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Unveil the nature of JWST-AGN and Little Red Dots with SKAO continuum surveys
Giovanni Mazzolari, Dharam V. Lal, Isabella Prandoni +6
The advent of JWST has revealed a large population of AGN at , which are dex more abundant than previously expected, including also the enigmatic population of Little…
No evolution in the number density of little red dots from cosmic dawn to cosmic noon
Federica Loiacono, Roberto Gilli, Marco Mignoli +24
We present our search for little red dots (LRDs) in the "J1030 field", a region of the sky around the quasar SDSS J1030+0524, observed by the JWST EIGER program. Over 1…
Radio selection of heavily obscured AGN in the J1030 field: unraveling a missing Compton-thick population
Giovanni Mazzolari, Roberto Gilli, Marco Mignoli +21
We tested the effectiveness of radio selection to discover heavily obscured AGNs, particularly at high-z, and we measured their abundance for the first time from a radio perspectiv…
Tracing AGN-Galaxy Co-Evolution with UV Line-Selected Obscured AGN
Luigi Barchiesi, Lucia Marchetti, Mattia Vaccari +11
Understanding black hole-galaxy co-evolution and the role of AGN feedback requires complete AGN samples, including heavily obscured systems. In this work, we present the first UV l…
A big red dot at cosmic noon
Federica Loiacono, Roberto Gilli, Marco Mignoli +22
We report the discovery of a little red dot (LRD), dubbed BiRD ('big red dot'), at in the field around the quasar SDSSJ1030+0524. Using NIRCam images, we identifie…
Intervening nuclear obscuration changing the X-ray look of the QSO CFHQS J164121+375520
Fabio Vito, William Nielsen Brandt, Andrea Comastri +16
X-ray observations of the optically selected QSO CFHQS J164121+375520 (hereafter J1641) revealed that its flux dropped by a factor from 2018, when it was a bri…
The radio properties of the JWST-discovered AGN
G. Mazzolari, R. Gilli, R. Maiolino +23
We explore the radio emission of JWST-selected Broad Line AGN (BLAGN, or type 1) in the GOODS-N field. We use deep radio data at different frequencies (144\,MHz, 1.5\,GHz, 3\,GHz,…
Narrow line AGN selection in CEERS: spectroscopic selection, physical properties, X-ray and radio analysis
Giovanni Mazzolari, Jan Scholtz, Roberto Maiolino +11
In this work, we spectroscopically select narrow-line AGNs (NLAGNs) among the ~300 publicly available medium-resolution spectra of the Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science Survey…
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…
A quasar-galaxy merger at : rapid host growth via accretion of two massive satellite galaxies
Roberto Decarli, Federica Loiacono, Emanuele Paolo Farina +38
We present JWST/NIRSpec Integral Field Spectroscopy in the rest-frame optical bands of the system PJ308-21, a quasar at caught as its host galaxy interacts with companio…
Euclid preparation. Observational expectations for redshift z<7 active galactic nuclei in the Euclid Wide and Deep surveys
Euclid Collaboration, M. Selwood, S. Fotopoulou +260
We forecast the expected population of active galactic nuclei (AGN) observable in the Euclid Wide Survey (EWS) and Euclid Deep Survey (EDS). Starting from an X-ray luminosity funct…
New AGN diagnostic diagrams based on the [OIII] auroral line
G. Mazzolari, H. Übler, R. Maiolino +8
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is revolutionizing our understanding of black holes formation and growth in the early Universe. However, JWST has also revealed that some of t…
COSMOS2020: Investigating the AGN-obscured accretion phase at via [NeV] selection
L. Barchiesi, C. Vignali, F. Pozzi +7
We investigated the properties of 94 [NeV]3426AA-selected type 2 AGN in COSMOS at z=0.6-1.2, performing optical-to-far-infrared spectral energy distribution fitting. In addition, w…
A quasar-galaxy merger at : black hole mass and quasar properties from the NIRSpec spectrum
Federica Loiacono, Roberto Decarli, Marco Mignoli +31
We present JWST/NIRSpec integral field data of the quasar PJ308-21 at . As shown by previous ALMA and HST imaging, the quasar has two companion sources, interacting with…
Heavily Obscured AGN detection: a Radio vs X-ray challenge
Giovanni Mazzolari, Roberto Gilli, Marcella Brusa +11
In this work, we study the AGN radio detection effectiveness in the major deep extragalactic surveys, considering different AGN obscuration levels, redshift, and AGN bolometric lum…
Euclid preparation. Spectroscopy of active galactic nuclei with NISP
Euclid Collaboration, E. Lusso, S. Fotopoulou +246
The statistical distribution and evolution of key properties (e.g. accretion rate, mass, or spin) of active galactic nuclei (AGN), remain an open debate in astrophysics. The ESA Eu…
The VANDELS ESO public spectroscopic survey: The spectroscopic measurements catalogue
M. Talia, C. Schreiber, B. Garilli +36
VANDELS is a deep spectroscopic survey, performed with the VIMOS instrument at VLT, aimed at studying in detail the physical properties of high-redshift galaxies. VANDELS targeted…
Identifying Lyα emitter candidates with Random Forest: learning from galaxies in CANDELS survey
L. Napolitano, L. Pentericci, A. Calabrò +8
The physical processes which make a galaxy a Lyman Alpha Emitter have been extensively studied for the past 25 years. However, the correlations between physical and morphological p…
An extremely metal poor star complex in the reionization era: Approaching Population III stars with JWST
E. Vanzella, F. Loiacono, P. Bergamini +31
We present JWST/NIRSpec integral field spectroscopy (IFS) of a lensed Population III candidate stellar complex (dubbed Lensed And Pristine 1, LAP1), with a lensing-corrected stella…
The ionizing photon production efficiency of bright z2-5 galaxies
M. Castellano, D. Belfiori, L. Pentericci +27
We investigate the production efficiency of ionizing photons () of 1174 galaxies with secure redshift at z=2-5 from the VANDELS survey to determine the relation between…
LBT-MODS spectroscopy of high-redshift candidates in the Chandra J1030 field. A newly discovered z2.8 large scale structure
Stefano Marchesi, Marco Mignoli, Roberto Gilli +13
We present the results of a spectroscopic campaign with the Multi-Object Double Spectrograph (MODS) instrument mounted on the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT), aimed at obtaining a…
AGN feedback in an infant galaxy cluster: the LOFAR-Chandra view of the giant FRII radio galaxy J103025+052430 at z=1.7
M. Brienza, R. Gilli, I. Prandoni +19
In the nearby universe jets from AGN are observed to have a dramatic impact on their surrounding extragalactic environment. Their effect at the `cosmic noon' (z>1.5), the epoch whe…
Optical and mid-infrared line emission in nearby Seyfert galaxies
A. Feltre, C. Gruppioni, L. Marchetti +24
Line ratio diagnostics provide valuable clues on the source of ionizing radiation in galaxies with intense black hole accretion and starbursting events, such as local Seyfert or ga…
A deep 1.4 GHz survey of the J1030 equatorial field: a new window on radio source populations across cosmic time
Q. D'Amato, I. Prandoni, R. Gilli +12
We present deep L-Band observations of the equatorial field centered on the z=6.3 SDSS QSO, reaching a 1 sigma sensitivity of ~2.5 uJy at the center of the field. We extracted a ca…