Search Results - "Falco, E."
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Probing the Broad-Line Region and the Accretion Disk in the Lensed Quasars HE 0435-1223, WFI 2033-4723, and HE 2149-2745 Using Gravitational Microlensing
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-02-2017)“…We use single-epoch spectroscopy of three gravitationally lensed quasars, HE 0435-1223, WFI 2033-4723, and HE 2149-2745, to study their inner structure…”
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The stellar and dark matter distributions in elliptical galaxies from the ensemble of strong gravitational lenses
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (11-04-2014)“…We derive the average mass profile of elliptical galaxies from the ensemble of 161 strong gravitational lens systems selected from several surveys, assuming…”
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Six months of multiwavelength follow-up of the tidal disruption candidate ASASSN-14li and implied TDE rates from ASAS-SN
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (21-01-2016)“…We present ground-based and Swift photometric and spectroscopic observations of the candidate tidal disruption event (TDE) ASASSN-14li, found at the centre of…”
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Microlensing and Intrinsic Variability of the Broad Emission Lines of Lensed Quasars
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-05-2018)“…We study the broad emission lines in a sample of 11 gravitationally lensed quasars with at least two epochs of observation to identify intrinsic variability…”
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The Longest Delay: A 14.5 yr Campaign to Determine the Third Time Delay in the Lensing Cluster SDSS J1004+4112
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-09-2022)“…Abstract We present new light curves for the four bright images of the five image cluster-lensed quasar gravitational lens system SDSS J1004+4112. The light…”
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ASASSN-15lh: A highly super-luminous supernova
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (15-01-2016)“…We report the discovery of ASASSN-15lh (SN 2015L), which we interpret as the most luminous supernova yet found. At redshift z = 0.2326, ASASSN-15lh reached an…”
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Probing the Coevolution of Supermassive Black Holes and Galaxies Using Gravitationally Lensed Quasar Hosts
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-10-2006)“…In the present-day universe, supermassive black hole masses (M sub(BH)) appear to be strongly correlated with their galaxy's bulge luminosity, among other…”
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Astronomy. ASASSN-15lh: A highly super-luminous supernova
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (15-01-2016)“…We report the discovery of ASASSN-15lh (SN 2015L), which we interpret as the most luminous supernova yet found. At redshift z = 0.2326, ASASSN-15lh reached an…”
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Accretion Disk Size Measurement and Time Delays in the Lensed Quasar WFI 2033-4723
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-12-2018)“…We present 13 seasons of R-band photometry of the quadruply lensed quasar WFI 2033-4723 from the 1.3 m SMARTS telescope at CTIO and the 1.2 m Euler Swiss…”
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Cytoprotective and Antioxidant Effects of Steen Solution on Human Lung Spheroids and Human Endothelial Cells
Published in American journal of transplantation (01-07-2017)“…Respiratory diseases represent a major healthcare burden worldwide. Lung transplantation (LTx) is the “gold standard” for end‐stage patients, strongly limited…”
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A super-Earth transiting a nearby low-mass star
Published in Nature (London) (17-12-2009)“…A super-Earth with atmosphere 'Super-Earths' are extrasolar planets about two to ten times the mass of the Earth, too small to be considered 'Jupiters'…”
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ASASSN-15oi: a rapidly evolving, luminous tidal disruption event at 216 Mpc
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (01-12-2016)“…We present ground-based and Swift photometric and spectroscopic observations of the tidal disruption event (TDE) ASASSN-15oi, discovered at the centre of 2MASX…”
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On the Angular Momentum Evolution of Fully Convective Stars: Rotation Periods for Field M-dwarfs from the MEarth Transit Survey
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-01-2011)“…We present rotation period measurements for 41 field M-dwarfs, all of which have masses inferred (from their parallaxes and Two Micron All Sky Survey K-band…”
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Systematic Redshift of the Fe iii UV Lines in Quasars: Measuring Supermassive Black Hole Masses under the Gravitational Redshift Hypothesis
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-08-2018)“…We find that the Fe iiiλλ2039-2113 spectral feature in quasars appears systematically redshifted by amounts accountable under the hypothesis of gravitational…”
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Microlensing-based Estimate of the Mass Fraction in Compact Objects in Lens Galaxies
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-12-2009)“…We estimate the fraction of mass that is composed of compact objects in gravitational lens galaxies. This study is based on microlensing measurements (obtained…”
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The Rewards of Patience: An 822 Day Time Delay in the Gravitational Lens SDSS J1004+4112
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-04-2008)“…We present 107 new epochs of optical monitoring data for the four brightest images of the gravitational lens SDSS J1004+4112 observed between 2006 October and…”
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MEASURING MICROLENSING USING SPECTRA OF MULTIPLY LENSED QUASARS
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-08-2012)“…We report on a program of spectroscopic observations of gravitationally lensed QSOs with multiple images. We seek to establish whether microlensing is…”
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Optical and Near-infrared Continuum Emission Region Size Measurements in the Lensed Quasar FBQ J0951+2635
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-07-2023)“…Abstract We present 10 seasons of Sloan Digital Sky Survey r -band monitoring observations and five seasons of H -band observations of the two-image system FBQ…”
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THE AVERAGE SIZE AND TEMPERATURE PROFILE OF QUASAR ACCRETION DISKS
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-03-2014)“…We use multi-wavelength microlensing measurements of a sample of 10 image pairs from 8 lensed quasars to study the structure of their accretion disks. By using…”
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