The extreme universe: black holes and the Fermi telescope

• Grant number: 17/01461-2
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Young Investigators Grants
• Start date: November 01, 2018
• End date: October 31, 2022
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Astronomy - Extragalactic Astrophysics
• Principal Investigator: Rodrigo Nemmen da Silva
• Grantee: Rodrigo Nemmen da Silva
• Host Institution: Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas (IAG). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 21/06935-8 - How do AGN spectra vary with black hole feeding?, BP.IC; 21/01563-5 - Simulating black hole binaries, BP.MS; 20/10211-2 - Search for gamma-rays from Milky Way-like galaxies in the nearby universe and quasars, BP.MS; 19/10054-7 - Black hole winds and feedback, BP.DR

Abstract

Black Holes (BH) are key actors in astronomy. They behave as engines that convert the gravitational energy of infalling gas into intense, high-energy radiation, thus powering the most luminous objects in the universe: Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) and gamma-ray bursts. Furthermore, BHs operate as extreme particle accelerators through ill-understood processes and produce outflows of particles which move close to the speed of light; these powerful outflows can shut down star formation in the host galaxies. This project aims at creating a new research group that will be focused on understanding how matter behaves in the extreme gravity conditions near event horizons and the nature of particle acceleration and high-energy emission from accreting BHs. Our research program will consist of analyzing gamma-rays from AGNs observed with the Fermi Space Telescope. Our group at IAG USP will be the first in the Southern Hemisphere to join the Fermi LAT Collaboration and will lead several analysis efforts of Fermi observations. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

DE MENEZES, RANIERE; PENA-HERAZO, HAROLD A.; MARCHESINI, EZEQUIEL J.; D'ABRUSCO, RAFFAELE; MASETTI, NICOLA; NEMMEN, RODRIGO; MASSARO, FRANCESCO; RICCI, FEDERICA; LANDONI, MARCO; PAGGI, ALESSANDRO; et al. Optical characterization of WISE selected blazar candidates. Astronomy & Astrophysics, v. 630, SEP 23 2019. (16/25484-9, 18/24801-6, 17/01461-2)

CAFARDO, FABIO; NEMMEN, RODRIGO; COLLABORATION, FERMI LAT. Fermi-LAT Observations of Sagittarius A{*}: Imaging Analysis. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, v. 918, n. 1, SEP 2021. (17/01461-2)

DUARTE, ROBERTA; NEMMEN, RODRIGO; NAVARRO, JOAO PAULO. Black hole weather forecasting with deep learning: a pilot study. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, v. 512, n. 4, p. 14-pg., 2022-04-19. (17/01461-2)

DE MENEZES, RANIERE; D'ABRUSCO, RAFFAELE; MASSARO, FRANCESCO; GASPARRINI, DARIO; NEMMEN, RODRIGO. On the Physical Association of Fermi-LAT Blazars with Their Low-energy Counterparts. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES, v. 248, n. 2, JUN 2020. (16/25484-9, 18/24801-6, 17/01461-2)

SOARES, GUSTAVO; NEMMEN, RODRIGO. Jet efficiencies and black hole spins in jetted quasars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, v. 495, n. 1, p. 981-991, JUN 2020. (17/01461-2)

RIFFEL, ROGEMAR A.; NEMMEN, RODRIGO S.; ILHA, GABRIELE S.; REMBOLD, SANDRO B.; ROY, NAMRATA; STORCHI-BERGMANN, THAISA; RIFFEL, ROGERIO; BUNDY, KEVIN A.; MACHADO, ALICE D.; MALLMAN, NICOLAS D.; et al. Precessing winds from the nucleus of the prototype Red Geyser?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, v. 485, n. 4, p. 5590-5597, JUN 2019. (17/01461-2)

MENDES DE OLIVEIRA, C.; RIBEIRO, T.; SCHOENELL, W.; KANAAN, A.; OVERZIER, R. A.; MOLINO, A.; SAMPEDRO, L.; COELHO, P.; BARBOSA, C. E.; CORTESI, A.; et al. The Southern Photometric Local Universe Survey (S-PLUS): improved SEDs, morphologies, and redshifts with 12 optical filters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, v. 489, n. 1, p. 241-267, OCT 2019. (16/12331-0, 18/21661-9, 09/54202-8, 14/11806-9, 18/02444-7, 16/23567-4, 16/21532-9, 11/51680-6, 17/23766-0, 17/01461-2, 14/07684-5, 16/21664-2, 14/13723-3, 16/17119-9, 14/18632-6)

RICHARD-LAFERRIERE, A.; HLAVACEK-LARRONDO, J.; NEMMEN, R. S.; RHEA, C. L.; TAYLOR, G. B.; PRASOW-EMOND, M.; GENDRON-MARSOLAIS, M.; LATULIPPE, M.; EDGE, A. C.; FABIAN, A. C.; et al. On the relation between mini-halos and AGN feedback in clusters of galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, v. 499, n. 2, p. 2934-2958, DEC 2020. (17/01461-2)

DE MENEZES, RANIERE; PENA-HERAZO, HAROLD A.; MARCHESINI, EZEQUIEL J.; D'ABRUSCO, RAFFAELE; MASETTI, NICOLA; NEMMEN, RODRIGO; MASSARO, FRANCESCO; RICCI, FEDERICA; LANDONI, MARCO; PAGGI, ALESSANDRO; et al. Optical characterization of WISE selected blazar candidates. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, v. 630, p. 10-pg., 2019-09-23. (18/24801-6, 17/01461-2, 16/25484-9)

ALMEIDA, IVAN; NEMMEN, RODRIGO; RIFFEL, ROGEMAR A.. Quenching star formation with low-luminosity AGN winds. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, v. 526, n. 1, p. 7-pg., 2023-09-22. (17/01461-2, 22/10460-8, 19/10054-7)

GUTIERREZ, EDUARDO M.; NEMMEN, RODRIGO; CAFARDO, FABIO. A Nonthermal Bomb Explains the Near-infrared Superflare of Sgr A*. Astrophysical Journal Letters, v. 891, n. 2, p. 4-pg., 2020-03-10. (17/01461-2)

GUTIERREZ, EDUARDO M.; NEMMEN, RODRIGO; CAFARDO, FABIO. A Nonthermal Bomb Explains the Near-infrared Superflare of Sgr A{*}. Astrophysical Journal Letters, v. 891, n. 2, MAR 10 2020. (17/01461-2)

MARINELLO, M.; OVERZIER, R. A.; ROTTGERING, H. J. A.; KURK, J. D.; DE BREUCK, C.; VERNET, J.; WYLEZALEK, D.; STERN, D.; DUNCAN, K. J.; HATCH, N.; et al. VLT/SINFONI study of black hole growth in high-redshift radio-loud quasars from the CARLA survey. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, v. 492, n. 2, p. 1991-2016, FEB 2020. (17/01461-2, 18/02444-7)

ALMEIDA, IVAN; NEMMEN, RODRIGO. Winds and feedback from supermassive black holes accreting at low rates: hydrodynamical treatment. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, v. 492, n. 2, p. 2553-2571, FEB 2020. (17/01461-2, 19/10054-7, 09/54006-4)

ALMEIDA, IVAN; DUARTE, ROBERTA; NEMMEN, RODRIGO. Deep learning Bayesian inference for low-luminosity active galactic nuclei spectra. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, v. 509, n. 4, p. 12-pg., 2022-02-01. (19/10054-7, 17/01461-2, 16/24857-6)

DE MENEZES, RANIERE; CAFARDO, FABIO; NEMMEN, RODRIGO. Milky Way globular clusters in gamma-rays: analysing the dynamical formation of millisecond pulsars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, v. 486, n. 1, p. 851-867, JUN 2019. (17/01461-2, 16/25484-9)

DE MENEZES, RANIERE; NEMMEN, RODRIGO; FINKE, JUSTIN D.; ALMEIDA, IVAN; RANI, BINDU. Gamma-ray observations of low-luminosity active galactic nuclei. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, v. 492, n. 3, p. 4120-4130, MAR 2020. (19/10054-7, 17/01461-2, 16/24857-6, 18/24801-6)

NEMMEN, RODRIGO. The Spin of M87. Astrophysical Journal Letters, v. 880, n. 2, AUG 1 2019. (17/01461-2)

NEMMEN, RODRIGO; VEMADO, ARTUR; ALMEIDA, IVAN; GARCIA, JAVIER; MOTTA, PEDRO N.. Emergence of hot corona and truncated disc in simulations of accreting stellar mass black holes. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, v. 531, n. 1, p. 10-pg., 2024-05-17. (21/01563-5, 22/10460-8, 17/01461-2, 22/07456-9, 17/25710-1, 19/10054-7)