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20152026
most citedA NuSTAR census of coronal parameters in Seyfert galaxies

115 citations · 826 across the 58 of their papers we have counts for

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63 papers

astro-ph.HE2026

Supermassive Black Hole Winds in X-rays -- SUBWAYS. VI. Interplay between the soft X-ray excess and ultra-fast outflows

V. E. Gianolli, P-O. Petrucci, S. Bianchi +42

We present a broadband, multiwavelength study of the interplay between the soft X-ray excess (SE), ultra-fast outflows (UFOs), and warm absorbers (WAs) in 21 active galactic nuclei…

cs.LG2026

Distilling Graph Geometry: Knowledge Gap from GNNs to MLPs

Zhewei Chen, Hao Zhu, Jiaojiao Jiang +1

GNN-to-MLP distillation aims to retain the predictive accuracy of a message-passing teacher while deploying a graph-free MLP at inference. Existing methods mainly transfer node-wis…

astro-ph.GA2026

Exploring the observed properties of JWST Little Red Dots with cosmological simulations and dust radiative transfer

Saksham Chandna, Fabio Di Mascia, Simona Gallerani +6

JWST has uncovered compact high-redshift (z>=4) sources, dubbed Little Red Dots (LRDs), characterised by a distinct V-shaped continuum. Their nature remains debated since broad-lin…

astro-ph.GA2026

Multi-tracer constraints on quasar outflows. Acceleration from BLR to galactic scales

M. Brazzini, M. Bischetti, S. Hagen +14

Black hole-driven outflows are a fundamental component of the Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) paradigm, and may play a major role in regulating the evolution of both supermassive blac…

astro-ph.HE2026

X-ray polarization of the Compton-thin Seyfert galaxy NGC 5506 with IXPE

Daniele Tagliacozzo, Alessandro Leonardo Lai, Andrea Gnarini +14

We report on the observation of the Compton-thin Seyfert galaxy NGC~5506 performed with the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE). The observation, with a net observing time of…

astro-ph.GA2026

The Multiphase CGM in the Epoch of Reionization: CII and CIV absorbers around [OIII] Emitters

C. Piscitelli, V. D'Odorico, M. Galbiati +17

We investigate the multiphase circumgalactic medium (CGM) during the Epoch of Reionization (EoR, ) by cross-correlating cool- CII and warm-ionized CIV absorption systems with…

astro-ph.HE2026

Multi-epoch Detection of an Ultra-fast Inflow in ESP 39607: Evidence for an Accretion Cascade

Alessandro Peca, Michael J. Koss, Roberto Serafinelli +10

We present simultaneous XRISM, XMM-Newton, and NuSTAR observations of ESP 39607, a Seyfert 2 galaxy at . XRISM/Resolve reveals two absorption features near 4.7 and 4.9 k…

astro-ph.GA2026

Super-Eddington Accretion and Early-Stage Feedback in Ton S180

Pierpaolo Condò, Giacomo Venturi, Eleonora Parlanti +15

Narrow-line Seyfert 1 (NLSy1) galaxies are key laboratories for studying rapid supermassive black hole (SMBH) growth and active galactic nucleus (AGN) feedback at high accretion ra…

astro-ph.GA2026

Extreme Variability Reveals How the Eddington Ratio Regulates Coronal Power in Active Galactic Nuclei

Arghajit Jana, Claudio Ricci, Franz E. Bauer +13

The bolometric luminosity () of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) is a key tracer of accretion physics, but its direct determination is often hindered by limited spectral…

astro-ph.GA2026

HYPERION. The cold ISM of rapidly growing quasars: diverse gas reservoirs, dust enrichment, and feedback signatures

Claudia Maria Pierro, Roberta Tripodi, Laura Pentericci +11

Luminous QSOs at host some of the most rapidly assembled SMBHs in the early Universe. Characterizing their cold ISM is essential to determine their evolution. We investigate…

astro-ph.HE2026

The WISSHFUL program: the highest redshift UFO discovered in a non-lensed QSO

G. Lanzuisi, L. Borrelli, E. Piconcelli +28

We present the first results from the WISSHFUL program, an XMM-Newton heritage program targeting luminous QSOs at Cosmic Noon. We report on recent simultaneous XMM-Newton and NuSTA…

astro-ph.HE2026

An X-ray and optical spectral study of the changing-look narrow-line Seyfert 1 2MASX J0413-0050

A. Vietri, A. Tortosa, D. Ilić +12

Active galactic nuclei (AGN) showing dramatic spectral and flux variations, either due to changes in the accretion rate (changing-state, CS-AGN) of the supermassive black hole or i…

astro-ph.HE2026

Is XRISM/Resolve probing a "raining" absorber in Mrk 509?

M. Dadina, V. Missaglia, V. Braito +19

X-ray spectroscopy of AGN offers unique insights into the reprocessing of radiationand gas dynamics near SMBH. The Sey 1 galaxy Mrk 509 is an ideal laboratory for these studies sin…

astro-ph.HE2026

Unveiling the dynamics of the ultra-fast outflow in IRAS 13224-3809 with X-ray spectroscopy

Pierpaolo Condò, Francesco Tombesi, Marco Laurenti +9

IRAS 13224-3809 is one of the most intensively studied narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies, with a rich literature reporting diverse and sometimes contrasting interpretations of its com…

astro-ph.HE2026

Ultra-thick warm absorbers: Enlarging the parameter space of AGN ionised outflows

R. Middei, E. Piconcelli, E. Nardini +9

The analysis of X-ray absorption features in active galactic nuclei (AGN) provides a wealth of information about the physical properties of the matter surrounding supermassive blac…

astro-ph.GA2026

Resolved UV-Optical HST Imaging and Spectral Energy Distribution Modeling of Nearby BAT Active Galactic Nuclei

Connor Auge, Michael Koss, Kriti K. Gupta +17

We use high-resolution UV-to-optical imaging from the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) to construct spatially resolved spectral energy distributions (SEDs) for seven nearby ()…

astro-ph.HE2026

Supermassive Black Hole Winds in X-rays: SUBWAYS V. Properties of hot coronae in quasars at intermediate redshift

S. Peluso, G. Lanzuisi, A. Comastri +25

We present the X-ray analysis of coronal properties in a statistically representative sample of 23 mostly radio-quiet AGN from the SUBWAYS campaign (SUpermassive Black holes Winds…

astro-ph.GA2026

BASS LV. Connecting X-ray variability with AGN physical properties and a new path to Cosmological distances

Matilde Signorini, Federica Ricci, Alessia Tortosa +18

X-ray variability is a well-established characteristic of active galactic nuclei (AGN), known to correlate inversely with both the supermassive black hole mass and luminosity, alth…

astro-ph.HE2026★ 2 cited

A XRISM view of the iron line complex in NGC 1068: Rethinking the prototypical Compton-thick AGN

S. Bianchi, B. Vander Meulen, E. Bertola +32

We analyze a XRISM/Resolve observation of NGC1068, focusing on the Fe K and Fe K fluorescent lines and on the Fe XXV and Fe XXVI emission complexes. Line centroid energies, i…

astro-ph.HE2026★ 1 cited

NOCTURNE. I. The radio spectrum of narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies

M. Berton, E. Järvelä, S. Chen +8

The origin of the radio emission in active galactic nuclei (AGN) is still debated. Multiple physical mechanisms can contribute to the spectrum at these frequencies, including relat…

astro-ph.HE2026★ 5 cited

Multi-wavelength properties of changing-state active galactic nuclei: I. the evolution of soft excess and X-ray continuum

Arghajit Jana, Claudio Ricci, Alessia Tortosa +11

Changing-state active galactic nuclei (CSAGNs) exhibit rapid variability, with mass accretion rates that can change by several orders of magnitude in a few years. This provides us…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 3 cited

The Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS) Community Science Book

Michael Koss, Nafisa Aftab, Steven W. Allen +395

The AXIS Community Science Book represents the collective effort of 592 scientists worldwide to define the transformative science enabled by the Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (A…

astro-ph.HE2025

XRISM/Resolve reveals the complex iron structure of NGC 7213: Evidence for radial stratification between inner disk and broad-line region

E. Kammoun, T. Kawamuro, K. Murakami +48

We present the first high-resolution X-ray spectrum of NGC 7213 obtained with XRISM/Resolve, supported by simultaneous XMM-Newton, NuSTAR, and SOAR optical data. The XRISM spectrum…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

The WISSH quasar project. XII. X-ray view of the most luminous quasi-stellar objects at Cosmic Noon

C. Degli Agosti, C. Vignali, E. Piconcelli +25

To improve our knowledge of nuclear emission in luminous QSOs at Cosmic Noon, we studied the X-ray emission of the WISE/SDSS-selected hyper-luminous (WISSH) QSO sample: 85 broad-li…