We report results of a spectroscopic campaign carried out at the 10 m Gran Telescopio Canarias for a sample of 22 BL Lac objects detected (or candidates) at TeV...
On the redshift of the very high-energy gamma-ray BL Lac object S2 0109+22
The determination of the redshift of extragalactic gamma-ray sources is of fundamental importance for the interpretation of their emission models and...
On the relation between the coronal line emission and the infrared/X-ray emission in Seyfert galaxies
The relation between the X-ray, the coronal line and the infrared (IR) emissions in a sample of the brightest known Seyfert galaxies is analysed. A close...
On the relation between the IR continuum and the active galactic nucleus in Seyfert galaxies
A sample of the brightest known Seyfert galaxies from the CfA sample is analyzed on the basis of ISO photometric and spectroscopic data. Regardless of the...
On the relation between the Schmidt and Kennicutt-Schmidt star formation laws and its implications for numerical simulations
When averaged over large scales, star formation in galaxies is observed to follow the empirical Kennicutt-Schmidt (KS) law for surface densities above a...
On the Reliability of Microvariability Tests in Quasars
Microvariations probe the physics and internal structure of quasars. Unpredictability and small flux variations make this phenomenon elusive and difficult to...
On the self-consistency of evolutionary synthesis models
Evolutionary synthesis models have been used to study the physical properties of unresolved populations in a wide range of scenarios. Unfortunately, their self...
On the shape and evolution of a cosmic-ray-regulated galaxy-wide stellar initial mass function
In this paper, we present a new derivation of the shape and evolution of the integrated galaxy-wide initial mass function (IGIMF), incorporating explicitly the...
On the Size and Luminosity versus Velocity Dispersion Correlations from the Giant H II Regions in the Irregular Galaxy NGC 4449
Here we present the size and luminosity versus velocity dispersion empirical correlations for the giant H II regions in the large irregular galaxy NGC 4449. We...