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Research: overview

My research revolves around two main, interconnected, topics: 1) the study of AGN demographics and of their circumnuclear environments; 2) the study of their accretion properties and of extreme variability (see links below to know more).  

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 Artistic representation of the circumnuclear material around an AGN (Credits: NASA)

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First image of the shadow of a SMBH
(Credits: EHT collaboration)

If you want to see some highlights of my group's research you can check here. If you look for some schematics of AGN and/or you want to know more about the X-ray emission in these objects you can check here.

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The disappearence of the X-ray corona in 1ES 1927+654
(Credits: NASA)

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Primary and reprocessed X-ray radiation in AGN (Credits: Ricci 2011, PhD thesis).

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