Search Results - "MiniuttI, Giovanni"
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Testing EMRI Models for Quasi-periodic Eruptions with 3.5 yr of Monitoring eRO-QPE1
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-04-2024)“…Quasi-periodic eruptions (QPEs) are luminous X-ray outbursts recurring on hour timescales, observed from the nuclei of a growing handful of nearby low-mass…”
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A dynamic black hole corona in an active galaxy through X-ray reverberation mapping
Published in Nature astronomy (01-06-2020)“…X-ray reverberation echoes are assumed to be produced in the strongly distorted spacetime around accreting supermassive black holes. This signal allows us to…”
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The Relativistic Jet-accretion Flow-wind Connection in Mrk 231
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-02-2017)“…Long-term radio monitoring of the broad absorption line (BAL) quasar Mrk 231 at 17.6 GHz detected a strong flare in 2015. This triggered four epochs of Very…”
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A Changing-Look AGN to Be Probed by X-ray Polarimetry
Published in Galaxies (01-06-2018)“…Active galactic nuclei (AGN) produce the highest intrinsic luminosities in the Universe from within a compact region. The central engine is thought to be…”
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Suzaku Observations of the Hard X-Ray Variability of MCG −6–30–15: the Effects of Strong Gravity around a Kerr Black Hole
Published in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan (30-01-2007)“…Suzaku has, for the first time, enabled the hard X-ray variability of the Seyfert 1 galaxy MCG $-$ 6–30–15 to be measured. The variability in the 14–45 keV…”
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X-RAY VARIABILITY STUDY OF POLAR SCATTERED SEYFERT1 GALAXIES
Published in Acta polytechnica (Prague, Czech Republic : 1992) (31-08-2014)“…We study 12 Seyfert 1 galaxies with a high level of optical polarization. Optical light emerging from the innermost regions is predominantly scattered in a…”
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Searching for overlooked TDEs in the 4XMM catalogue
Published in Astronomische Nachrichten (01-05-2023)“…Tidal disruption events (TDEs) are usually discovered as bright transients, either in the X‐ray or optical/UV band. These events are often characterized by a…”
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A Disk Instability Model for the Quasi-periodic Eruptions of GSN 069
Published in Astrophysical journal. Letters (01-04-2022)“…GSN 069 is a recently discovered quasi-periodic eruption (QPE) source recurring about every 9 hr. The mechanism for the QPEs of GSN 069 is still unclear. In…”
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The Suzaku Observation of NGC3516: Complex Absorption and the Broad and Narrow FeK Lines
Published in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan (20-02-2008)“…We present results from a 150ks Suzaku observation of the Seyfert 1.5 NGC3516 in 2005 October. The source was in a relatively highly absorbed state. Our…”
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Estimating the Jet Power of Mrk 231 during the 2017-2018 Flare
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-03-2020)“…Long-term 17.6 GHz radio monitoring of the broad absorption-line quasar, Mrk 231, detected a strong flare in late 2017. This triggered four epochs of Very Long…”
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Constraints on the narrow-line region of the X-ray quasi-periodic eruption source GSN 069
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (06-05-2024)“…The origins of quasi-periodic eruptions (QPEs) are poorly understood, although most theoretical explanations invoke an accretion disc around a supermassive…”
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The response of relativistic outflowing gas to the inner accretion disk of a black hole
Published in Nature (London) (02-03-2017)“…X-ray detection of an ultrafast outflow of gas is strongly linked with energy emission from the inner accretion disk of a black hole, suggesting that X-rays…”
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Broad iron L line and X-ray reverberation in 1H0707-495
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (01-02-2010)“…A detailed analysis of a long XMM–Newton observation of the narrow-line type 1 Seyfert galaxy 1H0707-495 is presented, including spectral fitting, spectral…”
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The Athena X-ray Integral Field Unit: a consolidated design for the system requirement review of the preliminary definition phase
Published in Experimental astronomy (01-04-2023)“…The Athena X-ray Integral Unit (X-IFU) is the high resolution X-ray spectrometer studied since 2015 for flying in the mid-30s on the Athena space X-ray…”
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Swift, NuStar, and XMM–Newton observations of the NLS1 galaxy RX J2317.8–4422 in an extreme X-ray low flux state
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (20-03-2019)“…Abstract We report the discovery of RX J2317.8–4422 in an extremely low X-ray flux state by the Neil Gehrels Swift observatory in 2014 April/May. In total, the…”
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Variable Partial Covering and A Relativistic Iron Line in NGC 1365
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-05-2009)“…We present a complete analysis of the hard X-ray (2-10 keV) properties of the Seyfert galaxy NGC 1365, based on a 60 ks XMM-Newton observation performed in…”
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Broad Iron Lines in AGN: The Case of MCG–6-30-15
Published in Progress of theoretical physics. Supplement (01-01-2004)“…We review the main properties of the broad iron line of the Seyfert galaxy MCG–6-30-15 and present the latest results on its variability based on XMM-Newton…”
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XMM-Newton Observations of the Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 Galaxy Mrk 335 in a Historical Low X-Ray Flux State
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-07-2008)“…We report the discovery of strong soft X-ray emission lines and a hard continuum above 2 keV in the narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy Mrk 335 during an extremely…”
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Relativistic disc reflection in the extreme NLS1 IRAS13224−3809
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (21-08-2010)“…We present a spectral variability study of the XMM–Newton and Suzaku observations of one of the most extreme narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies, IRAS13224−3809…”
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The Long Suzaku Observation of MCG-6-30-15
Published in Progress of theoretical physics. Supplement (01-01-2007)“…We report results from a long observation of MCG-6-30-15 with Suzaku. Thanks to its unprecedented sensitivity in the hard band, we could, for the first time,…”
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