Unveiling the population of dual and lensed active galactic nuclei at sub-arcsec separations

F Mannucci, E Pancino, F Belfiore, C Cicone… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
All cosmological models of structure formation predict the existence of a widespread
population of dual supermassive black holes in-spiralling inside their common host galaxy …

The sharpest view on the high-mass star-forming region S255IR-Near infrared adaptive optics imaging of the outbursting source NIRS3

R Fedriani, AC o Garatti, R Cesaroni, JC Tan… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
Context. Massive stars have an impact on their surroundings from early in their formation
until the end of their lives. However, very little is known about their formation. Episodic …

The SOUL view of IRAS 20126+ 4104-Kinematics and variability of the H2 jet from a massive protostar

F Massi, AC o Garatti, R Cesaroni… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
Context. We exploit the increased sensitivity of the recently installed adaptive optics SOUL at
the LBT to obtain new high-spatial-resolution near-infrared images of the massive young …

Thermal infrared imaging of MWC 758 with the large binocular telescope: planetary-driven spiral arms?

K Wagner, JM Stone, E Spalding, D Apai… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Theoretical studies suggest that a giant planet around the young star MWC 758 could be
responsible for driving the spiral features in its circumstellar disk. Here, we present a deep …

PASSATA: object oriented numerical simulation software for adaptive optics

G Agapito, A Puglisi, S Esposito - Adaptive Optics Systems V, 2016 - spiedigitallibrary.org
We present the last version of the PyrAmid Simulator Software for Adaptive opTics Arcetri
(PASSATA), an IDL and CUDA based object oriented software developed in the Adaptive …

Measuring the variability of directly imaged exoplanets using vector Apodizing Phase Plates combined with ground-based differential spectrophotometry

BJ Sutlieff, JL Birkby, JM Stone… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Clouds and other features in exoplanet and brown dwarf atmospheres cause variations in
brightness as they rotate in and out of view. Ground-based instruments reach the high …

METIS high-contrast imaging: design and expected performance

B Carlomagno, C Delacroix, O Absil… - Journal of …, 2020 - spiedigitallibrary.org
With the advent of 30-to 40-m class ground-based telescopes in the mid-2020s, direct
imaging of exoplanets is bound to take a new major leap. Among the approved projects, the …

Discovery of a galaxy overdensity around a powerful, heavily obscured FRII radio galaxy at z= 1.7: star formation promoted by large-scale AGN feedback?

R Gilli, M Mignoli, A Peca, R Nanni, I Prandoni… - Astronomy & …, 2019 - aanda.org
We report the discovery of a galaxy overdensity around a Compton-thick Fanaroff–Riley type
II (FRII) radio galaxy at z= 1.7 in the deep multiband survey around the z= 6.3 quasi-stellar …

Filtering techniques to enhance optical turbulence forecast performances at short time-scales

E Masciadri, G Martelloni, A Turchi - Monthly Notices of the …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The efficiency of the management of top-class ground-based astronomical facilities
supported by adaptive optics (AO) relies on our ability to forecast the optical turbulence (OT) …

Deep imaging of three accelerating stars using SHARK-NIR and LMIRCam at LBT

D Mesa, R Gratton, V D'Orazi, E Carolo… - Monthly Notices of …, 2025 - academic.oup.com
The combination of detection techniques enhances our ability to identify companions
orbiting nearby stars. We employed high-contrast imaging to constrain mass and separation …