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Galaxies, Volume 12, Issue 2

2024 April - 11 articles

Cover Story: Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) are events of growing supermassive black holes inside galaxies. The enormous energy released by AGN is believed to dramatically influence galaxy evolution. However, this is a complex process to measure with observations due to the orders of magnitude range in spatial scales (from the central black holes to galaxy haloes), temperature scales (from cold molecular gas to hot ionised gas), and time scales (from rapid growth events to long-term galaxy evolution). This review summarises the diverse range of observational approaches required to tackle this problem. It further demystifies some of the apparent contradictions in the literature and the challenges of comparing observations with theoretical ideas and simulations. The cover image is an artist’s impression of an AGN driven outflow (Credit: Image—NASA, ESA, Joseph Olmsted (STScI)). View this paper
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Articles (11)

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,175 Views
16 Pages

22 April 2024

Radio galaxies in clusters of galaxies are a prominent reservoir of magnetic fields and of non-thermal particles, which become mixed with the intracluster medium. We review the observational and theoretical knowledge of the role of these crucial ingr...

  • Review
  • Open Access
3,508 Views
33 Pages

Astrochemistry of the Molecular Gas in Dusty Star-Forming Galaxies at the Cosmic Noon

  • Francesca Perrotta,
  • Martina Torsello,
  • Marika Giulietti and
  • Andrea Lapi

22 April 2024

Far-infrared and submillimeter observations have established the fundamental role of dust-obscured star formation in the assembly of stellar mass over the past ∼12 billion years. At z = 2–4, the so-called “cosmic noon”, the bulk...

  • Review
  • Open Access
129 Citations
9,048 Views
30 Pages

10 April 2024

Growing supermassive black holes (Active Galactic Nuclei; AGN) release energy with the potential to alter their host galaxies and larger-scale environment; a process named “AGN feedback”. Feedback is a required component of galaxy formati...

  • Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,663 Views
13 Pages

This review examines the relationship between black hole activity and kinematic gas–star misalignment in brightest group galaxies (BGGs) with different merger rates. The formation history of galaxy groups is assessed through “age-dating&r...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,378 Views
11 Pages

Teaming up Radio and Sub-mm/FIR Observations to Probe Dusty Star-Forming Galaxies

  • Meriem Behiri,
  • Marika Giulietti,
  • Vincenzo Galluzzi,
  • Andrea Lapi,
  • Elisabetta Liuzzo and
  • Marcella Massardi

29 March 2024

In this paper, we investigate the benefits of teaming up data from the radio to the far-infrared (FIR) regime for the characterization of dusty star-forming galaxies (DSFGs). These galaxies are thought to be the star-forming progenitors of local mass...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,170 Views
19 Pages

Significance of Fabry-Perot Cavities for Space Gravitational Wave Antenna DECIGO

  • Kenji Tsuji,
  • Tomohiro Ishikawa,
  • Kurumi Umemura,
  • Yuki Kawasaki,
  • Shoki Iwaguchi,
  • Ryuma Shimizu,
  • Masaki Ando and
  • Seiji Kawamura

15 March 2024

DECIGO is a future Japanese project for the detection of gravitational waves in space. To conduct various scientific missions, including the verification of cosmic inflation through the detection of primordial gravitational waves as the main objectiv...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,761 Views
13 Pages

Enhancing Gamma-Ray Burst Detection: Evaluation of Neural Network Background Estimator and Explainable AI Insights

  • Riccardo Crupi,
  • Giuseppe Dilillo,
  • Giovanni Della Casa,
  • Fabrizio Fiore and
  • Andrea Vacchi

14 March 2024

The detection of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) using spaceborne X/gamma-ray photon detectors depends on a reliable background count rate estimate. This study focuses on evaluating a data-driven background estimator based on a neural network designed to ada...

  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,535 Views
16 Pages

13 March 2024

The recurrent activity of radio AGN, with phases of activity alternating with periods of quiescence, has been known since the early studies of these objects. The full relevance of this cycle is emphasised by the requirement, from the AGN feedback sce...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,600 Views
20 Pages

Central Engine and Spectral Energy Distribution Properties of High Redshift Gamma Ray Blazars

  • Anilkumar Tolamatti,
  • Krishna Kumar Singh and
  • Kuldeep Kumar Yadav

11 March 2024

We report on the properties of central engines in the γ-ray blazars located at high redshifts beyond z > 0.4, where the extra-galactic background light (EBL) starts affecting their γ-ray spectra. The physical engine that provides power...

  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,371 Views
20 Pages

Gravitational lensing, a compelling physical phenomenon, offers a unique avenue to investigate the morphology and physical properties of distant and faint celestial objects. This paper seeks to provide a comprehensive overview of the current state of...

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