Referred Publications
A. Tortosa, C. Ricci, L.C. Ho, F. Tombesi, P. Du, K. Inayoshi, J-M Wang, S. Jinyi, R. Li. “Systematic Broad-band X-ray Study of super-Eddington Accretion onto Supermassive Black Holes. I. X-ray Continuum“,Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, stac3590, 8 December 2022.
A. Tortosa, C. Ricci, F. Tombesi, L.C. Ho, P. Du, K. Inayoshi, J-M Wang, S. Jinyi, R. Li. “The extreme properties of the nearby hyper-Eddington accreting Active Galactic Nucleus in IRAS 04416+1215“, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, January 2022, Volume 509, Issue 3, p. 3599–3615, MNRAS 2022; 509: 3599-3615, doi: 10.1093/mnras/stab3152.
A. Tortosa, A. Marinucci, G. Matt, S. Bianchi, and P.O. Petrucci. “A NuSTAR census of coronal parameters in Seyfert galaxies“, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 614, A37, 9 pp, A&A 2018, 614, A37, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201732382.
A. Tortosa, S. Bianchi, A. Marinucci, G. Matt, R. Middei, E. Piconcelli, L. W. Brenneman, M. Cappi, M. Dadina, A. De Rosa , P. O. Petrucci, F. Ursini, D. J. Walton. “NuSTAR spectral analysis of two bright Seyfert 1 galaxies: MCG +8-11-11 and NGC 6814“, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 473, Issue 3, p. 3104–3112, MNRAS 2018; 473: 3104-3112, doi:10.1093/mnras/stx2457.
A. Tortosa., A. Marinucci, G. Matt, S. Bianchi, F. La Franca, D. R. Ballantyne, P. G. Boorman, A. C. Fabian, D. Farrah, F. Fuerst, P. Gandhi, F. A. Harrison, M. J. Koss, C. Ricci, D. Stern, F. Ursini, D. J. Walton. “Broad- band X-ray spectral analysis of the Seyfert 1 galaxy GRS 1734-292“, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 466, Issue 4, p.4193-4200,MNRAS 2017; 466: 4193-4200, doi:10.1093/mnras/stw3301.
Co-authored Referred Publications
Carolina Andonie, Franz E. Bauer, Rosamaria Carraro, Patricia Arevalo, David M. Alexander, William N. Brandt, Johannes Buchner, Adam He, Michael J. Koss, Claudio Ricci, Vicente Salinas, Manuel Solimano, Alessia Tortosa , and Ezequiel Treister “Localizing Fe K– emission within bright AGN“, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 664, August 2022.
Serafinelli, R.; Braito, V.; Severgnini, P.; Tombesi, F.; Giani, G.; Piconcelli, E.; Della Ceca, R.; Vagnetti, F.; Gaspari, M; Saturni, F. G; Middei, R; Tortosa, A. “X-ray obscuration from a variable ionized absorber in PG 1114+445”, Astronomy & Astrophysics,Volume 654, October 2021, A&A; 654, A32, doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/202141474.
K. K. Gupta, C. Ricci, A. Tortosa, Y. Ueda, T. Kawamuro, M. Koss, B. Trakhtenbrot, K. Oh, F. E. Bauer, F. Ricci, G. C. Privon, L. Zappacosta, D. Stern, D. Kakkad, E. Piconcelli, S. Veilleux, R. Mushotzy, T. Caglar, K. Ichikawa, A. Elagali, M. C. Powell, C. M. Urry, and F. Harrison. “BAT AGN Spectroscopic Survey XXVII: Scattered X-Ray Radiation in Obscured Active Galactic Nuclei”, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, March 2021, Volume 504, Issue 1, p. 428-443, MNRAS 2021 504: 428-443, doi:10.1093/mnras/stab839.
Middei, R.; Petrucci, P.-O.; Bianchi, S.; Ursini, F.; Cappi, M.; Clavel, M.; De Rosa, A.; Marinucci, A.; Matt, G. and A. Tortosa. “The soft excess of the NLS1 galaxy Mrk 359 studied with an XMM-Newton-NuSTAR monitoring campaign”, Astronomy & Astrophysics, August 2020, Volume 640, A99, A&A; 640, A99, doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/202038112
Ursini, F.; Petrucci, P. -O.; Bianchi, S.; Matt, G.; Middei, R.; Marcel, G.; Ferreira, J.; Cappi, M.; De Marco, B.; De Rosa, A.; Malzac, J.; Marinucci, A.; Ponti, G.; and A. Tortosa. “NuSTAR/XMM-Newton monitoring of the Seyfert 1 galaxy HE 1143-1810. Testing the two-corona scenario”, Astron- omy & Astrophysics, Volume 634, A92, February 2020, A&A; 634, A92, doi:0004-6361/201936486.
R. Middei; S. Bianchi ;A. Marinucci; Matt, G.; P-O. Petrucci; F. Tam- borra and A. Tortosa. “Relations between phenomenological and physical parameters in the hot coronae of AGNs computed with the MoCA code”, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 630, October 2019, A131, A&A; 630, A131, doi:0004-6361/201935881
R. Middei, S. Bianchi,P.O. Petrucci,F. Ursini, M. Cappi, B. De Marco, A. De Rosa, J. Malzac, A. Marinucci, G. Matt, G. Ponti, A. Tortosa. “High-energy monitoring of NGC 4593 II. Broadband spectral analysis: testing the two-corona model.” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 483, Issue 4, p.4695-4705 MNRAS 2019, 483: 4695-4705, doi:10.1093/mnras/sty3379.
A. Marinucci, D. Porquet, F. Tamborra, S. Bianchi, V. Braito, A. Lobban, F. Marin, G. Matt, R. Middei, E. Nardini, J. N. Reeves and A. Tortosa. “A deep X-ray view of the bare AGN Ark 120. VI. Geometry of the hot corona from spectroscopic and polarization signatures”, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 623, March 2019, A12, A&A; 623, A12, doi:0004-6361/201834454
R. Middei, F. Vagnetti, F. Tombesi, S. Bianchi, A. Marinucci, F. Ursini, and A. Tortosa. “The NuSTAR view of the Seyfert Galaxy HE 0436-4717”, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 618, A167, October 2018, A&A, 618, A167, doi:1807.10246
F. Ursini, P.-O. Petrucci, G. Matt, S. Bianchi, M. Cappi, M. Dadina, P. Grandi, E. Torresi, D. R. Ballantyne, B. De Marco, A. De Rosa, M. Giroletti, J. Malzac, A. Marinucci, R. Middei, G. Ponti, and A. Tortosa. “Radio/X-ray monitoring of the broad-line radio galaxy 3C 382. High-energy view with XMM–Newton and NuSTAR”, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 478, Issue 2, p.2663-2675 MNRAS 2018; 478: 2663-2675, doi:10.1093/mnras/sty1258.
D. Porquet, J. N. Reeves, G. Matt, A. Marinucci, E. Nardini, V. Braito, . Lobban, D. Ballantyne, S. E. Boggs, F. E. Christensen, T. Dauser, . Farrah, J. Garcia, C. J. Haley, . Harrison, D. Stern, A. Tortosa, F. Ursini, W. W. Zhang “A deep X-ray view of the bare AGN Ark 120. IV. XMM-Newton and NuSTAR spectra dominated by two temperature (warm, hot) Comptonization processes.”, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 609, A42 A&A; 609, A42, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201731290.
F. Ursini, P.-O. Petrucci, G. Matt, S. Bianchi, M. Cappi, B. De Marco, A. De Rosa, J. Malzac, A. Marinucci, G. Ponti, A. Tortosa. “High-energy monitoring of NGC 4593 with XMM–Newton and NuSTAR. X-ray spectral analysis.”, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 463, Issue 1, p.382-392, MNRAS 2016; 463: 382-392, doi:10.1093/mnras/stw2022.
F. Ursini, A. Marinucci, G. Matt, S. Bianchi, A. Tortosa, D. Stern, P. Arévalo, D. R. Ballantyne, F. E. Bauer, A. C. Fabian, F. A. Harrison, A. M. Lohfink, C. S. Reynolds, D. J. Walton; “The NuSTAR X-ray spectrum of the low-luminosity active galactic nucleus in NGC 7213.”, Monthly No- tices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 452, Issue 3, p.3266-3272, MNRAS 2015; 452: 3266-3272, doi:10.1093/mnras/stv1527.
Proceedings
A. Tortosa, S. Fabiani, P. Sotta, F. Muleri, M. Cirillo, R. Ferrazzoli, A. Rubini, A. Tobia and A. Trinca on the behalf of the IXPE Team. “Perfor- mance of the gas pixel detector to a continuum and highly polarized X-ray beam”, SPIE Proceeding Volume 10699, Space Telescopes and Instrumenta- tion 2018: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 106995A (2018), SPIE 2018, V.10699, doi:10.1117/12.2313741.
S. Fabiani, N. Di Lalla, A. Marrocchesi, F. Pucci, L. Baldini, L. Latronico, E. Del Monte, F. Muleri, M. Pinchera, A. Rubini, C. Sgrò, P. Sotta, A. Tobia and A. Tortosa on behalf of the IXPE team. “Dependence on temperature of the response of a gas pixel detector to polarized radiation”, SPIE Proceedings Vol- ume 10699, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 106995B (2018), SPIE 2018, V.106995B, doi:10.1117/12.2312461.
F. Muleri , C. Lefevre, R. Piazzolla, A. Morbidini, F. Amici, P. Attina, M. Centrone, E. Del Monte, S. Di Cosimo, G. Di Persio, Y. Evangelista, S. Fabiani, R. Ferrazzoli, P. Loredo, L. Maiolo, F. Maita, L. Primicino, J. Rankin, A. Rubini, F. Santoli, P. Sotta, A. Tobia, A. Tortosa and A. Trois, and on behalf of the IXPE team. “Calibration of the IXPE instrument”, SPIE Proceedings Volume 10699, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 106995C (2018), SPIE 2018, V.10699, doi:10.1117/12.2312203.
S. L. O’Dell; L. Baldini; R. Bellazzini; E. Costa; R. F. Elsner; V. M. Kaspi; J. J. Kolodziejczak; L. Latronico; H. L. Marshall; G. Matt; F. Mulieri; B. D. Ramsey; R. W. Romani; P. Sotta; A. F. Tennant; M. C. Weisskopf; D. Z. Allen; F. Amici; S. Antoniak; P. Attina; Ma. Bachetti; M. Barbanera; W. H. Baumgartner; J. Bladt; S. D. Bongiorno; F. Borotto; T. Brooks; S. Bussinger; H. K. Bygott; E. Cavazzuti; M. Ceccanti; S. Citraro; W. D. Deininger; E. Del Monte; K. L. Dietz; N. Di Lalla; G. Di Persio; I. Donnarumma; J. Erickson; Y. Evangelista; S. Fabiani; R. Ferrazzoli; M. Foster; M. Giusti; S. Gunji; L. Guy; S. Johnson; W. Kalinowski; A. R. Kelley; K. Kilaru; C. Lefevre; S.Maldera; A. Manfreda; M. Marengo; J. Masciarelli; M. McEachen; P. Mereu; M. Minuti; M.A. Mitchell; S. Mitchell; I. Mitsuishi; A. Morbidini; F. Mosti; H. Nasimi; B. Negri; L. Orsini; D. Osborne; S. D. Pavelitz; C. Pentz; M. Perri; M. Pesce-Rollins; C. Peterson; R. Piazzolla; S. Pieraccini; M. Pilia; M. Pinchera; S. Puccetti; J. Ranganathan; T. Read; A. Rubini; F. Santoli; P. Sarra; S. Schindhelm; A. Sciortino; C. Seckar; C. Sgrò; B. T. Smith; C. O. Speegle; T. Tamagawa; M. Tardiola; A. Tobia; A.Tortosa; A. Trois; B. Weddendorf; J. Wedmore; D. Zanetti. “The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE): technical overview”, SPIE Proceedings Volume 10699, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 106991X (2018), SPIE 2018, V.106991X, doi:10.1117/12.2314146.
A. Marinucci, F.Tamborra, S. Bianchi, M. Dovciak, G. Matt, R. Middei, A. Tortosa. “Hot Coronae in local AGN: present status and future perspectives”, Galaxies 2018, 6, 44, doi:10.3390/galaxies6020044.
A. Marinucci, A. Tortosa. “The coronal parameters of local Seyfert galaxies”, Astronomische Nachrichten, Vol.337, Issue 4-5, p.490, Astron. Nachr., 337: 490–494, doi:10.1002/asna.201612335.
April’s fool
F. Ursini, A. Tortosa, and F. Ricci. “Detection of vibranium in the Seyfert galaxy NGC 1365 through X-ray spectroscopy“.