Lens Discovery in the Era of Wide-area Surveys

Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union Cambridge University Press (CUP) 18:S381 (2022) 35-37

Authors:

Philip Holloway, Philip J Marshall, Aprajita Verma

A detailed look at the most obscured galactic nuclei in the mid-infrared

Astronomy & Astrophysics EDP Sciences 669 (2022) A87-A87

Authors:

FR Donnan, D Rigopoulou, I García-Bernete, M Pereira-Santaella, A Alonso-Herrero, PF Roche, S Aalto, A Hernán-Caballero, HWW Spoon

Abstract:

Context. Compact obscured nuclei (CONs) represent an extreme phase of galaxy evolution where rapid supermassive black hole growth and/or compact star-forming activity is completely obscured by gas and dust. Aims. We investigate the properties of CONs in the mid-infrared and explore techniques aimed at identifying these objects, such as through the equivalent width (EW) ratios of their polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) features. Methods. We modelled Spitzer spectra by decomposing the continua into nuclear and star-forming components, from which we then measured the nuclear optical depth, τN, of the 9.8 μm silicate absorption feature. We also used Spitzer spectral maps to investigate how PAH EW ratios vary with aperture size for objects that host CONs. Results. We find that the nuclear optical depth, τN, strongly correlates with the HCN-vib emission line in the millimetre for CONs, with a Pearson correlation coefficient of 0.91. We find the PAH EW ratio technique to be effective at selecting CONs and robust against highly inclined galaxies, where strong dust lanes may mimic a CON-like spectrum by producing a high τN. Our analysis of the Spitzer spectral maps shows that the efficacy of the PAH EW ratios in isolating CONs is reduced when there is a strong starforming component from the host galaxy. In addition, we find that the use of the inferred nuclear optical depth is a reliable method for identifying CONs in 36+8-7% of ultra-luminous infrared galaxies and 17+3-3% of luminous infrared galaxies, consistent with previous work. Conclusions. We confirm mid-infrared spectra to be a powerful diagnostic of CONs. The increased sensitivity of JWST will allow the identification of CONs at cosmic noon, revealing this extreme but hidden phase of galaxy evolution

A Detailed Look at the Most Obscured Galactic Nuclei in the Mid-Infrared

(2022)

Authors:

FR Donnan, D Rigopoulou, I García-Bernete, M Pereira-Santaella, A Alonso-Herrero, PF Roche, S Aalto, A Hernán-Caballero, HWW Spoon

Identification and reconstruction of low-energy electrons in the ProtoDUNE-SP detector

(2022)

Authors:

DUNE Collaboration, A Abed Abud, B Abi, R Acciarri, MA Acero, MR Adames, G Adamov, M Adamowski, D Adams, M Adinolfi, C Adriano, A Aduszkiewicz, J Aguilar, Z Ahmad, J Ahmed, B Aimard, F Akbar, K Allison, S Alonso Monsalve, M Alrashed, C Alt, A Alton, R Alvarez, P Amedo, J Anderson, DA Andrade, C Andreopoulos, M Andreotti, MP Andrews, F Andrianala, S Andringa, N Anfimov, WL Anicézio Campanelli, A Ankowski, M Antoniassi, M Antonova, A Antoshkin, S Antusch, A Aranda-Fernandez, L Arellano, LO Arnold, MA Arroyave, J Asaadi, L Asquith, A Aurisano, V Aushev, D Autiero, M Ayala-Torres, F Azfar, A Back, H Back, JJ Back, I Bagaturia, L Bagby, N Balashov, S Balasubramanian, P Baldi, B Baller, B Bambah, F Barao, G Barenboim, GJ Barker, W Barkhouse, C Barnes, G Barr, J Barranco Monarca, A Barros, N Barros, JL Barrow, A Basharina-Freshville, A Bashyal, V Basque, C Batchelor, JBR Battat, F Battisti, F Bay, MCQ Bazetto, JLL Bazo Alba, JF Beacom, E Bechetoille, B Behera, E Belchior, L Bellantoni, G Bellettini, V Bellini, O Beltramello, N Benekos, C Benitez Montiel, D Benjamin, F Bento Neves, J Berger, S Berkman, P Bernardini, RM Berner, A Bersani, S Bertolucci, M Betancourt, A Betancur Rodríguez, A Bevan, Y Bezawada, AT Bezerra, TJ Bezerra, J Bhambure, A Bhardwaj, V Bhatnagar, M Bhattacharjee, D Bhattarai, S Bhuller, B Bhuyan, S Biagi, J Bian, M Biassoni, K Biery, B Bilki, M Bishai, V Bisignani, A Bitadze, A Blake, FD Blaszczyk, GC Blazey, D Blend, E Blucher, J Boissevain, S Bolognesi, T Bolton, L Bomben, M Bonesini, C Bonilla-Diaz, F Bonini, A Booth, F Boran, S Bordoni, A Borkum, N Bostan, P Bour, D Boyden, J Bracinik, D Braga, D Brailsford, A Branca, A Brandt, J Bremer, C Brew, SJ Brice, C Brizzolari, C Bromberg, J Brooke, A Bross, G Brunetti, M Brunetti, N Buchanan, H Budd, J Buergi, G Caceres V., I Cagnoli, T Cai, D Caiulo, R Calabrese, P Calafiura, J Calcutt, M Calin, L Calivers, S Calvez, E Calvo, A Caminata, D Caratelli, D Carber, JC Carceller, G Carini, B Carlus, MF 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MP Decowski, A de Gouvêa, PC De Holanda, IL De Icaza Astiz, A Deisting, P De Jong, A De la Torre, A Delbart, V De Leo, D Delepine, M Delgado, A Dell'Acqua, N Delmonte, P De Lurgio, JRT de Mello Neto, DM DeMuth, S Dennis, C Densham, GW Deptuch, A De Roeck, V De Romeri, G De Souza, JP Detje, R Devi, R Dharmapalan, M Dias, JS Díaz, F Díaz, F Di Capua, A Di Domenico, S Di Domizio, L Di Giulio, P Ding, L Di Noto, C Distefano, R Diurba, M Diwan, Z Djurcic, D Doering, S Dolan, F Dolek, MJ Dolinski, L Domine, S Donati, Y Donon, S Doran, D Douglas, A Dragone, F Drielsma, L Duarte, D Duchesneau, K Duffy, K Dugas, P Dunne, B Dutta, H Duyang, O Dvornikov, DA Dwyer, AS Dyshkant, M Eads, A Earle, D Edmunds, J Eisch, L Emberger, P Englezos, A Ereditato, T Erjavec, CO Escobar, JJ Evans, E Ewart, AC Ezeribe, K Fahey, L Fajt, A Falcone, M Fani', C Farnese, Y Farzan, D Fedoseev, J Felix, Y Feng, E Fernandez-Martinez, F Ferraro, L Fields, P Filip, A Filkins, F Filthaut, R Fine, G Fiorillo, M Fiorini, V 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DUNE Offline Computing Conceptual Design Report

ArXiv 2210.15665 (2022)