quiescent galaxies

C. D'Eugenio, E. Daddi, R. Gobat +10

We present ALMA detections (or stringent upper limits) of the [CII] 158 emission line and underlying dust continuum from five massive quenched galaxies (QGs) at 2<z<4.7. We fi…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

A faint M Lyman-continuum leaker candidate in the epoch of reionization: Unprecedented Ly properties at z=5.725

M. Messa, E. Vanzella, T. Morishita +10

We report the unprecedented Ly properties of AMORE6, an extremely metal-poor (), low-mass (), and ultracompact (effec…

astro-ph.GA2025

Image simulations of highly magnified clumpy galaxies

Irene Mini, Massimo Meneghetti, Matteo Messa +5

We present ClumPyLen, a Python-based simulator designed to produce realistic mock observations of strongly lensed, high-redshift, clumpy star-forming galaxies. The tool models gala…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 2 cited

Gas excitation of post-starburst galaxies at 0.6 < z < 1.3

A. Zanella, S. Belli, F. M. Valentino +1

Molecular gas traces the fuel for star formation and the processes that regulate it. Observing its physical state (e.g. excitation) reveals when and why galaxies quench. We observe…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 11 cited

A Pristine Star-Forming Complex at z=4.19

E. Vanzella, M. Messa, A. Zanella +14

We report the discovery of a faint (M_1700 ~ -12.2), oxygen-deficient strongly-lensed ionizing source -- dubbed LAP2 (Lensed And Pristine 2) -- at a spectroscopic redshift of z=4.1…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 9 cited

JWST spectroscopic confirmation of the Cosmic Gems arc at z=9.625 -- Insights into the small scale structure of a post-burst system

M. Messa, E. Vanzella, F. Loiacono +30

We present JWST/NIRSpec integral field spectroscopy of the Cosmic Gems arc, strongly magnified by the galaxy cluster SPT-CL J06155746. Six-hour integration using NIRSpec prism s…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 9 cited

The z = 9.625 Cosmic Gems Galaxy was a "Compact Blue Monster" Propelled by Massive Star Clusters

E. Vanzella, M. Messa, A. Adamo +36

The recent discovery of five massive stellar clusters at z=9.625 in the Cosmic Gems has raised the question about the formation mechanism of star clusters in the first half Gyr aft…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 2 cited

GAMA 526784: the progenitor of a globular cluster-rich ultra-diffuse galaxy? II. Molecular gas, neutral gas and environment

Maria Luisa Buzzo, Anita Zanella, Michael Hilker +3

Aims. We investigate the gas reservoirs, star formation (SF) properties, and environment of the ultra-diffuse galaxy GAMA526784 to understand its formation history, the efficiency…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 4 cited

GAMA 526784: the progenitor of a globular cluster-rich ultra-diffuse galaxy? I. Star clusters, stellar body and ionised gas properties

Maria Luisa Buzzo, Michael Hilker, Anita Zanella +4

Context. Ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs) are an intriguing population of galaxies. Despite their dwarf-like stellar masses and low surface brightness, they have large half-light radi…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 12 cited

SIEGE IV: compact star clusters in cosmological simulations with high star formation efficiency and sub-parsec resolution

R. Pascale, F. Calura, E. Vesperini +10

The formation of compact high-redshift star-forming clumps, the physical processes driving their evolution and their potential connection to present-day Globular Clusters are key o…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

Unraveling the Lyman Continuum Emission of Ion3: Insights from HST multi-band imaging and X-Shooter spectroscopy

U. Meštrić, E. Vanzella, A. Beckett +15

We provide a comprehensive analysis of Ion3, the most distant LyC leaker at , using multi-band HST photometry and X-Shooter spectroscopy. Deep HST F390W imaging probe unco…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 8 cited

Spatially resolved [CII]-gas conversion factor in early galaxies

L. Vallini, A. Pallottini, M. Kohandel +12

Determining how efficiently gas collapses into stars at high-redshift is key to understanding galaxy evolution in the Epoch of Reionization (EoR). Globally, this process is quantif…

astro-ph.GA2025

Constraining the geometry of the gas surrounding a typical galaxy at with Ly polarization

A. Bolamperti, S. -J. Chang, J. Vernet +6

Ly emission is the strongest tracer of recombining ionized hydrogen in young, star-forming galaxies, but its origin is still debated. Ly arises when emitted photons scatter i…

astro-ph.CO2024★ 4 cited

Cosmography from accurate mass modeling of the lens group SDSS J0100+1818: five sources at three different redshifts

A. Bolamperti, C. Grillo, G. B. Caminha +6

Systems where multiple sources at different redshifts are strongly lensed by the same deflector allow one to directly investigate the evolution of the angular diameter distances wi…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 18 cited

Extreme Ionizing Properties of Metal-Poor, Muv ~ -12 Star Complex in the first Gyr

E. Vanzella, F. Loiacono, M. Messa +38

We report the serendipitous discovery of a faint (M_UV > -12.2), low-metallicity (Z ~ 0.02 Zsun), ionizing source (dubbed T2c) with a spectroscopic redshift of z=6.146. T2c is part…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 32 cited

The ALMA-ALPAKA survey II. Evolution of turbulence in galaxy disks across cosmic time: difference between cold and warm gas

F. Rizzo, C. Bacchini, M. Kohandel +8

The gas in the interstellar medium (ISM) of galaxies is supersonically turbulent. Measurements of turbulence typically rely on cold gas emission lines for low-z galaxies and warm i…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 27 cited

Anatomy of a z=6 Lyman-α emitter down to parsec scales: extreme UV slopes, metal-poor regions and possibly leaking star clusters

Matteo Messa, E. Vanzella, F. Loiacono +31

We present a detailed JWST/NIRSpec and NIRCam analysis of a gravitationally-lensed galaxy () at redshift 6.14 magnified by the Hubble Frontier Field galaxy cluster MAC…

astro-ph.GA2024

A 3D view on the local gravitational instability of cold gas discs in star-forming galaxies at

C. Bacchini, C. Nipoti, G. Iorio +6

Local gravitational instability (LGI) is considered crucial for regulating star formation and gas turbulence in galaxy discs, especially at high redshift. Instability criteria usua…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 13 cited

The ALMA-ALPINE [CII] survey: sub-kpc morphology of 3 main-sequence galaxy systems at z~4.5 revealed by ALMA

T. Devereaux, P. Cassata, E. Ibar +25

Context: From redshift 6 to redshift 4 galaxies grow rapidly from low mass galaxies towards the more mature massive galaxies we see at the cosmic noon. Growth via gas acc…

astro-ph.GA2023

The ALMA-ALPINE [CII] survey: Kennicutt-Schmidt relation in four massive main-sequence galaxies at z~4.5

M. Béthermin, C. Accard, C. Guillaume +40

The Kennicutt-Schmidt (KS) relation between the gas and the star formation rate (SFR) surface density (-) is essential to understand star formation proces…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 51 cited

Dynamically cold disks in the early Universe: myth or reality?

Mahsa Kohandel, Andrea Pallottini, Andrea Ferrara +3

Theoretical models struggle to reproduce dynamically cold disks with significant rotation-to-dispersion support() observed in star-forming galaxies in the early Uni…