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astro-ph.GA2026

Constraining the density distribution of the cold Circumgalactic Medium of quasars at z>2 through Lya, HeII and Ha emission

Andrea Travascio, Sebastiano Cantalupo, Titouan Lazeyras +16

Extended Lya emission is routinely detected around high-redshift quasars, revealing large reservoirs of cool circumgalactic medium (CGM). Its resonant nature complicates interpreta…

astro-ph.GA2026

Resolving the physics of Quasar Ly Nebulae (RePhyNe): II. The dense and clumpy CGM of Quasars at 3.5

Titouan Lazeyras, Sebastiano Cantalupo, Andrea Travascio +10

The small scale density distribution of the cold circumgalactic medium (CGM) plays a central role in galaxy evolution, yet it is still poorly understood. We provide new constraints…

astro-ph.GA2026

A Dusty Quenching-candidate AGN host at z=5.7: massive quiescent galaxies may quench already during the dust-obscured phase

Francesco D'Eugenio, Matilde Brazzini, Roberto Maiolino +12

We present a spectro-photometric analysis of RUBIES-EGS-9809, a broad-line AGN host at z=5.7 with a Balmer break and a dominant point source. The source is dust reddened (3 m…

astro-ph.GA2026

The impact of hot mode accretion and angular momentum conservation on metallicity gradients of galactic discs

Jennifer K. S. Friske, Filippo Fraternali, Gabriele Pezzulli

The hot circumgalactic medium (CGM) of a galaxy inevitably rotates more slowly than the cold gas in the disc it surrounds, due to a higher pressure support against gravity. If it a…

astro-ph.GA2026

Misaligned or chaotic? A strong break of axial symmetry in the local LRD J1025 revealed with VLT/FORS2 spectropolarimetry

Francesco D'Eugenio, Gabriele Pezzulli, Roberto Maiolino +18

Little Red Dots (LRDs) are compact active galactic nuclei (AGN) with unusual spectral energy distributions and broad Balmer emission, candidate signposts of rapid black-hole growth…

astro-ph.GA2026★ 1 cited

The galaxy-halo connection and the dynamical evolution of a giant disc in a massive node of the Cosmic Web at z~3

G. Quadri, S. Cantalupo, C. Bacchini +9

Recent JWST observations revealed the surprising presence of a giant and massive disc galaxy in a Cosmic Web node at z. This galaxy, named the Big Wheel, has a size almost t…

astro-ph.GA2026

The hydrodynamical response of cold circumgalactic clouds to quasar radiation

Nicolas Ledos, Sebastiano Cantalupo, Titouan Lazeyras +8

Recent simulations increasingly resolve the small-scale structure of the circumgalactic medium (CGM), but the dynamical impact of ionising radiation on its cold K component…

astro-ph.GA2026

Resolving circumgalactic gas flows around a z3.6 quasar using MUSE and ALMA

M. Galbiati, A. Pensabene, S. Cantalupo +10

The formation and evolution of galaxies is regulated by the exchange of gas with the surrounding large-scale structures on circum- and intergalactic scales. Yet, little is known ab…

astro-ph.GA2026

The assembly and fate of a giant disc galaxy in a protocluster at

Francesca Rizzo, Pavel E. Mancera Piña, Gabriele Pezzulli +1

Recent JWST observations revealed two massive (), unexpectedly large spiral galaxies at , both in overdense environments. We focus o…

astro-ph.GA2026★ 1 cited

Holes in the BH? AGN signatures in the FUV spectrum of a black-hole dominated Little Red Dot at

Xihan Ji, Gabriele Pezzulli, Francesco D'Eugenio +15

It has been suggested that "Little Red Dots" (LRDs) might be accreting black holes enshrouded by dense gas in a nearly closed geometry, which completely covers the central black ho…

astro-ph.GA2026★ 1 cited

The Engine and its Flows: Little Red Dot spectra are shaped by the column densities of their gas envelopes

Jorryt Matthee, Alberto Torralba, Gabriele Pezzulli +23

JWST data have enabled the abundant identification of compact broad Balmer line sources nicknamed the Little Red Dots. While they share broad lines with active galactic nuclei, the…

astro-ph.GA2026

A quiescent galaxy in a gas-rich cosmic web node at z~3

Weichen Wang, Sebastiano Cantalupo, Marta Galbiati +11

Recent JWST observations have unveiled a large number of quiescent galaxies at , bringing potential challenges to current galaxy formation models. Since star formation i…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 14 cited

The warm outer layer of a Little Red Dot as the source of [Fe II] and collisional Balmer lines with scattering wings

Alberto Torralba, Jorryt Matthee, Gabriele Pezzulli +22

The population of the Little Red Dots (LRDs) may represent a key phase of supermassive black hole (SMBH) growth. A cocoon of dense excited gas is emerging as key component to expla…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 5 cited

Irony at z=6.68: a bright AGN with forbidden Fe emission and multi-component Balmer absorption

Francesco D'Eugenio, Erica Nelson, Xihan Ji +11

We present the deepest medium-resolution JWST/NIRSpec spectroscopy to date of a bright Little Red Dot (LRD) AGN, Irony at z=6.68. The data reveal broad Balmer emission from H-H$…

astro-ph.GA2025

X-ray view of a massive node of the Cosmic Web at z=3 II. Discovery of extended X-ray emission around a hyperluminous QSO

Andrea Travascio, Sebastiano Cantalupo, Gabriele Pezzulli +17

While the warm, ionized gas in the CGM at z>3 is now routinely observed around bright QSOs in Lya emission, little is known about the CGM hot phase due to its expected faintness in…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 2 cited

ALMA survey of a massive node of the Cosmic Web at . II. A dynamically cold and massive disk galaxy in the proximity of a hyperluminous quasar

A. Pensabene, S. Cantalupo, W. Wang +11

Advancing our understanding of the formation and evolution of early massive galaxies and black holes requires detailed studies of dense structures in the high-redshift Universe. In…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 18 cited

The galaxy-halo connection of disc galaxies over six orders of magnitude in stellar mass

Pavel E. Mancera Piña, Justin I. Read, Stacy Kim +5

(Abridged) The relations between stellar (), gas (), baryonic (), and dark matter halo mass () provide unique cons…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 5 cited

A weak Ly halo for an extremely bright Little Red Dot: Indications of enshrouded SMBH growth

Alberto Torralba, Jorryt Matthee, Gabriele Pezzulli +13

The abundant population of "Little Red Dots" (LRDs)-compact objects with red UV to optical colors and broad Balmer lines at high redshift-is unveiling new insights into the propert…

astro-ph.GA2024

X-ray view of a massive node of the Cosmic Web at z~3 I. An exceptional overdensity of rapidly accreting SMBHs

A. Travascio, S. Cantalupo, P. Tozzi +16

Exploring SMBH population in protoclusters offers valuable insights into how environment affects SMBH growth. However, research on AGN within these areas is still limited by the sm…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 15 cited

A Giant Disk Galaxy Two Billion Years After The Big Bang

Weichen Wang, Sebastiano Cantalupo, Antonio Pensabene +14

Observational studies showed that galaxy disks are already in place in the first few billion years of the universe. The early disks detected so far, with typical half-light radii o…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 19 cited

Anatomy of an ionized bubble: NIRCam grism spectroscopy of the double-peaked Lyman- emitter COLA1 and its environment

Alberto Torralba-Torregrosa, Jorryt Matthee, Rohan P. Naidu +10

The increasingly neutral intergalactic gas at impacts the Lyman- flux observed from galaxies. One luminous galaxy, COLA1, stands out because of its unique double-peaked Ly…

astro-ph.GA2024

The density of the Milky Way's corona at through ram pressure stripping of the Draco dSph galaxy

Asger Grønnow, Filippo Fraternali, Federico Marinacci +4

Satellite galaxies within the Milky Way's (MW) virial radius are typically devoid of cold gas due to ram pressure stripping by the MW's corona. The density of th…

astro-ph.GA2024

ALMA survey of a massive node of the Cosmic Web at z~3. I. Discovery of a large overdensity of CO emitters

A. Pensabene, S. Cantalupo, C. Cicone +12

Sub-mm surveys toward overdense regions in the early Universe are essential to uncover the obscured star-formation and the cold gas content of assembling galaxies within massive da…

astro-ph.GA2023

Resolving the physics of Quasar Ly Nebulae (RePhyNe): I. Constraining Quasar host halo masses through Circumgalactic Medium kinematics

Stephanie de Beer, Sebastiano Cantalupo, Andrea Travascio +8

Ly nebulae ubiquitously found around z>2 quasars can supply unique constraints on the properties of the Circumgalactic Medium, such as its density distribution, provided the qua…