Chemical evolution and galaxy formation (2009)
Danese, Luigi, Matteucci, Francesca, Romano, Donatella
Academic Year, 2001/2002
The molecular hydrogen explorer H2EX (2009)
Boulanger, Francois, Maillard, J.P., Appleton, P., Bressan, Alessandro, Danese, Luigi, Granato, Gian Luigi, ...
The Molecular Hydrogen Explorer, H2EX, was proposed in response to the ESA 2015 - 2025 Cosmic Vision Call as a medium class space mission with NASA and CSA participations. The mission, conceived to...
The extragalactic sources at mm wavelengths and their role as CMB foregrounds (2008)
De Zotti, Gianfranco, Ekers, Ronald, Danese, Luigi, Massardi, Marcella
Thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor Philosophiae, Academic Year 2007-2008
Long gamma-ray bursts and their host galaxies at high redshift (2008)
Lapi, Andrea, Kawakatu, Nozomu, Bosnjak, Zeljka Marija, Celotti, Annalisa, Bressan, Alessandro, Granato, Gian Luigi, ...
Motivated by the recent observational and theoretical evidence that long Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) are likely associated with low metallicity, rapidly rotating massive stars, we examine the...
Observability of the virialization phase of spheroidal galaxies with radio arrays (2008)
Massardi, Marcella, Lapi, Andrea, De Zotti, Gianfranco, Ekers, Ronald D., Danese, Luigi
In the standard galaxy formation scenario plasma clouds with a high thermal energy content must exist at high redshifts since the proto-galactic gas is shock heated to the virial temperature, and...
Spitzer IRS spectra of Virgo Early-Type Galaxies: Detection of Stellar Silicate Emission (2007)
Bressan, Alessandro, Panuzzo, Pasquale, Buson, Lucio, Clemens, Marcel, Granato, Gian Luigi, Rampazzo, Roberto, ...
We present high signal to noise ratio Spitzer Infrared Spectrograph observations of 17 Virgo early-type galaxies. The galaxies were selected from those that define the colour-magnitude relation of...
The growth of the nuclear black holes in submillimetre galaxies (2007)
Granato, Gian Luigi, Silva, Laura, Lapi, Andrea, Shankar, Francesco, De Zotti, Gianfranco, Danese, Luigi
We show that the ABC scenario we proposed for the co-evolution of spheroids and QSOs predicts accretion rates and masses of supermassive black holes in sub-mm galaxies in keeping with recent X-ray...
Mao, Jirong, Lapi, Andrea, Granato, Gian Luigi, De Zotti, Gianfranco, Danese, Luigi
We explore the onset of star formation in the early Universe, exploiting the observations of high-redshift Lyman-break galaxies (LBGs) and Lyman alpha emitters (LAEs), in the framework of the galaxy...
Shankar, Francesco, Lapi, Andrea, Salucci, Paolo, De Zotti, Gianfranco, Danese, Luigi
We present new relationships between halo masses M_h and several galaxy properties, including r*-band luminosities L_r, stellar (M_star) and baryonic masses, stellar velocity dispersions (sigma), and...
Quasar Luminosity Functions from Joint Evolution of Black Holes and Host Galaxies (2007)
Lapi, Andrea, Shankar, Francesco, Mao, Jirong, Granato, Gian Luigi, Silva, Laura, De Zotti, Gianfranco, ...
We show that our previously proposed anti-hierarchical baryon collapse scenario for the joint evolution of black holes and host galaxies predicts quasar luminosity functions at redshifts 1.5
On the radio properties of the highest redshift quasars (2007)
Cirasuolo, Michele, Magliocchetti, Manuela, Gentile, Gianfranco, Celotti, Annalisa, Cristiani, Stefano, Danese, Luigi
We present deep radio observations of the most distant complete quasar sample drawn from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Combining our new data with those from literature we obtain a sample which is...
Magliocchetti, Manuela, Silva, Laura, Lapi, Andrea, De Zotti, Gianfranco, Granato, Gian Luigi, Fadda, Dario, ...
The ~800 optically unseen (R>25.5) 24mum-selected sources in the complete Spitzer First Look Survey sample (Fadda et al. 2006) with F[24mum]>0.35 mJy are found to be very strongly clustered. If, as...
Panuzzo, Pasquale, Vega, Olga, Bressan, Alessandro, Buson, Lucio, Clemens, Marcel, Rampazzo, Roberto, ...
We present a population synthesis study of NGC4435, an early-type Virgo galaxy interacting with NGC4438. We combine new spectroscopic observations obtained with the Spitzer Space Telescope IRS...
Negrello, Mattia, Perrotta, Francesca, Silva, Laura, De Zotti, Gianfranco, Granato, Gian Luigi, ...
We present a quantitative analysis of the astrophysical and cosmological information that can be extracted from the many important wide-area, shallow surveys that will be carried out in the next few...
Annibali, Francesca, Bressan, Alessandro, Rampazzo, Roberto, Zeilinger, Werner W., Danese, Luigi
In this paper we study the underlying stellar population of a sample of 65 nearby early-type galaxies predominantly located in low density environments. Ages, metallicities and [alpha/Fe] ratios have...
Exploring Supermassive Black Hole Growth with ALMA (2007)
Kawakatu, Nozomu, Andreani, Paola, Granato, Gian Luigi, Danese, Luigi
Massive tori with ≈ 108−9M⊙ are predicted to extend on ∼100 pc scale around the centre of elliptical galaxy progenitors by a model of a supermassive black hole (SMBH) growth coeval to the...
Exploring Supermassive Black Hole Growth with ALMA (2007)
Kawakatu, Nozomu, Andreani, Paola, Granato, Gian Luigi, Danese, Luigi
Massive tori with $\approx 10^{8-9}M_{\odot}$ are predicted to extend on $\sim $100 pc scale around the centre of elliptical galaxy progenitors by a model of a supermassive black hole (SMBH) growth...
High-frequency properties of extragalactic radio sources (2007)
Danese, Luigi, De Zotti, Gianfranco, Ekers, Ronald D., Ricci, Roberto
Low–intermediate luminosity AGNs: from their X-ray emission to their SMBHs (2007)
Cristiani, Stefano, Danese, Luigi, Celotti, Annalisa, Ballo, Lucia
CMB and physics of the early universe (2006)
Danese, Luigi, De Zotti, Gianfranco, Lawrence, R. Charles, Longair, Malcolm, Mandolesi, Nazzareno, Novikov, Igor, ...
A physical model for co-evolution of QSOs and of their spheroidal hosts (2006)
De Zotti, Gianfranco, Shankar, Francesco, Lapi, Andrea, Granato, Gian Luigi, Silva, Laura, Cirasuolo, Michele, ...
At variance with most semi-analytic models, in the Anti-hierarchical Baryon Collapse scenario (Granato et al. 2001, 2004) the main driver of the galaxy formation and evolution is not the merging...
The AGN tori sizes: a remark on astro-ph/0512025 by Moshe Elitzur (2005)
Granato, Gian Luigi, Danese, Luigi
We point out that in Granato & Danese 1994 and Granato et al. 1997 we predicted maximum observable sizes for the putative torus in NGC1068 of 10-20 pc, not "hundreds of parsecs" as stated by M....
A Physical Model for the joint evolution of high-z QSOs and Spheroids (2005)
Granato, Gian Luigi, Silva, Laura, Danese, Luigi, De Zotti, Gianfranco, Bressan, Alessandro
We summarize our physical model for the early co-evolution of spheroidal galaxies and of active nuclei at their centers. Our predictions are in excellent agreement with a number of observables which...
Super-massive Black Holes: the missing link in galaxy evolution (2005)
Danese, Luigi, Salucci, Paolo, Shankar, Francesco
The aim of this thesis is to investigate the key points concerning the evolution of the local Super-massive Black Hole (SMBH) population and to understand the origin of the links the SMBH have with...
Observational tests of the evolution of spheroidal galaxies (2004)
Silva, Laura, De Zotti, Gianfranco, Granato, Gian Luigi, Maiolino, Roberto, Danese, Luigi
Granato et al (2004) have elaborated a physically grounded model exploiting the mutual feedback between star-forming spheroidal galaxies and the active nuclei growing in their cores to overcome, in...
Silva, Laura, De Zotti, Gianfranco, Granato, Gian Luigi, Maiolino, Roberto, Danese, Luigi
Granato et al(2004) have elaborated a physically grounded model exploiting the mutual feedback between star-forming spheroidal galaxies and the active nuclei growing in their cores to overcome,...
Observational tests of the galaxy formation process (2004)
De Zotti, Gianfranco, Granato, Gian Luigi, Silva, Laura, Danese, Luigi
The mutual feedback between star formation and nuclear activity in large spheroidal galaxies may be a key ingredient to overcome several difficulties plaguing current semi-analytic models for galaxy...
A Physical Model for the Co-evolution of QSOs and of their Spheroidal Hosts (2003)
Granato, Gian Luigi, De Zotti, Gianfranco, Silva, Laura, Bressan, Alessandro, Danese, Luigi
We present a physically motivated model for the early co-evolution of massive spheroidal galaxies and active nuclei at their centers. Within dark matter halos, forming at the rate predicted by the...
Dust and nebular emission. I. Models for normal galaxies (2003)
Panuzzo, Pasquale, Bressan, Alessandro, Granato, Gian Luigi, Silva, Laura, Danese, Luigi
We present a model for nebular emission in star forming galaxies, which takes into account the effects of dust reprocessing. The nebular emissions have been computed with CLOUDY and then included...
The Fundamental Plane of Ellipticals: I. The Dark Matter Connection (2002)
Borriello, Annamaria, Salucci, Paolo, Danese, Luigi
We show that the small scatter around the Fundamental Plane (FP) of massive elliptical galaxies can be used to derive important properties of their dark and luminous matter. The central velocity...
Millimeter-band Surveys of Extragalactic Sources (2002)
De Zotti, Gianfranco, Perrotta, Francesca, Granato, Gian Luigi, Silva, Laura, Ricci, Roberto, Baccigalupi, Carlo, ...
Surveys at mm wavelengths emphasize rare classes of extragalactic radio sources characterized by spectra keeping flat or inverted up to high frequencies (such as blazars, GPS sources, advection...
Chemical evolution in a model for the joint formation of quasars and spheroids (2002)
Romano, Donatella, Silva, Laura, Matteucci, Francesca, Danese, Luigi
Direct and indirect pieces of observational evidence point to a strong connection between high-redshift quasars and their host galaxies. In the framework of a model where the shining of the quasar is...
Formation of spheroidal galaxies: the sub-mm view (2002)
De Zotti, Gianfranco, Granato, Gian Luigi, Baccigalupi, Carlo, Magliocchetti, Manuela, Mazzei, Paola, Perrotta, Francesca, ...
The intensity of the Cosmic Far-IR Background and the strong evolution of galaxies in the far-IR to mm wavelength range demonstrate that the bulk of starlight emitted during the early phases of...
Spheroidal Galaxies/QSOs Connection (2001)
Danese, Luigi, Granato, Gian Luigi, Silva, Laura, Magliocchetti, Manuela, De Zotti, Gianfranco
In view of the extensive evidence of a tight inter-relationship between spheroidal galaxies (and galactic bulges) and massive black holes hosted at their centers, a consistent model must deal jointly...
Chemical Evolution of Elliptical Galaxies as a Constraint to Galaxy Formation Scenarios (2001)
Romano, Donatella, Matteucci, Francesca, Danese, Luigi
Elliptical galaxies are the main contributors to the chemical enrichment of the intracluster and intergalactic medium; understanding how they form and evolve enables us to get important hints on the...
Dust and Nebular Emission in Star Forming Galaxies (2001)
Panuzzo, Pasquale, Bressan, Alessandro, Granato, Gian Luigi, Silva, Laura, Danese, Luigi
Star forming galaxies exhibit a variety of physical conditions, from quiescent normal spirals to the most powerful dusty starbursts. In order to study these complex systems, we need a suitable tool...
The masses of black holes in the nuclei of spirals (2000)
Salucci, Paolo, Ratnam, Charu, Monaco, Pierluigi, Danese, Luigi
We use the innermost kinematics of spirals to investigate whether these galaxies could host the massive black hole remnants that once powered the quasi-stellar object (QSO) phenomenon. Hundreds of...
The masses of black holes in the nuclei of spirals (2000)
Salucci, Paolo, Ratnam, Charu, Monaco, Pierluigi, Danese, Luigi
We use the innermost kinematics of spirals to investigate whether these galaxies could host the massive black hole remnants that once powered the quasi-stellar object (QSO) phenomenon. Hundreds of...
An evolutionary model for GHz peaked spectrum sources. Predictions for high frequency surveys (2000)
De Zotti, Gianfranco, Granato, Gian Luigi, Silva, Laura, Maino, Davide, Danese, Luigi
We have explored, in the general framework of the "young source" scenario, evolutionary models for GHz Peaked Spectrum (GPS) galaxies and quasars which reproduce the observed counts, redshift and...
Joint Cosmological Formation of QSOs and Bulge-dominated Galaxies (1999)
Monaco, Pierluigi, Salucci, Paolo, Danese, Luigi
Older and more recent pieces of observational evidence suggest a strong connection between QSOs and galaxies; in particular, the recently discovered correlation between black hole and galactic bulge...
Diffuse thermal emission from very hot gas in starburst galaxies: Spatial results (1999)
Cappi, Massimo, Persic, Massimo, Mariani, S., Danese, Luigi
New BeppoSAX observations of the nearby archetypical starburst galaxies (SBGs) NGC253 and M82 are presented. The main observational result is the unambiguous evidence that the hard (2-10 keV)...
A deep VLA survey at 20 cm of the ISO ELAIS survey regions (1999)
Ciliegi, Paolo, McMahon, R.G., Danese, Luigi, Et Al.
We have used the Very Large Array(VLA) in C configuration to carry out a sensitive 20cm radio survey of regions of sky that have been surveyed in the Far Infra-Red over the wavelength range 5-200...
Source Counts from the 15 microns ISOCAM Deep Surveys (1999)
Elbaz, David, Cesarsky, C.J., Fadda, Dario, Franceschini, Alberto, Danese, Luigi
We present the results of the five mid-IR 15 microns (12-18 microns LW3 band) ISOCAM Guaranteed Time Extragalactic Surveys performed in the regions of the Lockman Hole and Marano Field. The roughly...
A 1.4-GHz survey of the southern European Large-Area ISO Survey region (1999)
Gruppioni, Carlotta, Ciliegi, Paolo, Rowan-Robinson, M., Danese, Luigi
A deep survey of the European Large Area ISO Survey (ELAIS) field in the southern celestial hemisphere (hereinafter S1) has been carried out with the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) at 1.4...
Mass function of dormant black holes and the evolution of active galactic nuclei (1999)
Salucci, Paolo, Szuszkiewicz, Ewa, Monaco, Pierluigi, Danese, Luigi
We derive the mass function of the relic black holes and compared with that of the Massive Dark Objects in galaxies. Under the assumption that accretion onto massive BH's powers the Active Galactic...
The Mass Of Black Holes in the Nuclei Of Spirals (1998)
Salucci, Paolo, Ratnam, Charu, Monaco, Pierluigi, Danese, Luigi
We use rotation curve kinematics of 1000 spiral galaxies to investigate if these galaxies could host BH (Black Hole) remnants that once powered the QSO phenomenon. The rotation curves of both early...
Mass function of dormant black holes and the evolution of the Active Galactic Nuclei (1998)
Salucci, Paolo, Szuszkiewicz, Ewa, Monaco, Pierluigi, Danese, Luigi
We derive the mass function of the relic black holes and compared with that of the Massive Dark Objects in galaxies. Under the assumption that accretion onto massive BH's powers the Active Galactic...
Dormant black holes tell a story about the evolution of active galactic nuclei (1998)
Salucci, Paolo, Szuszkiewicz, Ewa, Monaco, Pierluigi, Danese, Luigi
In our recent paper (Salucci et al. 1998) we have investigated the mass distribution function of massive dark objects in galaxies, exploiting the available optical and radio observations. Under the...
Modelling the effects of dust on galactic SEDs from the UV to the millimeter band (1998)
Silva, Laura, Granato, Gian Luigi, Bressan, Alessandro, Danese, Luigi
We present models of photometric evolution of galaxies in which the effects of a dusty interstellar medium have been included with particular care. A chemical evolution code follows the star...
Silva, Laura, Granato, Gian Luigi, Bressan, Alessandro, Danese, Luigi
We present models of photometric evolution of galaxies in which the effects of a dusty interstellar medium have been included with particular care. A chemical evolution code follows the star...
Franceschini, Alberto, Silva, Laura, Granato, Gian Luigi, Bressan, Alessandro, Danese, Luigi
We have investigated the properties of a bright K-band selected sample of early-type galaxies in the Hubble Deep Field, as representative of the field galaxy population. This dataset is unique as for...
Granato, Gian Luigi, Danese, Luigi, Franceschini, Alberto
Two families of models of dusty tori in AGNs (moderately thick and extended versus very thick and compact) are tested against available observations. The confrontation suggests that the former class...
Dust Enshrouded AGN Models for Hyperluminous High Redshift IR Galaxies (1996)
Granato, Gian Luigi, Danese, Luigi, Franceschini, Alberto
We investigate models for the power supply and broad-band spectral energy distribution (SED) of hyperluminous IR galaxies, recently discovered at high redshifts, in terms of the emission from an...
A study of a sample of optically selected AGNs (1993)
Treves, Aldo, Danese, Luigi, Granato, Gian Luigi
1992/1993