5 papers
Flagging Super-Eddington Candidates among Jetted, γ-Ray-Emitting AGN
Paola Marziani, Benedetta Dalla Barba, Luigi Foschini
The quasar Eigenvector-1/Main Sequence (E1/MS) provides a physically motivated empirical framework to organize the spectroscopic diversity of type~1 active galactic nuclei (AGN). I…
Revised optical classification of a sample of gamma-ray emitting AGN with GTC and VLT
B. Dalla Barba, L. Foschini, M. Berton +10
We report the results of the optical follow-up of a sample of -ray-emitting active galactic nuclei (AGN). New high-quality optical spectra were obtained using Gran Telescopio C…
Interaction of the relativistic jet and the narrow-line region of PMN J0948+0022
B. Dalla Barba, M. Berton, L. Foschini +6
We have analyzed publicly available optical spectra of PMN J0948+0022 obtained with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, X-Shooter, and the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE). Initi…
An optical perspective on early-stage AGN with extreme radio flares
Luca Crepaldi, Marco Berton, Benedetta Dalla Barba +4
In the last decade of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) monitoring programs, the Metsähovi Radio Observatory detected multiple times seven powerful flaring narrow-line Seyfert 1 (NLS1)…
Estimating Masses of Supermassive Black Holes in Active Galactic Nuclei from the Halpha Emission Line
E. Dalla BontÃ, B. M. Peterson, C. J. Grier +19
The goal of this project is to construct an estimator for the masses of supermassive black holes in active galactic nuclei (AGNs) based on the broad Halpha emission line. We make u…