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20222026
most citedIs the Observable Universe Consistent with the Cosmological Principle?

255 citations · 293 across the 12 of their papers we have counts for

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12 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

Spectropolarimetry of the changing-look active galactic nucleus NGC 1566 and its potential link to supermassive black hole binaries

F. Marin, V. H. Sasse, J. Biedermann +4

The AGN NGC~1566 is known to present dramatic and regular spectral shape changes, associated with the appearance and disappearance of broad emission lines. The underlying mechanism…

astro-ph.GA2026

Polarization properties of changing-look active galactic nuclei: NGC 1365 and NGC 2992

D. Hutsemékers, F. Marin, B. Agis González +2

Changing-look active galactic nuclei (CLAGNs) represent a rare class of AGNs that undergo transitions from type 1 (characterized by the presence of broad emission lines in their sp…

astro-ph.HE2026

XPE and VLT /FORS2 polarimetry challenge the Seyfert-1.9 classification of MCG-05-23-16

Frédéric Marin, Daniele Tagliacozzo, Francesco Ursini +21

We report the third observation of the Seyfert-1.9 active galactic nucleus (AGN) MCG-05-23-16 with the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (\textit{IXPE}), together with optical spe…

astro-ph.GA2025

Spectropolarimetry of NGC 1275 reveals a narrow-line radio galaxy with polarization parallel to its radio jet axis

F. Marin, T. Pursimo, I. Liodakis +4

Concomitant with the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) observation of the Perseus cluster, we obtained optical spectropolarimetry of its central active galactic nucleus, NG…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 2 cited

Quasar Main Sequence unfolded by 2.5D FRADO (Natural expression of Eddington ratio, black hole mass, and inclination)

M. H. Naddaf, M. L. Martínez-Aldama, P. Marziani +2

The quasar main sequence (QMS), characterized by the Eigenvector 1 (EV1), serves as a unifying framework for classifying type-1 active galactic nuclei (AGNs) based on their diverse…

astro-ph.GA2025

Evidence of a diffuse, extended continuum source in quasars from the relative sizes of the broad line region and the UV-optical continuum source measured with microlensing

Damien Hutsemékers, Dominique Sluse

Microlensing by stars in the lens galaxy of a gravitationally lensed quasar is a phenomenon that can selectively magnify quasar subregions, producing observable changes in the cont…

astro-ph.GA2025

Scattered synchrotron emission and a giant torus revealed in polarized light in the nearest radio galaxy Centaurus A

F. Marin, D. Hutsemékers, C. -Z. Jiang +5

Centaurus A (Cen A) is the closest radio galaxy and a prime example of a low-luminosity active galactic nucleus (AGN), exhibiting complex emissions across the electromagnetic spect…

astro-ph.GA2024

Size and kinematics of the low-ionization broad emission line region from microlensing-induced line profile distortions in gravitationally lensed quasars

Damien Hutsemékers, Dominique Sluse, Đorđe Savić

MgII or H line profile distortions observed in five gravitationally lensed quasars have been compared with simulated ones. The simulations are based on three BLR models, a Keple…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 4 cited

Size and kinematics of the CIV broad emission line region from microlensing-induced line profile distortions in two gravitationally lensed quasars

Damien Hutsemékers, Dominique Sluse, Đorđe Savić

We analyzed the CIV line profile distortions due to microlensing in two quasars, J1339 and J1138. J1339 shows a strong, asymmetric line profile deformation, while J1138 shows a mor…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 16 cited

Microlensing of the broad emission line region in the lensed quasar J1004+4112

Damien Hutsemékers, Dominique Sluse, Đorđe Savić +1

J1004+4112 is a lensed quasar for which the first broad emission line profile deformations due to microlensing were identified. Detailed interpretations of these features have neve…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 16 cited

Activity and composition of the hyperactive comet 46P/Wirtanen during its close approach in 2018

Y. Moulane, E. Jehin, J. Manfroid +10

Hyperactive comets are a small group of comets whose activity are higher than expected. They seem to emit more water than they should based on the size of their nucleus and comet 4…

astro-ph.CO2022★ 255 cited

Is the Observable Universe Consistent with the Cosmological Principle?

Pavan Kumar Aluri, Paolo Cea, Pravabati Chingangbam +20

The Cosmological Principle (CP) -- the notion that the Universe is spatially isotropic and homogeneous on large scales -- underlies a century of progress in cosmology. It is conven…