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Overview

Francesca Civano is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of Physics and Astronomy. Their research includes a strong focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics, with significant work also in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Instrumentation, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Computational Mechanics.

Their publication record highlights involvement in key topics such as Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations, Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena, and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research. Other focus areas include Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena, Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology, and Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research.

Civano's frequent coauthors include X. Zhao, Stefano Marchesi, Anton M. Koekemoer, E. Nardini, and M. Elvis. These collaborations reflect an interdisciplinary approach within astrophysical studies.

The scientist's work has appeared in various publication venues, primarily:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
  • The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

Recent notable papers authored or coauthored by Francesca Civano include:

  • "Quasars as standard candles," 2020, Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • "JWST PEARLS. Prime Extragalactic Areas for Reionization and Lensing Science: Project Overview and First Results," 2022, The Astronomical Journal
  • "Connecting the metallicity dependence and redshift evolution of high-mass X-ray binaries," 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • "On the AGN Nature of Two UV-bright Sources at zspec ∼ 5.5 in the CANDELS Fields: An Update on the AGN Space Density at M1450 ∼ −22.5," 2020, The Astrophysical Journal
  • "The Chandra view of the relation between X-ray and UV emission in quasars," 2021, Astronomy and Astrophysics

The body of research undertaken by Francesca Civano covers multiple aspects of high-energy astrophysics and observational astronomy, contributing to the understanding of extragalactic sources, X-ray binaries, and active galactic nuclei. Their work integrates observational data from state-of-the-art instruments and investigates cosmic phenomena at various energy scales.

Best Publications

  • The COSMOS2015 Catalog: Exploring the 1 < z < 6 Universe with Half a Million Galaxies

    C. Laigle;H. J. McCracken;O. Ilbert;B. C. Hsieh

  • Identifying Luminous AGN in Deep Surveys: Revised IRAC Selection Criteria

    Jennifer Donley;A. M. Koekemoer;M. Brusa;P. Capak

  • Identifying Luminous Active Galactic Nuclei in Deep Surveys: Revised IRAC Selection Criteria

    J. L. Donley;A. M. Koekemoer;Marcella Brusa;P. Capak

  • Star formation and dust obscuration at z~2: galaxies at the dawn of downsizing

    M. Pannella;C.L. Carilli;E. Daddi;H.J. Mc Cracken

  • The Chandra COSMOS Survey. I. Overview and Point Source Catalog

    Martin Elvis;Francesca Civano;Cristian Vignali;Simonetta Puccetti

  • The XMM-Newton Wide-Field Survey in the COSMOS field (XMM-COSMOS): demography and multiwavelength properties of obscured and unobscured luminous AGN

    M. Brusa;F. Civano;A. Comastri;T. Miyaji

  • Black hole variability and the star formation-AGN connection: Do all star-forming galaxies host an AGN?

    Ryan C. Hickox;James R. Mullaney;David M. Alexander;Chien-Ting J. Chen

  • Photometric redshift and classification for the XMM-COSMOS sources

    M. Salvato;G. Hasinger;O. Ilbert;G. Zamorani

  • THE CHANDRA COSMOS LEGACY SURVEY: OVERVIEW AND POINT SOURCE CATALOG

    F. Civano;F. Civano;S. Marchesi;S. Marchesi;S. Marchesi;A. Comastri;M. C. Urry

  • On the cosmic evolution of the scaling relations between black holes and their host galaxies: Broad Line AGN in the zCOSMOS survey

    A. Merloni;A. Bongiorno;M. Bolzonella;M. Brusa

  • The Bulk of the Black Hole Growth Since z ~ 1 Occurs in a Secular Universe: No Major Merger-AGN Connection

    Mauricio Cisternas;Mauricio Cisternas;Knud Jahnke;Katherine J. Inskip;Jeyhan Kartaltepe

  • The XMM-Newton wide-field survey in the COSMOS field. The point-like X-ray source catalogue

    N. Cappelluti;M. Brusa;G. Hasinger;A. Comastri

  • Bolometric luminosities and Eddington ratios of X-ray selected active galactic nuclei in the XMM-COSMOS survey

    E. Lusso;A. Comastri;B. D. Simmons;M. Mignoli

  • Star formation and dust obscuration at z≈2: galaxies at the dawn of downsizing

    M. Pannella;C. L. Carilli;E. Daddi;H. J. McCracken

  • PHOTOMETRIC REDSHIFT AND CLASSIFICATION FOR THE XMM-COSMOS SOURCES ∗

    M. Salvato;G. Hasinger;O. Ilbert;G. Zamorani

  • Black Hole Variability and the Star Formation-Active Galactic Nucleus Connection: Do All Star-forming Galaxies Host an Active Galactic Nucleus?

    Ryan C. Hickox;James R. Mullaney;James R. Mullaney;David M. Alexander;Chien-Ting J. Chen

  • A massive proto-cluster of galaxies at a redshift of z {pprox} 5.3

    Peter L. Capak;Dominik Riechers;Nick Z. Scoville;Chris Carilli

  • ON THE COSMIC EVOLUTION OF THE SCALING RELATIONS BETWEEN BLACK HOLES AND THEIR HOST GALAXIES: BROAD-LINE ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI IN THE zCOSMOS SURVEY*

    A. Merloni;A. Bongiorno;M. Bolzonella;Marcella Brusa

  • The XMM-Newton wide-field survey in the COSMOS field (XMM-COSMOS): demography and multiwavelength properties of obscured and unobscured luminous active galactic nuclei

    M. Brusa;F. Civano;A. Comastri;T. Miyaji;T. Miyaji

  • Dissecting Photometric redshift for Active Galactic Nuclei using XMM- and Chandra-COSMOS samples

    M. Salvato;O. Ilbert;G. Hasinger;A. Rau

Frequent Co-Authors

Mara Salvato
Mara Salvato Max Planck Society
Andrea Comastri
Andrea Comastri National Institute for Astrophysics
Marcella Brusa
Marcella Brusa University of Bologna
Cristian Vignali
Cristian Vignali University of Bologna
Anton M. Koekemoer
Anton M. Koekemoer Space Telescope Science Institute
Peter Capak
Peter Capak California Institute of Technology
Roberto Gilli
Roberto Gilli National Institute for Astrophysics
Martin Elvis
Martin Elvis Harvard University
Jonathan R. Trump
Jonathan R. Trump University of Connecticut
Chris Impey
Chris Impey University of Arizona

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