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most citedQuasars as standard candles III. Validation of a new sample for cosmological studies

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astro-ph.GA2026

The WISSH quasars project XIII. A multi-epoch study of ultra-fast broad absorption line outflows at cosmic noon

A. Deconto-Machado, G. Vietri, E. Piconcelli +22

Ultra-fast broad absorption line outflows (uBAL, ~0.1-0.2c) represent some of the most extreme manifestations of quasar-driven winds. We aim to investigate the variability of uBALs…

astro-ph.GA2026★ 1 cited

Euclid: Discovery of 31 new quasars at

D. Yang, J. F. Hennawi, F. Guarneri +211

We report the discovery of 31 new high- quasars in the redshift range . These quasars were selected from approximately 3000 deg of sky covered during the firs…

astro-ph.GA2026

Euclid: A UV-faint quasar in a highly luminous star-forming host galaxy at

S. Belladitta, R. Decarli, E. Bañados +180

Constraining the co-evolution of supermassive black holes and their host galaxies in the first billion years after the Big Bang is essential for understanding the formation of the…

astro-ph.GA2026

Unveiling the Cosmic Dawn with SHARP: Probing extended Lyman- nebulae in a Universe less than 600 Myr old

Susanna Bisogni, Giustina Vietri, Enrico Piconcelli +5

The existence of luminous quasars just a few hundred million years after the Big Bang challenges our understanding of both black hole growth and galaxy formation and evolution. The…

astro-ph.GA2026★ 1 cited

A big step forward with SHARP: spatially resolved stellar population properties in passive galaxies at z > 1.5

A. Gargiulo, C. Mancini, F. R. Ditrani +6

Understanding when and how massive quiescent galaxies (log(M*/Msun) > 10.5) assembled their stellar mass and quenched remains a central challenge in galaxy evolution. Spatially res…

astro-ph.GA2026★ 1 cited

SUNRISE-3D: Sharp UNveiling of AGN feedback Regulation and its Impact on Star-formation at the cosmic noon Epoch

G. Vietri, S. Bisogni, E. Piconcelli +4

To better understand the role of AGN-driven outflows as a mechanism for heating or sweeping up gas over distances comparable to the size of the galaxy in its evolution, and to expl…

astro-ph.GA2026★ 1 cited

A SHARP Look at Quenching and Bulge-Disk Growth in Massive Galaxies at Cosmic Noon

Chiara Mancini, Adriana Gargiulo, Alvio Renzini +11

The physical mechanisms that quench star formation in massive galaxies remain poorly understood. At cosmic noon (1<z<3), when star formation and AGN activity peak, galaxies rapidly…

astro-ph.GA2025

The evolution of obscured AGN across cosmic time -- A large quasar survey for the 2040s

Tanya Urrutia, Darshan Kakkad, Paula Sánchez-Sáez +21

We propose a large quasar demographic optical multi-object spectroscopic (MOS) survey targeting over 50 million AGN candidates up to the highest redshifts possible in the optical (…

astro-ph.GA2025

Euclid Quick Data Release (Q1): Euclid spectroscopy of quasars. 1. Identification and redshift determination of 3500 bright quasars

Euclid Collaboration, Y. Fu, R. Bouwens +354

The slitless spectroscopy mode of the NISP onboard Euclid has enabled efficient spectroscopy of objects within a large FoV. We present a large and homogeneous sample of bright quas…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 3 cited

Puzzling radial gradients of K-band absorption features in the giant elliptical galaxy M87

F. La Barbera, A. Vazdekis, A. Pasquali +8

We present new K-band spectroscopy for the giant elliptical galaxy M87 in the Virgo cluster, taken with the LUCI spectrograph at the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT). The new data a…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 5 cited

Euclid: The potential of slitless infrared spectroscopy: A z=5.4 quasar and new ultracool dwarfs

E. Bañados, V. Le Brun, S. Belladitta +226

We demonstrate the potential of Euclid's slitless spectroscopy to discover high-redshift (z>5) quasars and their main photometric contaminant, ultracool dwarfs. Sensitive infrared…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 6 cited

High- radio Quasars in RACS I: Selection, identification, and multi-wavelength properties

L. Ighina, A. Caccianiga, A. Moretti +21

Radio-bright, jetted quasars at serve as unique laboratories for studying supermassive black hole activity in the early Universe. In this work, we present a sample of high-$z…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 8 cited

Multi-wavelength properties of three new radio-powerful quasi-stellar objects discovered from RACS

L. Ighina, A. Caccianiga, A. Moretti +12

We present a multi-wavelength study of three new quasi-stellar objects (QSOs) identified from dedicated spectroscopic observations. The three sources were selected as hi…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 1 cited

The relation between X-ray and UV emission in quasars

Susanna Bisogni

The correlation between the X-ray and UV luminosities observed in quasars, spanning a wide redshift range and holding true for several decades in both spectral bands, suggests the…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 14 cited

Spectroscopy of the Supernova H0pe Host Galaxy at Redshift 1.78

M. Polletta, M. Nonino, B. Frye +42

Supernova (SN) H0pe was discovered as a new transient in James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) NIRCam images of the galaxy cluster PLCK G165.7+67.0 taken as part of the "Prime Extragal…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 3 cited

The most luminous blue quasars at 3.0<z<3.3 -- III. LBT spectra and accretion parameters

Bartolomeo Trefoloni, Elisabeta Lusso, Emanuele Nardini +13

We present the analysis of the rest frame ultraviolet and optical spectra of 30 bright blue quasars at , selected to examine the suitability of AGN as cosmological probes.…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 3 cited

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…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 23 cited

The WISSH quasars project XI. The mean Spectral Energy Distribution and Bolometric Corrections of the most luminous quasars

Ivano Saccheo, Angela Bongiorno, Enrico Piconcelli +18

Hyper-luminous Quasi-Stellar Objects (QSOs) represent the ideal laboratory to investigate Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) feedback mechanism since their formidable energy release caus…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 11 cited

A powerful (and likely young) radio-loud quasar at z=5.3

S. Belladitta, A. Moretti, A. Caccianiga +5

We present the discovery of PSO J191.0569686.43172 (hereafter PSO J19186), a new powerful radio-loud quasar (QSO) in the early Universe (z = 5.32). We discovered it by cross-…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 25 cited

The WISSH quasars project X. Discovery of a multi-component and highly-variable UV ultra-fast outflow in a z=3.6 quasar

G. Vietri, T. Misawa, E. Piconcelli +16

We report on the variability of a multi-component broad absorption line (BAL) system observed in the hyper-luminous quasar J1538+0855 at z=3.6. Observations from SDSS, VLT, LBT and…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 7 cited

The Smallest Scale of Hierarchy Survey (SSH). II. Extended star formation and bar-like features in the dwarf galaxy NGC 3741: recent merger or ongoing gas accretion?

F. Annibali, C. Bacchini, G. Iorio +12

Using Large Binocular Telescope deep imaging data from the Smallest Scale of Hierarchy Survey (SSH) and archival Hubble Space Telescope data, we reveal the presence of two elongate…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 24 cited

The Type II AGN-host galaxy connection: insights from the VVDS and VIPERS surveys

G. Vietri, B. Garilli, M. Polletta +16

We present a study of optically-selected Type II AGN at 0.5 < z < 0.9 from the VIPERS and VVDS surveys, to investigate the connection between AGN activity and physical properties o…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 38 cited

The Chandra view of the relation between X-ray and UV emission in quasars

Susanna Bisogni, Elisabeta Lusso, Francesca Civano +4

We present a study of the relation between X-rays and ultraviolet emission in quasars for a sample of broad-line, radio-quiet objects obtained from the cross-match of the Sloan Dig…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 16 cited

The most luminous blue quasars at 3.0<z<3.3. II. CIV/X-ray emission and accretion disc physics

Elisabeta Lusso, Emanuele Nardini, Susanna Bisogni +12

We analyse the properties of the CIV broad emission line in connection with the X-ray emission of 30 bright SDSS quasars at z~3.0-3.3 with pointed XMM-Newton observations, which we…