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Probing the roles of orientation and multiscale gas distributions in shaping the obscuration of active galactic nuclei through cosmic time (2023)
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Alonso-Tetilla, A. V., Shankar, F., Fontanot, F., Menci, N., Valentini, M., Buchner, J., …Ramos Almeida, C. (2024). Probing the roles of orientation and multiscale gas distributions in shaping the obscuration of active galactic nuclei through cosmic time. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 527(4), 10878-10896. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad3265

The origin of obscuration in active galactic nuclei (AGNs) is still an open debate. In particular, it is unclear what drives the relative contributions to the line-of-sight column densities from galaxy-scale and torus-linked obscuration. The latter s... Read More about Probing the roles of orientation and multiscale gas distributions in shaping the obscuration of active galactic nuclei through cosmic time.

KURVS: the outer rotation curve shapes and dark matter fractions of z ∼ 1.5 star-forming galaxies (2023)
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Puglisi, A., Dudzevičiūtė, U., Swinbank, M., Gillman, S., Tiley, A. L., Bower, R. G., …Sharples, R. M. (2023). KURVS: the outer rotation curve shapes and dark matter fractions of z ∼ 1.5 star-forming galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 524(2), 2814-2835. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad1966

We present first results from the KMOS Ultra-deep Rotation Velocity Survey (KURVS), aimed at studying the outer rotation curves shape and dark matter content of 22 star-forming galaxies at z ∼1.5. These galaxies represent ’typical’ star-forming discs... Read More about KURVS: the outer rotation curve shapes and dark matter fractions of z ∼ 1.5 star-forming galaxies.

SUPER VII. morphology and kinematics of H α emission in AGN host galaxies at cosmic noon using SINFONI (2023)
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Kakkad, D., Mainieri, V., Vietri, G., Lamperti, I., Carniani, S., Cresci, G., …Zappacosta, L. (2023). SUPER VII. morphology and kinematics of H α emission in AGN host galaxies at cosmic noon using SINFONI. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 520(4), 5783–5802. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad439

We present spatially resolved H α properties of 21 type 1 AGN host galaxies at z ∼ 2 derived from the SUPER survey. These targets were observed with the adaptive optics capabilities of the SINFONI spectrograph, a near-infrared integral field spectrog... Read More about SUPER VII. morphology and kinematics of H α emission in AGN host galaxies at cosmic noon using SINFONI.

The resolved chemical abundance properties within the interstellar medium of star-forming galaxies at z≈ 1.5 (2022)
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Gillman, S., Puglisi, A., Dudzevičiūtė, U., Swinbank, A., Tiley, A., Harrison, C., …Obreschkow, D. (2022). The resolved chemical abundance properties within the interstellar medium of star-forming galaxies at z≈ 1.5. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 512(3), 3480-3499. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac580

We exploit the unprecedented depth of integral field data from the KMOS Ultra-deep Rotational Velocity Survey (KURVS) to analyse the strong (Hα) and forbidden ([NII], [SII]) emission line ratios in 22 main-sequence galaxies at z ≈ 1.5. Using the [NII... Read More about The resolved chemical abundance properties within the interstellar medium of star-forming galaxies at z≈ 1.5.

Differential attenuation in star-forming galaxies at 0.3 ≲ z ≲ 1.5 in the SHARDS/CANDELS field (2021)
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Rodríguez-Muñoz, L., Rodighiero, G., Pérez-González, P., Talia, M., Baronchelli, I., Morselli, L., …Rodríguez-Espinosa, J. (2022). Differential attenuation in star-forming galaxies at 0.3 ≲ z ≲ 1.5 in the SHARDS/CANDELS field. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 510(2), 2061-2083. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab3558

We use a sample of 706 galaxies, selected as [O II]λ3727 ([O II]) emitters in the Survey for High-z Absorption Red and Dead Sources (SHARDS) on the CANDELS/GOODS-N field, to study the differential attenuation of the nebular emission with respect to t... Read More about Differential attenuation in star-forming galaxies at 0.3 ≲ z ≲ 1.5 in the SHARDS/CANDELS field.

The effect of active galactic nuclei on the cold interstellar medium in distant star-forming galaxies (2021)
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Valentino, F., Daddi, E., Puglisi, A., Magdis, G., Kokorev, V., Liu, D., …Dannerbauer, H. (2021). The effect of active galactic nuclei on the cold interstellar medium in distant star-forming galaxies. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 654, Article A165. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202141417

In the framework of a systematic study with the ALMA interferometer of IR-selected main-sequence and starburst galaxies at z ∼ 1 − 1.7 at typical ∼1″ resolution, we report on the effects of mid-IR- and X-ray-detected active galactic nuclei (AGN) on t... Read More about The effect of active galactic nuclei on the cold interstellar medium in distant star-forming galaxies.

SUPER V. ALMA continuum observations of z ∼ 2 AGN and the elusive evidence of outflows influencing star formation (2021)
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Lamperti, I., Harrison, C., Mainieri, V., Kakkad, D., Perna, M., Circosta, C., …Zappacosta, L. (2021). SUPER V. ALMA continuum observations of z ∼ 2 AGN and the elusive evidence of outflows influencing star formation. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 654, Article A90. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202141363

We study the impact of active galactic nuclei (AGN) ionised outflows on star formation in high-redshift AGN host galaxies, by combining near-infrared integral field spectroscopic (IFS) observations, mapping the Hα emission and [O III]λ5007 outflows,... Read More about SUPER V. ALMA continuum observations of z ∼ 2 AGN and the elusive evidence of outflows influencing star formation.

SUPER VI. A giant molecular halo around a z∼2 quasar (2021)
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Cicone, C., Mainieri, V., Circosta, C., Kakkad, D., Vietri, G., Perna, M., …Arrigoni Battaia, F. (2021). SUPER VI. A giant molecular halo around a z∼2 quasar. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 654, Article L8. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202141611

We present the discovery of copious molecular gas in the halo of cid_346, a z = 2.2 quasar studied as part of the SINFONI survey for Unveiling the Physics and Effect of Radiative feedback (SUPER). New Atacama Compact Array (ACA) CO(3−2) observations... Read More about SUPER VI. A giant molecular halo around a z∼2 quasar.

Submillimetre compactness as a critical dimension to understand the Main Sequence of star-forming galaxies (2021)
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Puglisi, A., Daddi, E., Valentino, F., Magdis, G., Liu, D., Kokorev, V., …Swinbank, M. (2021). Submillimetre compactness as a critical dimension to understand the Main Sequence of star-forming galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 508(4), 5217-5238. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab2914

We study the interstellar medium (ISM) properties as a function of the molecular gas size for 77 infrared-selected galaxies at z ∼ 1.3, having stellar masses 109.4 . M? . 1012.0 M and star formation rates 12 . SFRFIR . 1000 M yr−1 . Molecular gas siz... Read More about Submillimetre compactness as a critical dimension to understand the Main Sequence of star-forming galaxies.

An Ancient Massive Quiescent Galaxy Found in a Gas-rich z ∼ 3 Group (2021)
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Kalita, B. S., Daddi, E., D’Eugenio, C., Valentino, F., Rich, R. M., Gómez-Guijarro, C., …Strazzullo, V. (2021). An Ancient Massive Quiescent Galaxy Found in a Gas-rich z ∼ 3 Group. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 917(2), Article L17. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ac16dc

Deep Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array and Hubble Space Telescope observations reveal the presence of a quenched massive galaxy within the z = 2.91 galaxy group RO-1001. With a mass-weighted stellar age of 1.6 ± 0.4 Gyr this galaxy is one... Read More about An Ancient Massive Quiescent Galaxy Found in a Gas-rich z ∼ 3 Group.

The KMOS galaxy evolution survey (KGES): the angular momentum of star-forming galaxies over the last ≍10 Gyr (2021)
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Tiley, A. L., Gillman, S., Cortese, L., Swinbank, A., Dudzevičiūtė, U., Harrison, C., …Puglisi, A. (2021). The KMOS galaxy evolution survey (KGES): the angular momentum of star-forming galaxies over the last ≍10 Gyr. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 506(1), 323-342. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab1692

We present the KMOS Galaxy Evolution Survey (KGES), a K-band Multi-Object Spectrograph (KMOS) study of the H α and [N II] emission from 288 K-band-selected galaxies at 1.2 ≲ z ≲ 1.8, with stellar masses in the range log10(M∗/M⊙)≈9 – 11.5. In this pap... Read More about The KMOS galaxy evolution survey (KGES): the angular momentum of star-forming galaxies over the last ≍10 Gyr.

The evolution of compact massive quiescent and star-forming galaxies derived from the Re–Rh and Mstar–Mh relations (2021)
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Zanisi, L., Shankar, F., Fu, H., Rodriguez-Puebla, A., Avila-Reese, V., Faisst, A., …Dekel, A. (2021). The evolution of compact massive quiescent and star-forming galaxies derived from the Re–Rh and Mstar–Mh relations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 505(3), 4555-4570. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab1472

The mean size (effective radius Re) of massive galaxies (MGs; Mstar > 1011.2M⊙) is observed to increase steadily with cosmic time. It is still unclear whether this trend originates from the size growth of individual galaxies (via, e.g. mergers and/or... Read More about The evolution of compact massive quiescent and star-forming galaxies derived from the Re–Rh and Mstar–Mh relations.

Three Lyman-α-emitting filaments converging to a massive galaxy group at z = 2.91: discussing the case for cold gas infall (2021)
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Daddi, E., Valentino, F., Rich, R., Neill, J., Gronke, M., O’Sullivan, D., …Wang, T. (2021). Three Lyman-α-emitting filaments converging to a massive galaxy group at z = 2.91: discussing the case for cold gas infall. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 649, Article A78. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202038700

We have discovered a 300 kpc-wide giant Lyman-α (Lyα) nebula centered on the massive galaxy group RO-1001 at z = 2.91 in the Cosmic Evolution Survey field. Keck Cosmic Web Imager observations reveal three cold gas filaments converging into the center... Read More about Three Lyman-α-emitting filaments converging to a massive galaxy group at z = 2.91: discussing the case for cold gas infall.

CO Excitation, Molecular Gas Density, and Interstellar Radiation Field in Local and High-redshift Galaxies (2021)
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Liu, D., Daddi, E., Schinnerer, E., Saito, T., Leroy, A., Silverman, J. D., …Groves, B. (2021). CO Excitation, Molecular Gas Density, and Interstellar Radiation Field in Local and High-redshift Galaxies. Astrophysical Journal, 909(1), Article 56. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abd801

We study the carbon monoxide (CO) excitation, mean molecular gas density, and interstellar radiation field (ISRF) intensity in a comprehensive sample of 76 galaxies from local to high redshift (z ∼ 0–6), selected based on detections of their CO trans... Read More about CO Excitation, Molecular Gas Density, and Interstellar Radiation Field in Local and High-redshift Galaxies.

A titanic interstellar medium ejection from a massive starburst galaxy at redshift 1.4 (2021)
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Puglisi, A., Daddi, E., Brusa, M., Bournaud, F., Fensch, J., Liu, D., …Rodighiero, G. (2021). A titanic interstellar medium ejection from a massive starburst galaxy at redshift 1.4. Nature Astronomy, 5(3), 319-330. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-020-01268-x

Feedback-driven winds from star formation or active galactic nuclei might be a relevant channel for the abrupt quenching of star formation in massive galaxies. However, both observations and simulations support the idea that these processes are non-c... Read More about A titanic interstellar medium ejection from a massive starburst galaxy at redshift 1.4.

Coevolution of black hole accretion and star formation in galaxies up to z = 3.5 (2020)
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Carraro, R., Rodighiero, G., Cassata, P., Brusa, M., Shankar, F., Baronchelli, I., …Suh, H. (2020). Coevolution of black hole accretion and star formation in galaxies up to z = 3.5. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 642, Article A65. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201936649

Aims. We study the coevolution between the black hole accretion rate (BHAR) and the star formation rate (SFR) in different phases of galaxy life: main-sequence star-forming galaxies, quiescent galaxies, and starburst galaxies at different cosmic epoc... Read More about Coevolution of black hole accretion and star formation in galaxies up to z = 3.5.

CO emission in distant galaxies on and above the main sequence (2020)
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Valentino, F., Daddi, E., Puglisi, A., Magdis, G., Liu, D., Kokorev, V., …Sanders, D. (2020). CO emission in distant galaxies on and above the main sequence. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 641, Article A155. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202038322

We present the detection of multiple carbon monoxide CO line transitions with ALMA in a few tens of infrared-selected galaxies on and above the main sequence at z = 1.1−1.7. We reliably detected the emission of CO (5−4), CO (2−1), and CO (7−6)+[C I](... Read More about CO emission in distant galaxies on and above the main sequence.

The Typical Massive Quiescent Galaxy at z ∼ 3 is a Post-starburst (2020)
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D’Eugenio, C., Daddi, E., Gobat, R., Strazzullo, V., Lustig, P., Delvecchio, I., …Onodera, M. (2020). The Typical Massive Quiescent Galaxy at z ∼ 3 is a Post-starburst. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 892(1), Article L2. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ab7a96

We have obtained spectroscopic confirmation with Hubble Space Telescope WFC3/G141 of a first sizeable sample of nine quiescent galaxies at 2.4 < z < 3.3. Their average near-UV/optical rest-frame spectrum is characterized by low attenuation (AV ~ 0.6... Read More about The Typical Massive Quiescent Galaxy at z ∼ 3 is a Post-starburst.