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20142026
most citedA Far-Infrared Spectroscopic Survey of Intermediate Redshift (Ultra) Luminous Infrared Galaxies

81 citations · 137 across the 15 of their papers we have counts for

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17 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

Beyond the dust: JWST reveals extinction and ice content in local (U)LIRGs

G. Speranza, M. Pereira-Santaella, I. García-Bernete +8

We investigate the spatially resolved extinction and ice column densities in four nearby interacting (U)LIRGs using JWST/NIRSpec integral field spectroscopy (R2700; 0.97--5.1…

astro-ph.GA2026

Breaking the Blend: A multi-tracer kinematic decomposition method for IFS data applied to disentangling the AGN outflow and circumnuclear ring in NGC 5728 with JWST

Oscar Veenema, Niranjan Thatte, Dimitra Rigopoulou +26

Integral field spectroscopy (IFS) of the central kiloparsecs of active galactic nuclei (AGN) reveals a mixture of spatially coincident emission from star-formation and AGN feedback…

astro-ph.GA2026★ 2 cited

Decoupling the AGN outflow and star-forming disk kinematics in the nuclear region of NGC 7582 with JWST NIRSpec and MIRI/MRS

Oscar Veenema, Niranjan Thatte, Dimitra Rigopoulou +24

We present a detailed study of the inner regions of NGC~7582, a nearby Seyfert~2 galaxy, from the Galaxy Activity, Torus and Outflow Survey (GATOS). The galaxy hosts a circumnuclea…

astro-ph.GA2026

GATOS XIV: The first direct kinematic evidence of dusty outflows from AGN via PAH kinematics of local Seyfert galaxies with JWST

Fergus R. Donnan, Ismael García-Bernete, Dimitra Rigopoulou +30

We present the first spatially resolved kinematic evidence for dust in the outflows of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN). We utilise observations from JWST with NIRSpec IFU and MIRI MRS…

astro-ph.GA2026★ 1 cited

Abundant hydrocarbons in a buried galactic nucleus with signs of carbonaceous grain and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon processing

I. García-Bernete, M. Pereira-Santaella, E. González-Alfonso +5

Hydrocarbons play a key role in shaping the chemistry of the interstellar medium (ISM), but their enrichment and relationship with carbonaceous grains and polycyclic aromatic hydro…

astro-ph.GA2026

The Supermassive Black Hole in the Nearby Spiral Galaxy M81: A Robust Mass from JWST/NIRSpec Stellar Dynamics

Dieu D. Nguyen, Tuan N. Le, Michele Cappellari +9

Despite its proximity, the mass of the supermassive black hole (SMBH) in the spiral galaxy M81 (NGC~3031) has remained uncertain, with previous dynamical measurements being unrelia…

astro-ph.GA2025

The PAH 3.4 micron feature as a tracer of shielding in the Orion Bar and NGC 6240

N. Thatte, D. Rigopoulou, F. R. Donnan +8

We have carried out a detailed analysis of the 3.4 micron spectral feature arising from Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH), using JWST archival data. For the first time in an e…

astro-ph.GA2025

Extending the Frontier of Spatially-Resolved Supermassive Black Hole Mass Measurements to at : Simulations with ELT/MICADO High-Resolution Mass Models and HARMONI Integral-Field Stellar Kinematics

Dieu D. Nguyen, Michele Cappellari, Tinh Q. T. Le +8

Current spatially resolved kinematic measurements of supermassive black hole (SMBH) masses are largely confined to the local Universe (distances Mpc). We investigate…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 3 cited

Shock-driven heating in the circumnuclear star-forming regions of NGC 7582: Insights from JWST NIRSpec and MIRI/MRS spectroscopy

Oscar Veenema, Niranjan Thatte, Dimitra Rigopoulou +24

We present combined JWST NIRSpec and MIRI/MRS integral field spectroscopy data of the nuclear and circumnuclear regions of the highly dust obscured Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 7582, which…

astro-ph.GA2025

Measuring the Central Dark Mass in NGC 4258 with JWST/NIRSpec Stellar Kinematics

Dieu D. Nguyen, Hai N. Ngo, Michele Cappellari +8

We present a new stellar dynamical measurement of the supermassive black hole (SMBH) mass in the nearby spiral galaxy NGC 4258, a critical benchmark for extragalactic mass measurem…

astro-ph.GA2025

JWST reveals cosmic ray dominated chemistry in the local ULIRG IRAS 072510248

G. Speranza, M. Pereira-Santaella, M. Agúndez +7

We analyse the ro-vibrational absorption bands of various molecular cations (HCO, HCNH, and NH) and neutral species (HCN, HNC, and HCN) detected in the \textit{…

astro-ph.GA2025

Supermassive black hole mass measurement in the spiral galaxy NGC 4736 Using JWST/NIRSpec stellar kinematics

Dieu D. Nguyen, Hai N. Ngo, Tinh Q. T. Le +12

We present accurate mass measurements of the central supermassive black hole (SMBH) in NGC 4736 (M 94).\ We used the ``gold-standard" stellar absorption features (CO band heads) at…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 8 cited

On unveiling Buried Nuclei with JWST: a technique for hunting the most obscured galaxy nuclei from local to high redshift

I. García-Bernete, F. R. Donnan, D. Rigopoulou +12

We analyze JWST NIRSpec+MIRI/MRS observations of the infrared (IR) Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) features in the central regions (0.26'' at 6 micron; 50-440 pc…

astro-ph.GA2024

Simulating intermediate black hole mass measurements for a sample of galaxies with nuclear star clusters using ELT/HARMONI high spatial resolution integral-field stellar kinematics

Dieu D. Nguyen, Michele Cappellari, Hai N. Ngo +8

Understanding the demographics of intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs, M) in low-mass galaxies is key to constraining black hole seed format…

astro-ph.GA2024

Structures Of Dust and gAs (SODA): Constraining the innermost dust properties of II Zw96 with JWST observations of HO and CO

I. García-Bernete, M. Pereira-Santaella, E. González-Alfonso +4

We analyze JWST NIRSpecMIRI/MRS observations of the infrared (IR) gas-phase molecular bands of the most enshrouded source (D1) within the interacting system and luminous IR gala…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 81 cited

A Far-Infrared Spectroscopic Survey of Intermediate Redshift (Ultra) Luminous Infrared Galaxies

Georgios E. Magdis, D. Rigopoulou, R. Hopwood +16

We present Herschel far-IR photometry and spectroscopy as well as ground based CO observations of an intermediate redshift (0.21 < z < 0.88) sample of Herschel-selected (ultra)-lum…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 42 cited

Herschel Observations of Far-Infrared Cooling Lines in intermediate Redshift (Ultra)-luminous Infrared Galaxies

D. Rigopoulou, R. Hopwood, G. E. Magdis +17

We report the first results from a spectroscopic survey of the [CII] 158um line from a sample of intermediate redshift (0.2<z<0.8) (ultra)-luminous infrared galaxies, (U)LIRGs (LIR…