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1. Constraining particle acceleration in Sgr A? with simultaneous GRAVITY, Spitzer, NuSTAR, and Chandra observations

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R. Abuter, A. Amorim, M. Bauböck, F. Baganoff, J. P. Berger, H. Boyce, H. Bonnet, W. Brandner, Y. Clénet, R. Davies, P. T. de Zeeuw, J. Dexter, Y. Dallilar, A. Drescher, A. Eckart, F. Eisenhauer, G. G. Fazio, N. M. Förster Schreiber, K. Foster, C. Gammie, P. Garcia, F. Gao, E. Gendron, R. Genzel, G. Ghisellini, S. Gillessen, M. A. Gurwell, M. Habibi, D. Haggard, C. Hailey, F. A. Harrison, X. Haubois, G. Heißel, T. Henning, and S. Hippler

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Astrophysics
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We report the time-resolved spectral analysis of a bright near-infrared and moderate X-ray flare of Sgr A⋆. We obtained light curves in the M, K, and H bands in the mid- and near-infrared and in the 2 − 8 keV and 2 − 70 keV bands in the X-ray. The observed spectral slope in the near-infrared band is νLν ∝ ν0.5 ± 0.2; the spectral slope observed in the X-ray band is νLν ∝ ν−0.7 ± 0.5. Using a fast numerical implementation of a synchrotron sphere with a constant radius, magnetic field, and electron density (i.e., a one-zone model), we tested various synchrotron and synchrotron self-Compton scenarios. The observed near-infrared brightness and X-ray faintness, together with the observed spectral slopes, pose challenges for all models explored. We rule out a scenario in which the near-infrared emission is synchrotron emission and the X-ray emission is synchrotron self-Compton. Two realizations of the one-zone model can explain the observed flare and its temporal correlation: one-zone model in which the near-infrared and X-ray luminosity are produced by synchrotron self-Compton and a model in which the luminosity stems from a cooled synchrotron spectrum. Both models can describe the mean spectral energy distribution (SED) and temporal evolution similarly well. In order to describe the mean SED, both models require specific values of the maximum Lorentz factor γmax, which differ by roughly two orders of magnitude. The synchrotron self-Compton model suggests that electrons are accelerated to γmax ∼ 500, while cooled synchrotron model requires acceleration up to γmax ∼ 5 × 104. The synchrotron self-Compton scenario requires electron densities of 1010 cm−3 that are much larger than typical ambient densities in the accretion flow. Furthermore, it requires a variation of the particle density that is inconsistent with the average mass-flow rate inferred from polarization measurements and can therefore only be realized in an extraordinary accretion event. In contrast, assuming a source size of 1 RS, the cooled synchrotron scenario can be realized with densities and magnetic fields comparable with the ambient accretion flow. For both models, the temporal evolution is regulated through the maximum acceleration factor γmax, implying that sustained particle acceleration is required to explain at least a part of the temporal evolution of the flare.

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2021
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2. Constraining particle acceleration in Sgr A⋆ with simultaneous GRAVITY, Spitzer, NuSTAR, and Chandra observations

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Wolfgang Brandner, A. Jiménez-Rosales, Mark Gurwell, Stefan Hippler, Christian Straubmeier, Th. Henning, Fiona A. Harrison, Jason Dexter, N. M. Förster Schreiber, F. Vincent, Pierre Kervella, Daryl Haggard, S. Yazici, Silvia Scheithauer, Oliver Pfuhl, Y. Dallilar, T. Taro Shimizu, Idel Waisberg, Odele Straub, K. Foster, Felix Widmann, Sera Markoff, Dieter Lutz, J.-B. Le Bouquin, M. Bauböck, Matthew Horrobin, Yann Clénet, P. T. de Zeeuw, Gabriele Ghisellini, Howard A. Smith, Frederick K. Baganoff, Daniel Stern, Thibaut Paumard, Eckhard Sturm, Ric Davies, M. Nowak, Andreas Eckart, Andreas Kaufer, Sebastian Rabien, Laurent Jocou, Paulo J. V. Garcia, Ekkehard Wieprecht, Reinhard Genzel, Jinyi Shangguan, G. Rodríguez-Coira, Patrick Lowrance, C. J. Hailey, Thomas Ott, S. Zhang, A. Drescher, G. Ponti, Giovanni G. Fazio, Steven P. Willner, S. D. von Fellenberg, Linda J. Tacconi, Maryam Habibi, H. Bonnet, Julien Woillez, V. Lapeyrère, Sylvestre Lacour, António Amorim, Erich Wiezorrek, Xavier Haubois, Guy Perrin, J. Neilsen, K. Mori, Eric Gendron, Frank Eisenhauer, G. Heißel, Pierre Léna, Joseph L. Hora, Karine Perraut, Charles F. Gammie, Feng Gao, G. Witzel, Gérard Zins, Mark Morris, André Young, Julia Stadler, Jean-Phillipe Berger, Hope Boyce, Stefan Gillessen, Lieselotte Jochum, Roberto Abuter, High Energy Astrophys. & Astropart. Phys (API, FNWI), Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble (IPAG), Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (OSUG ), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA (UMR_8109)), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, and Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP)

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Accretion, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Electron, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Astrophysics - high energy astrophysical phenomena, law.invention, Luminosity, symbols.namesake, law, 0103 physical sciences, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Accretion (meteorology), Galaxy: center, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, [SDU.ASTR.HE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Astronomy and Astrophysics, Black hole physics, Synchrotron, ddc, Particle acceleration, Lorentz factor, 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, Accretion disks, symbols, Spectral energy distribution, Flare
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We report the time-resolved spectral analysis of a bright near-infrared and moderate X-ray flare of Sgr A*. We obtained light curves in the $M$-, $K$-, and $H$-bands in the mid- and near-infrared and in the $2-8~\mathrm{keV}$ and $2-70~\mathrm{keV}$ bands in the X-ray. The observed spectral slope in the near-infrared band is $\nu L_\nu\propto \nu^{0.5\pm0.2}$; the spectral slope observed in the X-ray band is $\nu L_\nu \propto \nu^{-0.7\pm0.5}$. We tested synchrotron and synchrotron self-Compton (SSC) scenarios. The observed near-infrared brightness and X-ray faintness, together with the observed spectral slopes, pose challenges for all models explored. We rule out a scenario in which the near-infrared emission is synchrotron emission and the X-ray emission is SSC. A one-zone model in which both the near-infrared and X-ray luminosity are produced by SSC and a model in which the luminosity stems from a cooled synchrotron spectrum can explain the flare. In order to describe the mean SED, both models require specific values of the maximum Lorentz factor $\gamma_{max}$, which however differ by roughly two orders of magnitude: the SSC model suggests that electrons are accelerated to $\gamma_{max}\sim 500$, while cooled synchrotron model requires acceleration up to $\gamma_{max}\sim5\times 10^{4}$. The SSC scenario requires electron densities of $10^{10}~\mathrm{cm^{-3}}$ much larger than typical ambient densities in the accretion flow, and thus require in an extraordinary accretion event. In contrast, assuming a source size of $1R_s$, the cooled synchrotron scenario can be realized with densities and magnetic fields comparable with the ambient accretion flow. For both models, the temporal evolution is regulated through the maximum acceleration factor $\gamma_{max}$, implying that sustained particle acceleration is required to explain at least a part of the temporal evolution of the flare., Comment: accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics; preview abstract shortened due to arXiv requirements

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2021
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3. First direct detection of an exoplanet by optical interferometry

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S. Lacour, M. Nowak, J. Wang, O. Pfuhl, F. Eisenhauer, R. Abuter, A. Amorim, N. Anugu, M. Benisty, J. P. Berger, H. Beust, N. Blind, M. Bonnefoy, H. Bonnet, P. Bourget, W. Brandner, A. Buron, C. Collin, B. Charnay, F. Chapron, Y. Clénet, V. Coudé du Foresto, P. T. de Zeeuw, C. Deen, R. Dembet, J. Dexter, G. Duvert, A. Eckart, N. M. Förster Schreiber, P. Fédou, P. Garcia, R. Garcia Lopez, and F. Ga

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2019
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4. Kiloparsec view of a typical star-forming galaxy when the Universe was ∼1 Gyr old

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Linda J. Tacconi, T. Naab, Hannah Übler, Roger L. Davies, Rodrigo Herrera-Camus, Ken-ichi Tadaki, Alberto D. Bolatto, Deanne B. Fisher, R. Genzel, Dieter Lutz, N. M. Förster Schreiber, and T. Taro Shimizu

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Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Star formation, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Escape velocity, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Submillimeter Array, Redshift, Galaxy, Interstellar medium, Stars, Space and Planetary Science, 0103 physical sciences, Outflow, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics
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We present new Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array observations of the [C II] 158 μm transition and the dust continuum in HZ4, a typical star-forming galaxy when the Universe was only ∼1 Gyr old (z ≈ 5.5). Our high ≈0.3″ spatial resolution allows us to study the relationships between [C II] line emission, star formation rate, and far-infrared emission on spatial scales of ∼2 kpc. In the central ∼4 kpc of HZ4, the [C II]/FIR is ∼3 × 10−3 on global scales as well as on spatially resolved scales of ∼2 kpc, comparable to the ratio observed in local moderate starburst galaxies such as M 82 or M 83. For the first time in an individual normal galaxy at this redshift, we find evidence for outflowing gas from the central star-forming region in the direction of the minor axis of the galaxy. The projected velocity of the outflow is ∼400 km s−1, and the neutral gas-mass outflow rate is ∼3 − 6 times higher than the star formation rate in the central region. Finally, we detect a diffuse component of [C II] emission, or [C II] halo, that extends beyond the star-forming disk and has a diameter of ∼12 kpc. The outflow, which has a velocity approximately half of the escape velocity of the system, most likely partly fuels the [C II] extended emission. Together with the kinematic analysis of HZ4 (presented in a forthcoming paper), the analysis supports the hypothesis that HZ4 is a typical star-forming disk at z ∼ 5 with interstellar medium conditions similar to present-day galaxies forming stars at a similar level, driving a galactic outflow that may already play a role in its evolution.

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2021
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5. Towards a resolved Kennicutt-Schmidt law at high redshift

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Francoise Combes, Amiel Sternberg, Thorsten Naab, Michael C. Cooper, N. M. Förster Schreiber, Pierre Cox, S. Newman, Benjamin J. Weiner, Santiago García-Burillo, Frederic Bournaud, Jonathan Freundlich, Reinhard Genzel, Andreas Burkert, Dieter Lutz, J. Gracia-Carpio, Michael Davis, Alberto D. Bolatto, Roberto Neri, Linda J. Tacconi, Laboratoire d'Etude du Rayonnement et de la Matière en Astrophysique (LERMA), École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Cergy Pontoise (UCP), Université Paris-Seine-Université Paris-Seine-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris)

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Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), FOS: Physical sciences, galaxies: starburst, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Kennicutt–Schmidt law, 01 natural sciences, Luminosity, galaxies: high-redshift, 0103 physical sciences, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Line (formation), Physics, stars: formation, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Star formation, Plateau de Bure Interferometer, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Galaxy, Redshift, Stars, Space and Planetary Science, galaxies: structure, galaxies: evolution, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], galaxies: ISM, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

Massive galaxies in the distant Universe form stars at much higher rates than today. Although direct resolution of the star forming regions of these galaxies is still a challenge, recent molecular gas observations at the IRAM Plateau de Bure interferometer enable us to study the star formation efficiency on subgalactic scales around redshift z = 1.2. We present a method for obtaining the gas and star formation rate (SFR) surface densities of ensembles of clumps composing galaxies at this redshift, even though the corresponding scales are not resolved. This method is based on identifying these structures in position-velocity diagrams corresponding to slices within the galaxies. We use unique IRAM observations of the CO(3-2) rotational line and DEEP2 spectra of four massive star forming distant galaxies - EGS13003805, EGS13004291, EGS12007881, and EGS13019128 in the AEGIS terminology - to determine the gas and SFR surface densities of the identifiable ensembles of clumps that constitute them. The integrated CO line luminosity is assumed to be directly proportional to the total gas mass, and the SFR is deduced from the [OII] line. We identify the ensembles of clumps with the angular resolution available in both CO and [OII] spectroscopy; i.e., 1-1.5". SFR and gas surface densities are averaged in areas of this size, which is also the thickness of the DEEP2 slits and of the extracted IRAM slices, and we derive a spatially resolved Kennicutt-Schmidt (KS) relation on a scale of ~8 kpc. The data generally indicates an average depletion time of 1.9 Gyr, but with significant variations from point to point within the galaxies., Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures, 2 tables, accepted by Astronomy and Astrophysics

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2013
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6. Herschel-PACS far-infrared detections of Lyman-αemitters at 2.0 ≲ z ≲ 3.5

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M. Sánchez-Portal, Eckhard Sturm, N. M. Förster Schreiber, J. Cepa, Ángel Bongiovanni, Linda J. Tacconi, A. Cimatti, Benjamin Magnelli, Roberto Maiolino, Francesca Pozzi, H. Aussel, I. Valtchanov, P. Popesso, A. Ederoclite, Ricardo Pérez-Martínez, Dieter Lutz, Reinhard Genzel, A. M. Pérez García, D. Elbaz, I. Pintos-Castro, Albrecht Poglitsch, S. Berta, I. Oteo, Bruno Altieri, E. Daddi, and P. Andreani

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Physics, education.field_of_study, Spectrometer, Population, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Mutually exclusive events, Redshift, Space observatory, Galaxy, Luminosity, Space and Planetary Science, Spectral energy distribution, education
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In this work we analyze the physical properties of a sample of 56 spectroscopically selected star-forming (SF) Ly$\alpha$ emitting galaxies at 2.0$\lesssim$z$\lesssim$3.5 using both a spectral energy distribution (SED) fitting procedure from rest-frame UV to mid-IR and direct 160$\mu$m observations taken with the Photodetector Array Camera & Spectrometer (PACS) instrument onboard \emph{Herschel Space Observatory}. We define LAEs as those Ly$\alpha$ emitting galaxies whose rest-frame Ly$\alpha$ equivalent widths (Ly$\alpha$ EW$_{rest-frame}$) are above 20\AA, the typical threshold in narrow-band searches. Ly$\alpha$ emitting galaxies with Ly$\alpha$ EW$_{rest-frame}$ are called non-LAEs. As a result of an individual SED fitting for each object, we find that the studied sample of LAEs contains galaxies with ages mostly below 100Myr and a wide variety of dust attenuations, SFRs, and stellar masses. The heterogeneity in the physical properties is also seen in the morphology, ranging from bulge-like galaxies to highly clumpy systems. In this way, we find that LAEs at 2.0$\lesssim$z$\lesssim$3.5 are very diverse, and do not have a bimodal nature, as suggested in previous works. Furthermore, the main difference between LAEs and non-LAEs is their dust attenuation, because LAEs are not as dusty as non-LAEs. On the FIR side, four galaxies of the sample (two LAEs and two non-LAEs) have PACS-FIR counterparts. Their total IR luminosity place all of them in the ULIRG regime and are all dusty objects, with A$_{1200}$$\gtrsim$4mag. This is an indication from direct FIR measurements that dust and Ly$\alpha$ emission are not mutually exclusive. This population of red and dusty LAEs is not seen at z$\sim$0.3, suggesting an evolution with redshift of the IR nature of galaxies selected via their Ly$\alpha$ emission.

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2012
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7. Enhanced star formation rates in AGN hosts with respect to inactive galaxies from PEP-Herschelobservations

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S. Berta, A. M. Pérez García, Franz E. Bauer, Giulia Rodighiero, Miguel Sánchez-Portal, Lijing Shao, Andrea Cimatti, Andrea Grazian, N. M. Förster Schreiber, Reinhard Genzel, Dieter Lutz, Albrecht Poglitsch, Emanuele Daddi, Roberto Maiolino, E. Sturm, Benjamin Magnelli, Mara Salvato, David M. Alexander, Bruno Altieri, David J. Rosario, L. Riguccini, Paola Popesso, Marcella Brusa, Francesca Pozzi, Raanan Nordon, P. Santini, V. Mainieri, David Elbaz, J. Cepa, Paola Andreani, Linda J. Tacconi, Adriano Fontana, W. N. Brandt, Herve Aussel, Ivan Valtchanov, E. Le Floc'h, Stijn Wuyts, Ángel Bongiovanni, Santini P., Rosario, D. J., Shao L., Lutz D., Maiolino R., Alexander D. M., Altieri B., Andreani P., Aussel H., Bauer F. E., Berta S., Bongiovanni A., Brandt W. N., Brusa M., Cepa J., Cimatti A., Daddi E., Elbaz D., Fontana A., Förster Schreiber N. M., Genzel R., Grazian A., Le Floc'h E., Magnelli B., Mainieri V., Nordon R., Pérez Garcia A. M., Poglitsch A., Popesso P., Pozzi F., Riguccini L., Rodighiero G., Salvato M., Sanchez-Portal M., Sturm E., Tacconi L. J., Valtchanov I., and Wuyts S.

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Physics, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Star formation, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, galaxies: active, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Galaxy, infrared: galaxies, galaxies: high-redshift, Space and Planetary Science, galaxies: star formation, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, galaxies: evolution, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
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We compare the average star formation (SF) activity in X-ray selected AGN hosts with mass-matched control inactive galaxies,including star forming and quiescent sources, at 0.510sigma) for bright AGNs. However, when comparing to star forming galaxies only, AGN hosts are broadly consistent with the locus of their `main sequence'. We investigate the relative far-IR luminosity distributions of active and inactive galaxies, and find a higher fraction of PACS detected, hence normal and highly star forming systems among AGN hosts. Although different interpretations are possible, we explain our findings as a consequence of a twofold AGN growth path: faint AGNs evolve through secular processes, with instantaneous AGN accretion not tightly linked to the current total SF in the host, while luminous AGNs co-evolve with their hosts through periods of enhanced AGN activity and SF, possibly through major mergers. While an increased SF with respect to non-AGNs of similar mass is expected in the latter, we interpret the modest SF offsets measured in low-Lx AGN hosts as either a) generated by non-synchronous accretion and SF histories in a merger scenario or b) due to possible connections between instantaneous SF and accretion that can be induced by smaller scale (non-major merger) mechanisms. Far-IR luminosity distributions favour the latter scenario., Comment: Final version

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2012
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8. The evolution of the star formation activity per halo mass up to redshift ~1.6 as seen byHerschel

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Andrea Biviano, David Elbaz, Giulia Rodighiero, Antonio Cava, Kim-Vy Tran, Carlotta Gruppioni, Dario Fadda, Paola Popesso, Dieter Lutz, Ivan Valtchanov, Kalliopi Dasyra, Helmut Dannerbauer, Francesca Pozzi, S. Berta, Lijing Shao, Alexis Finoguenov, E. Le Floc'h, Jeyhan S. Kartaltepe, D. Coia, Amélie Saintonge, Ho Seong Hwang, Shannon G. Patel, L. Riguccini, Raanan Nordon, N. M. Förster Schreiber, Ivano Baronchelli, Albrecht Poglitsch, Paola Andreani, Reinhard Genzel, Benjamin Magnelli, O. Ilbert, Linda J. Tacconi, Roger Leiton, Bruno Altieri, Andrea Cimatti, Mara Salvato, E. Daddi, Herve Aussel, M. Sanchez Portal, Mark Dickinson, Adam Tomczak, Georgios E. Magdis, Peter Capak, Popesso P., Biviano A., Rodighiero G., Baronchelli I., Salvato M., Saintonge A., Finoguenov A., Magnelli B., Gruppioni C., Pozzi F., Lutz D., Elbaz D., Altieri B., Andreani P., Aussel H., Berta S., Capak P., Cava A., Cimatti A., Coia D., Daddi E., Dannerbauer H., Dickinson M., Dasyra K., Fadda D., Förster Schreiber N., Genzel R., Hwang H. S., Kartaltepe J., Ilbert O., Le Floch E., Leiton R., Magdis, G., Nordon R., Patel S., Poglitsch A., Riguccini L., Sanchez Portal M., Shao L., Tacconi L., Tomczak A., Tran K., and Valtchanov I.

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Physics, Luminous infrared galaxy, education.field_of_study, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Star formation, Population, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Redshift, Galaxy, galaxies: clusters: general, galaxies: high-redshift, Space and Planetary Science, Galaxy group, galaxies: evolution, education, Low Mass, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Galaxy cluster, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
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Star formation in massive galaxies is quenched at some point during hierarchical mass assembly. To understand where and when the quenching processes takes place, we study the evolution of the total star formation rate per unit total halo mass (\Sigma(SFR/M)) in three different mass scales: low mass halos (field galaxies), groups, and clusters, up to a redshift ~1.6. We use deep far-infrared PACS data at 100 and 160 um to accurately estimate the total star formation rate of the Luminous Infrared Galaxy population of 9 clusters with mass ~10^{15} M_{\odot}, and 9 groups/poor clusters with mass ~ 5 x 10^{13} M_{\odot}. Estimates of the field \Sigma(SFR/M) are derived from the literature, by dividing the star formation rate density by the mean comoving matter density of the universe. The field \Sigma(SFR/M) increases with redshift up to z~1 and it is constant thereafter. The evolution of the \Sigma(SFR/M)-z relation in galaxy systems is much faster than in the field. Up to redshift z~0.2, the field has a higher \Sigma(SFR/M) than galaxy groups and galaxy clusters. At higher redshifts, galaxy groups and the field have similar \Sigma(SFR/M), while massive clusters have significantly lower \Sigma(SFR/M) than both groups and the field. There is a hint of a reversal of the SFR activity vs. environment at z~1.6, where the group \Sigma(SFR/M) lies above the field \Sigma(SFR/M)-z relation. We discuss possible interpretations of our results in terms of the processes of downsizing, and star-formation quenching., Comment: 8 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication on A&A

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2012
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9. The resolved size and structure of hot dust in the immediate vicinity of AGN

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A. Jiménez-Rosales, Feng Gao, Reinhard Genzel, N. M. Förster Schreiber, T. Taro Shimizu, António Amorim, Julien Woillez, M. Bauböck, Sylvestre Lacour, Jason Dexter, Marc Schartmann, Christian Straubmeier, Wolfgang Brandner, R. L. Davies, Idel Waisberg, P. Vermot, Stefan Gillessen, Paulo J. V. Garcia, Mercedes Prieto, Konrad R. W. Tristram, K. Perraut, T. Paumard, Felix Widmann, Andreas Eckart, Jinyi Shangguan, Oliver Pfuhl, Linda J. Tacconi, Guy Perrin, Makoto Kishimoto, P. T. de Zeeuw, T. Ott, B. M. Peterson, Frank Eisenhauer, D. Rouan, P.-O. Petrucci, Sebastian F. Hönig, Eckhard Sturm, Damien Gratadour, Amiel Sternberg, F. Millour, Y. Clénet, Odele Straub, Dieter Lutz, Hagai Netzer, Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA (UMR_8109)), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Joseph Louis LAGRANGE (LAGRANGE), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble (IPAG), Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (OSUG), Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), GRAVITY, Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik (MPE), Department of Earth Sciences [Oxford], University of Oxford [Oxford], Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Institute Patology and Imunology Molecular, Fac Ciencias, Universidade do Porto [Porto], Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie (MPIA), Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie (MPIFR), Institut Européen des membranes (IEM), Université de Montpellier (UM)-Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2)-Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier (ENSCM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Columbia University [New York], Observatoire de Paris - Site de Paris (OP), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS), Institut of Physics - Riga, Latvian Academy of Sciences, Universität zu Köln, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (OSUG ), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - 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media_common.quotation_subject, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, galaxies: active, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Asymmetry, law.invention, law, quasars: general, 0103 physical sciences, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, media_common, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Bolometer, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Quasar, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Galaxy, galaxies: Seyfert, Full width at half maximum, Interferometry, Space and Planetary Science, techniques: interferometric, [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics], Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), Sublimation (phase transition), Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, galaxies: nuclei, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]
Abstract

We use VLTI/GRAVITY near-infrared interferometry measurements of 8 bright, Type 1 AGN to study the size and structure of hot dust heated by the central engine. We partially resolve each source, and report Gaussian FWHM sizes in the range 0.3-0.8 milliarcseconds. In all but one object, we find no evidence for significant elongation or asymmetry (closure phases < 1 deg). The effective physical radius increases with bolometric luminosity as found from past reverberation and interferometry measurements. The measured sizes for Seyfert galaxies are systematically larger than for the two quasars in our sample when measured relative to the previously reported R ~ L^1/2 relationship explained by emission at the sublimation radius. This could be evidence of evolving near-infrared emission region structure as a function of central luminosity., 13 pages, 9 figures, submitted to A&A

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