How does the radio enhancement of broad absorption line quasars relate to colour and accretion rate? (2024)
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Petley, J. W., Morabito, L. K., Rankine, A. L., Richards, G. T., Thomas, N. L., Alexander, D. M., …Kolwa, S. (2024). How does the radio enhancement of broad absorption line quasars relate to colour and accretion rate?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 529(3), 1995-2007. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae626

The origin of radio emission in different populations of radio-quiet quasars is relatively unknown, but recent work has uncovered various drivers of increased radio-detection fraction. In this work, we pull together three known factors: optical colou... Read More about How does the radio enhancement of broad absorption line quasars relate to colour and accretion rate?.

Cosmology and fundamental physics with the ELT-ANDES spectrograph (2024)
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Martins, C., Cooke, R., Liske, J., Murphy, M., Noterdaeme, P., Schmidt, T., …Zanutta, A. (2024). Cosmology and fundamental physics with the ELT-ANDES spectrograph. Experimental Astronomy, 57(1), Article 5. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10686-024-09928-w

State-of-the-art 19th century spectroscopy led to the discovery of quantum mechanics, and 20th century spectroscopy led to the confirmation of quantum electrodynamics. State-of-the-art 21st century astrophysical spectrographs, especially ANDES at ESO... Read More about Cosmology and fundamental physics with the ELT-ANDES spectrograph.

First High-resolution Spectroscopy of X-Ray Absorption Lines in the Obscured State of NGC 5548 (2024)
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Mehdipour, M., Kriss, G. A., Kaastra, J. S., Costantini, E., Gu, L., Landt, H., …Rogantini, D. (2024). First High-resolution Spectroscopy of X-Ray Absorption Lines in the Obscured State of NGC 5548. Astrophysical Journal, 962(2), Article 155. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad1bcb

Multiwavelength spectroscopy of NGC 5548 revealed remarkable changes due to the presence of an obscuring wind from the accretion disk. This broadened our understanding of obscuration and outflows in active galactic nuclei. Swift monitoring of NGC 554... Read More about First High-resolution Spectroscopy of X-Ray Absorption Lines in the Obscured State of NGC 5548.

An ALMA Spectroscopic Survey of the Brightest Submillimeter Galaxies in the SCUBA-2-COSMOS Field (AS2COSPEC): Physical Properties of z = 2–5 Ultra- and Hyperluminous Infrared Galaxies (2024)
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Liao, C., Chen, C., Wang, W., Smail, I., Ao, Y., Chapman, S. C., …Zhao, Y. (2024). An ALMA Spectroscopic Survey of the Brightest Submillimeter Galaxies in the SCUBA-2-COSMOS Field (AS2COSPEC): Physical Properties of z = 2–5 Ultra- and Hyperluminous Infrared Galaxies. Astrophysical Journal, 961(2), Article 226. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad148c

We report the physical properties of the 18 brightest (S 870 μm = 12.4–19.2 mJy) and not strongly lensed 870 μm–selected dusty star-forming galaxies (DSFGs), also known as submillimeter galaxies (SMGs), in the COSMOS field. This sample is part of an... Read More about An ALMA Spectroscopic Survey of the Brightest Submillimeter Galaxies in the SCUBA-2-COSMOS Field (AS2COSPEC): Physical Properties of z = 2–5 Ultra- and Hyperluminous Infrared Galaxies.

Probing the face-on disc-corona system of the bare AGN Mrk 110 from UV to hard X-rays: A moderate changing-state AGN? (2024)
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Porquet, D., Hagen, S., Grosso, N., Lobban, A., Reeves, J. N., Braito, V., & Done, C. (2024). Probing the face-on disc-corona system of the bare AGN Mrk 110 from UV to hard X-rays: A moderate changing-state AGN?. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 681, Article A40. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202347202

Context. The X-ray broadband spectra of the bare active galactic nucleus (AGN) Mrk 110, obtained by simultaneous XMM-Newton and NuSTAR observations performed in November 2019 and April 2020, are characterised by the presence of a prominent and absorp... Read More about Probing the face-on disc-corona system of the bare AGN Mrk 110 from UV to hard X-rays: A moderate changing-state AGN?.

JWST/NIRCam Probes Young Star Clusters in the Reionization Era Sunrise Arc (2023)
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Vanzella, E., Claeyssens, A., Welch, B., Adamo, A., Coe, D., Diego, J. M., …Norman, C. (2023). JWST/NIRCam Probes Young Star Clusters in the Reionization Era Sunrise Arc. Astrophysical Journal, 945(1), Article 53. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acb59a

Star cluster formation in the early universe and its contribution to reionization remains largely unconstrained to date. Here we present JWST/NIRCam imaging of the most highly magnified galaxy known at z ∼ 6, the Sunrise arc. We identify six young ma... Read More about JWST/NIRCam Probes Young Star Clusters in the Reionization Era Sunrise Arc.

DESI Survey Validation Data in the COSMOS/Hyper Suprime-Cam Field: Cool Gas Trace Main-sequence Star-forming Galaxies at the Cosmic Noon (2023)
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Zou, S., Jiang, L., Cai, Z., Moustakas, J., Sun, Z., Pan, Z., …Zhou, Z. (2024). DESI Survey Validation Data in the COSMOS/Hyper Suprime-Cam Field: Cool Gas Trace Main-sequence Star-forming Galaxies at the Cosmic Noon. Astrophysical Journal, 960(1), Article 34. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad09b2

We present the first result in exploring the gaseous halo and galaxy correlation using the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument survey validation data in the Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS) and Hyper Suprime-Cam field. We obtain multiphase gaseous h... Read More about DESI Survey Validation Data in the COSMOS/Hyper Suprime-Cam Field: Cool Gas Trace Main-sequence Star-forming Galaxies at the Cosmic Noon.

Hubble Constant Measurement from Three Large-separation Quasars Strongly Lensed by Galaxy Clusters (2023)
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Napier, K., Sharon, K., Dahle, H., Bayliss, M., Gladders, M. D., Mahler, G., …Florian, M. (2023). Hubble Constant Measurement from Three Large-separation Quasars Strongly Lensed by Galaxy Clusters. Astrophysical Journal, 959(2), Article 134. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad045a

Tension between cosmic microwave background–based and distance ladder–based determinations of the Hubble constant H 0 motivates the pursuit of independent methods that are not subject to the same systematic effects. A promising alternative, proposed... Read More about Hubble Constant Measurement from Three Large-separation Quasars Strongly Lensed by Galaxy Clusters.

PEARLS: Near-infrared Photometry in the JWST North Ecliptic Pole Time Domain Field * * Partly based on observations taken with the MMT, a joint facility operated by the University of Arizona and the Smithsonian Institution. (2023)
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Willmer, C. N. A., Ly, C., Kikuta, S., Kattner, S. A., Jansen, R. A., Cohen, S. H., …Grogin, N. A. (2023). PEARLS: Near-infrared Photometry in the JWST North Ecliptic Pole Time Domain Field * * Partly based on observations taken with the MMT, a joint facility operated by the University of Arizona and the Smithsonian Institution. Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 269(1), Article 21. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/acf57d

We present near-infrared (NIR) ground-based Y, J, H, and K imaging obtained in the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) North Ecliptic Pole Time Domain Field (NEP TDF) using the MMT-Magellan Infrared Imager and Spectrometer on the MMT. These new observa... Read More about PEARLS: Near-infrared Photometry in the JWST North Ecliptic Pole Time Domain Field * * Partly based on observations taken with the MMT, a joint facility operated by the University of Arizona and the Smithsonian Institution..

Subarcsecond-resolution Imaging of M51 with the International LOFAR Telescope (2023)
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Venkattu, D., Lundqvist, P., Torres, M. P., Morabito, L., Moldón, J., Conway, J., …Tasse, C. (2023). Subarcsecond-resolution Imaging of M51 with the International LOFAR Telescope. Astrophysical Journal, 953(2), Article 157. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ace2c1

We present an International LOFAR Telescope (ILT) subarcsecond-resolution image of the nearby galaxy M51 with a beam size of 0farcs436 × 0farcs366 and rms of 46 μJy. We compare this image with a European VLBI Network study of M51 and discuss the supe... Read More about Subarcsecond-resolution Imaging of M51 with the International LOFAR Telescope.

A Quick Look at the 3 GHz Radio Sky. II. Hunting for DRAGNs in the VLA Sky Survey (2023)
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Gordon, Y. A., Rudnick, L., Andernach, H., Morabito, L. K., O’Dea, C. P., Achong, K., …Vantyghem, A. N. (2023). A Quick Look at the 3 GHz Radio Sky. II. Hunting for DRAGNs in the VLA Sky Survey. Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 267(2), Article 37. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/acda30

Active galactic nuclei (AGNs) can often be identified in radio images as two lobes, sometimes connected to a core by a radio jet. This multicomponent morphology unfortunately creates difficulties for source finders, leading to components that are (a)... Read More about A Quick Look at the 3 GHz Radio Sky. II. Hunting for DRAGNs in the VLA Sky Survey.

VLBI imaging of high-redshift galaxies and protoclusters at low radio frequencies with the International LOFAR Telescope (2023)
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Cordun, C. M., Timmerman, R., Miley, G. K., van Weeren, R. J., Sweijen, F., Morabito, L. K., & Röttgering, H. J. A. (2023). VLBI imaging of high-redshift galaxies and protoclusters at low radio frequencies with the International LOFAR Telescope. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 676, Article A29. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202346320

It is generally known that luminous, ultra-steep spectrum radio sources are preferentially associated with massive galaxies at high redshifts. In this paper, we describe a pilot project directed at such objects to demonstrate the feasibility and impo... Read More about VLBI imaging of high-redshift galaxies and protoclusters at low radio frequencies with the International LOFAR Telescope.

The Magnificent Five Images of Supernova Refsdal: Time Delay and Magnification Measurements (2023)
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Kelly, P. L., Rodney, S., Treu, T., Birrer, S., Bonvin, V., Dessart, L., …Wambsganss, J. (2023). The Magnificent Five Images of Supernova Refsdal: Time Delay and Magnification Measurements. Astrophysical Journal, 948(2), Article 93. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac4ccb

In late 2014, four images of supernova (SN) "Refsdal," the first known example of a strongly lensed SN with multiple resolved images, were detected in the MACS J1149 galaxy-cluster field. Following the images' discovery, the SN was predicted to reapp... Read More about The Magnificent Five Images of Supernova Refsdal: Time Delay and Magnification Measurements.

AGN STORM 2. II. Ultraviolet Observations of Mrk 817 with the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph on the Hubble Space Telescope* (2023)
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Homayouni, Y., De Rosa, G., Plesha, R., Kriss, G. A., Barth, A. J., Cackett, E. M., …Zu, Y. (2023). AGN STORM 2. II. Ultraviolet Observations of Mrk 817 with the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph on the Hubble Space Telescope*. Astrophysical Journal, 948(2), Article 85. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acc45a

We present reverberation mapping measurements for the prominent ultraviolet broad emission lines of the active galactic nucleus Mrk 817 using 165 spectra obtained with the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph on the Hubble Space Telescope. Our ultraviolet obs... Read More about AGN STORM 2. II. Ultraviolet Observations of Mrk 817 with the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph on the Hubble Space Telescope*.

Redshift Evolution of the Feedback–Cooling Equilibrium in the Core of 48 SPT Galaxy Clusters: A Joint Chandra–SPT–ATCA Analysis (2023)
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Ruppin, F., McDonald, M., Hlavacek-Larrondo, J., Bayliss, M., Bleem, L., Calzadilla, M., …Tothill, N. (2023). Redshift Evolution of the Feedback–Cooling Equilibrium in the Core of 48 SPT Galaxy Clusters: A Joint Chandra–SPT–ATCA Analysis. Astrophysical Journal, 948(1), Article 49. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acc38d

We analyze the cooling and feedback properties of 48 galaxy clusters at redshifts 0.4 < z < 1.3 selected from the South Pole Telescope (SPT) catalogs to evolve like the progenitors of massive and well-studied systems at z ∼ 0. We estimate the radio p... Read More about Redshift Evolution of the Feedback–Cooling Equilibrium in the Core of 48 SPT Galaxy Clusters: A Joint Chandra–SPT–ATCA Analysis.

The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey: Deep Fields Data Release 1. V. Survey description, source classifications and host galaxy properties (2023)
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Best, P., Kondapally, R., Williams, W., Cochrane, R., Duncan, K., Hale, C., …van Weeren, R. (2023). The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey: Deep Fields Data Release 1. V. Survey description, source classifications and host galaxy properties. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 523(2), 1729–1755. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad1308

Source classifications, stellar masses and star formation rates are presented for ≈80,000 radio sources from the first data release of the Low Frequency Array Two-metre Sky Survey (LoTSS) Deep Fields, which represents the widest deep radio survey eve... Read More about The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey: Deep Fields Data Release 1. V. Survey description, source classifications and host galaxy properties.

RXJ0437+00: constraining dark matter with exotic gravitational lenses (2023)
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Lagattuta, D. J., Richard, J., Ebeling, H., Basto, Q., Cerny, C., Edge, A., …Massey, R. (2023). RXJ0437+00: constraining dark matter with exotic gravitational lenses. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 522(1), 1091-1107. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad803

We present the first strong-gravitational-lensing analysis of the galaxy cluster RX J0437.1+0043 (RXJ0437; z = 0.285). Newly obtained, deep MUSE observations, Keck/MOSFIRE near-infrared spectroscopy, and Hubble Space Telescope SNAPshot imaging reveal... Read More about RXJ0437+00: constraining dark matter with exotic gravitational lenses.

Overview of the DESI Milky Way Survey (2023)
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Cooper, A. P., Koposov, S. E., Allende Prieto, C., Manser, C. J., Kizhuprakkat, N., Myers, A. D., …Zou, H. (2023). Overview of the DESI Milky Way Survey. Astrophysical Journal, 947(1), Article 37. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acb3c0

We describe the Milky Way Survey (MWS) that will be undertaken with the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) on the Mayall 4 m telescope at the Kitt Peak National Observatory. Over the next 5 yr DESI MWS will observe approximately seven millio... Read More about Overview of the DESI Milky Way Survey.

AGN STORM 2. III. A NICER View of the Variable X-Ray Obscurer in Mrk 817 (2023)
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Partington, E. R., Cackett, E. M., Kara, E., Kriss, G. A., Barth, A. J., De Rosa, G., …Zaidouni, F. (2023). AGN STORM 2. III. A NICER View of the Variable X-Ray Obscurer in Mrk 817. Astrophysical Journal, 947(1), Article 2. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acbf44

The AGN STORM 2 Collaboration targeted the Seyfert 1 galaxy Mrk 817 for a year-long multiwavelength, coordinated reverberation mapping campaign including Hubble Space Telescope, Swift, XMM-Newton, NICER, and ground-based observatories. Early observat... Read More about AGN STORM 2. III. A NICER View of the Variable X-Ray Obscurer in Mrk 817.

Abell 1201: detection of an ultramassive black hole in a strong gravitational lens (2023)
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Nightingale, J., Smith, R. J., He, Q., O’Riordan, C. M., Kegerreis, J. A., Amvrosiadis, A., …Massey, R. J. (2023). Abell 1201: detection of an ultramassive black hole in a strong gravitational lens. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 521(3), 3298-3322. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad587

Supermassive black holes (SMBHs) are a key catalyst of galaxy formation and evolution, leading to an observed correlation between SMBH mass MBH and host galaxy velocity dispersion σe. Outside the local Universe, measurements of MBH are usually only p... Read More about Abell 1201: detection of an ultramassive black hole in a strong gravitational lens.