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GRADUATE INSTRUCTION AND RESEARCH

IN ASTRONOMY AT BOLOGNA UNIVERSITY

Report for 2010 and 2011

The Department
The present booklet outlines research activities and teaching curricula as they were car-
ried out in our Astronomy Department in the past two years. More detailed information on
available facilities (telescopes, library, museum, research projects, course contents, as well
as personal information about staff members) can be found on our Web pages (http://www.
astronomia.unibo.it)

FIG1: Medicina radio tele-

scopes (left), Loiano optical
telescope (right)

1.Introduction
The official foundation date of the University of Bologna (also known as “Alma
Mater”) is 1088. Existing documents certify that a doctoral degree was award-
ed in Bologna that year. Astronomy has been one of the Sciences taught for
the last seven centuries at our University. Several distinguished astronomers
were, for a time, associated with Bologna, notably Copernicus while a student,
and Cassini as a professor. Modern Astronomy, as everywhere else in Italy,
really started after the Second World War. In those difficult years Guido Horn
d’Arturo designed and built the first “multi mirror” telescope, and the resulting
1.2 m transit instrument was operational for almost a decade in the old astro-
nomical tower known as “La Specola” (see front and back cover pictures). The
Astronomy Department, founded in 1983, moved about fifteen years ago from
the old building (now a University museum), to the present address.
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In 2010 the Department faculty was

composed by 6 full professors, 6 associ-
ate professors, 9 assistant professors, 1
professor Emeritus, and 1 Alma Mater
professor. Clerical and technical staff
amount to 10 people.

The Department is committed to front

line scientific research in Astronomy
and Astrophysics, and it is also respon-
sible for preserving and open to schol-
ars and to the public two precious tes-
timonials of our historical heritage: the
Museum and the Library. The faculty
teaches undergraduate introductory
Astronomy courses and advanced hon-
our courses leading to a degree in As-
tronomy. Some of the faculty are mem-
bers of the Graduate Science School
FIG2: Prof. G. Horn d’Arturo board leading to a PhD degree, or are
and his experimental “multi
mirror” telescope.
also involved in outreach activities and lectures for the general public, carried
out in close collaboration with the INAF institutes.

Clerical staff manages the Department budget and funds from grants and con-
tracts awarded to individual scientists. Technical staff maintains and updates
computers and labs equipment, contribute to the construction of specific instru-
ments and experiments, and implement safety regulations.

In these years, restrictions to the national budget related to the economy crisis
have limited the fundings and the replacement of retired staff. As a consequence
our best students often had to find jobs abroad with a gradual depletion of the
Italian astronomical community. However, thanks to individual efforts, the De-
partment of Astronomy scores among the top ones in our University and in the
country as a whole, for scientific production and quality. A new Law - come
into effect in January 2011 - imposes a minimum number (45) of scientific staff
members in order to maintain a department, therefore in 2012 the Department
of Astronomy will join the Department of Physics into the new Department of
Physics and Astronomy.

Loretta Gregorini, Head of the Department

2. Courses in Astrophysics and PhD Program

Courses offered at the Department of Astronomy cover the basics of almost all
modern astronomy and astrophysics. The research themes of individual scien-
tists, however, focus on a few well identified subjects:

- Stars: including star formation, evolution and stellar environment, end-points

of stellar evolution, star clusters.
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- Galaxies: as single galaxies with Active Nuclei (AGNs), galaxy formation and
dynamics, galaxies in groups and clusters. These studies span the whole of the
electromagnetic spectrum from Radio to Gamma Rays.
- Cosmology: main interests focus on the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB),
the distribution of Galaxies and the Cosmic Tapestry.

The Faculty teaches courses of Astronomy in the undergraduate preparatory

courses (Laurea), as well as the courses in the two following years at a Mas-
ter’s level (Laurea Magistrale). The Department is also part of the PhD Sci-
ence School (which includes Mathematics, Physics, Geophysics and Astronomy)
which gives admission exams, and awards three year fellowship to selected
PhD applicants. Internal courses as well a participation to nationally organized
courses for graduate students are also part of the requirements. All seminars
are in English, and PhD dissertations are also written in English. Detailed
information on course contents at all levels can be found in www.astronomia.
unibo.it. The Department is responsible for preserving and open to scholars
and the interested public two precious testimonial of our historical heritage:
the Museum (prof. F. Bonoli, Director) and the Library. A small but very active
research group in the history of astronomy is present. Connected to it is the vig-
orous programme of public outreach annually carried out in close collaboration
with INAF-OABO.

3. Closely related research opportunities

In addition to our Department, three institutes of the National Institute for
Astrophysics (INAF, http://www.inaf.it) are present in Bologna: the Astronomi-
cal Observatory (INAF-OABO, http://www.bo.astro.it) traditionally focused on
optical Astronomy, the Radio Astronomy Institute (INAF-IRA, http://www.ira.
inaf.it), and the Space Astrophysics and Cosmic Physics Institute (INAF-IASF,
http://www.iasfbo.inaf.it). OABO, originally a University Institute, still shares
the building and many facilities with the Department. We encourage our stu-
dents to take advantage of the research opportunities available in the area of
Bologna. For this purpose there is very close collaboration between the Depart-
ment and the Departments of Physics, Mathematics and the INAF institutes.
INAF scientists actively contribute to the supervision of Laurea thesis neces-
sary to complete the advanced degree in Astronomy. An even tighter collabora-
tion exists on PhD thesis projects.

Scientific staff, post docs, and research students access to several ground-based
telescopes of ESO and important radio telescopes as ALMA (ESO),VLA (USA),
GMRT (India) and the global VLBI arrays. Moreover single dish observations
are possible at Italian radio telescopes (Medicina and Noto). Collaborations are
active in the development of the project for the Square Kilometer Array and
its pathfinders (LOFAR, in NL, ASKAP in Australia, MerKat in South Africa).
Finally, several staff members have access to major space missions, such as
XMM, Space Telescope, Planck, Spitzer, Chandra, Herschel, Fermi, Swift, Su-
zaku, Integral, and more.
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4.Personnel
4.1 Faculty

Full professors:
Andrea Cimatti, Luca Ciotti, Francesco Ferraro, Gabriele Giovannini, Loretta
Gregorini, Bruno Marano, Giorgio Palumbo (Alma Mater Professor), Giancarlo
Setti (Professor Emeritus)
Associate professors:
Corrado Bartolini, Fabrizio Bonoli, Fabrizio Brighenti, Daniele Dallacasa,
Adriano Guarnieri, Lauro Moscardini
Assistant professors:
Emanuele Dalessandro, Paola Focardi, Filippo Fraternali, Barbara Lanzoni,
Alessio Mucciarelli, Carlo Nipoti, Silvia Pellegrini, Francesca Pozzi, Cristian
Vignali
Contracts: Benton R. Metcalf

4.2 Graduate Students

XXII cycle:
Annalisa Bonafede, Rodrigo Contreras, Graziano Coppa, Matteo Correnti, An-
namaria Donnarumma, Sara Fabbri, Vincenzo Guido, Elisabetta Liuzzo, Sil-
via Marinoni, John Morgan,Sibilla Perina, Francesca Pieralli, Simona Righini,
Gina Santangelo, Francesco Tombesi
XXIII cycle: :
Damien Castagne`, Cristiano De Boni, Valentina Fioretti, Margherita Giustini,
Daria Guidetti, Matteo Lombini, Elisabeta Lusso, Giulia Macario, Federico Mari-
nacci, Michele Moresco, Pietro Parisi, Eleonora Torresi, Rashmi Verma
XXIV cycle:
Fabio Bellagamba, Gabriele Bruni, Massimo Gaspari, Ylenia Maruccia, Maria
Ida Moretti, Francesca Schiavon
XXV cycle:
Gabriele Guglielmino, Carmela Lardo, Loredana Lovisi, Antonino Marasco,
Margherita Talia, Victor Cervantes
XXVI cycle:
Paolo Donati, Andrea Giannetti, Alessandra Giannuzzi, Diego Molinari, Cris-
tina Pallanca, Fernanda Petracca
XXVII cycle:
Iary Davidzon, Ivan Delvecchio, Davide Massari, Tatiana Muraveva, Andrea
Negri, Silvia Posacki, Alessandro Romeo, Fabio Vito

4.3 Post-Docs

Alessandro Baldi, Annalisa Bonafede, Carmelita Carbone, Rossella Cassano,

Michele Cignoni, Rodrigo Contreras, Daniela Crociani, Barbara De Marco,
Sara Fabbri, Cosimo Fedeli, Myriam Gitti, Ruta Kale, Elisabeta Lusso, Fed-
erico Marulli, Paolo Miocchi, Michele Moresco, Giovanni Naldi, Monica Orienti,
Rosita Paladino, Mario Pasquato, Margarita Petkova, Piero Ranalli, Donatella
Romano, Mauro Roncarelli, Nicoletta Sanna, Laura Schreiber
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4.4 Technical Staff

Giuseppe Cosentino [optical laboratory], Michele Bertelli [computer center],

Diego Zuccato [computer center], Raffaella Stasi [library], Fausto Sarti [custo-
dian]. Contracts: Emanuel Rossetti

4.5 Clerical Staff

Silvana Chiarini [missions and purchases], Filomena Mazzone [missions and

purchases], Giulia De Michele [student office], Francesca Manuli [administra-
tion head], Silvia Rambaldi [finances and contracts]

5. Areas of Research
5.1 Stars and Stellar populations
Staff involved: C. Bartolini, E. Dalessandro, A. Guarnieri, F.R. Ferraro, B. Lan-
zoni, A. Mucciarelli, C. Nipoti

Stars are the basic constituents of stellar systems, and the main components
of the visible Universe. Bologna has a long tradition in the study of stars and
stellar populations. Current studies are mainly focused on blue stragglers and
neutron stars, binary stars, open clusters, structure and dynamics of globular
clusters, stellar populations, gamma-ray bursts. In particular, the systematic
study of resolved stellar populations in the Local Universe (both in galactic and
extragalactic globular clusters, and in nearby Local Group galaxies) is a very
active research field in our Department. Specific interests range from the na-
ture of exotic stellar populations (like blue straggler stars, millisecond pulsars,
X-ray binaries, gamma ray burst), to the physics of stellar mass loss, the forma-
tion history of the Milky Way, the properties of variable stars and the stellar
chemical abundances in nearby galaxies. These studies have been carried out
by using the most recent generation of astronomical instruments, both from
space (HST, ISO, Spitzer, GALEX, Chandra), and mounted at large ground-
based telescopes (VLT, LBT, Keck, NTT, TNG, etc).
FIG3: Cosmic-Lab: BSS as test par-
ticles (from [83])– Top-left Panel: [O/
Fe] ratio as a function of [C/Fe] for
the measured blue stragglers (BSS;
black dots) and SGB stars (gray
dots) in the globular cluster M4. The
dashed box marks the locus of CO-
depleted BSS discovered in 47Tuc
(Ferraro et al. 2006). No evidence
of CO-depletion has been found
in M4. Bottom-left Panel: BSS ro-
tational velocity distribution in M4,
showing that 40% of them rotates at
more than 50 km/s. This is the larg-
est fraction of fast rotating BSS ever
found in a GC. Right Panel: colour-
magnitude diagrams of M4 showing
the location of the measured BSS
(large black dots) and with the fast
rotating BSS highlighted as large
triangles.
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FIG4: Cosmic-Lab: MSP as test

particles (from [130]) – Left Pan-
el: deep HST/WFC3 image of
the 4”x4” region around the radio
position (green cross) of the mil-
lisecond pulsar J1824−2452H
in the globular cluster M28.
The solid circle and red arrow
indicate the star (COM-M28H)
identified as the companion to
the MSP. It lies at <0.2” from the
MSP and at ~0.4” from the as-
sociated X-ray source (dashed
circle). Middle Panel: light curve
of COM-M28H, showing an op-
tical variability well correlated
with the MSP orbital period, thus
confirming its association. Right
Panel: absolute colour-magni-
tude diagram of the optical com-
panions to MSPs discovered so
far in GCs: only 7 objects in 6
clusters. The coloured dots in-
dicate those discovered by our
group (4 out of 7), with COM-
5.2 Galaxies and ISM
M28H highlighted in red. Staff involved: F. Brighenti, A. Cimatti, L. Ciotti, P. Focardi, F. Fraternali, C. Ni-
poti, S. Pellegrini

Galaxies are studied in Bologna from different points of view, with emphasis
FIG5: Chandra color com- on observations (es-
posite image of the S0 gal- pecially in the X and
axy NGC1291 (red: 0.3–1.0
keV, green: 1.0–2.0 keV, blue:
optical band), numeri-
2.0–8.0 keV). The cross sym- cal simulations (hydro-
bol shows the center of the dynamics of the ISM,
galaxy, the cyan and magenta
ellipses outline the bulge and BH feedback, N-body
ring regions (Luo et al. 2012, simulations), and ana-
ApJ, 749,130). lytical methods (stellar
dynamics and related
fields). The main area
of research are the dy-
namics, structure, scal-
ing laws, formation
and evolution of ellipti-
cal and spiral galaxies.
Dynamical studies are
strongly supported by
state-of-the-art N-body
simulations. The effect
of the environment in
galaxy properties is analyzed on large and homogeneously selected samples.
Researches focused on fluidodynamics (also conducted with the aid of hydrody-
namical simulations) concern the behavior and modelization of central BHs and
feedback, galaxy groups and environmental effects, ISM (X, HI), cooling flows,
thermal conduction in multiphase media and extraplanar gas in disk galaxies.
Finally, Modified Netwonian gravity is also studied from the theoretical and
numerical point of view.
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FIG6: Temperature snapshots

for a typical fountain cloud mov-
ing through a hot hydrostatic co-
rona (T=2 10^6 K) in the gravi-
tational field of the Milky Way
at the solar circle. Note the for-
mation of a turbulent wake con-
taining knots of cold gas (from
[ 101])

5.3 Observational studies of Quasars and AGN

Staff involved: D. Dallacasa, G. Giovannini, L. Gregorini, S. Pellegrini, F. Pozzi,
C. Vignali

The presence in the Bologna area of the three INAF-Institutes specialized in

Optical, Radio and Space Astronomy strongly favoured the synergy among vari-
ous astronomical branch- FIG7: Observed-frame spec-
tral energy distribution (SED)
es. Single Galaxies and of CXOJ033229.29-275619.5
Quasars are studied at (XID403) - an obscured AGN
all wavelengths. Exten- at z=4.76 detected in the 4Ms
exposure in the Chandra Deep
sive surveys are made Field-South - and possible de-
in order to identify the composition into a galaxy com-
ponent (red dashed line) and an
sources of the diffused AGN component (blue dotted
X-Ray background. Ac- line). The green solid line is the
cretion mechanisms are sum of the two. The template
of the starburst galaxy Arp 220,
studied at radio, infrared, shifted to z=4.76, is adopted
and X-ray wavelengths in for the galaxy emission, while
order to understand the the sum of a torus and a scat-
tered component is adopted for
complex physics of Black the AGN emission. The SED
Holes up to high red- shows that massive star forma-
tion is associated with heavily
shifts. Main fields of in- obscured black hole accretion.
terest are Radio galaxies, This system may have been
Seyfert galaxies, AGN caught during a major co-eval
episode of black hole and stellar
surveys, X-ray back- mass assembly at early times
ground, low-luminosity (from [56]).
AGNs. Large samples of
radio sources (“The Bo-
logna Complete Sample”
of galaxies; young ra-
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FIG8: VLA image of the M87 dio sources known as

inner jet at 22 GHz obtained to
study the region of the gamma ``High Frequency Peak-
ray emission and superluminal ers’’, and Brightest
motion of jet substructures. Cluster Galaxies) are
currently studied us-
ing the largest radio
telescopes (EVLA,
VLBA, EVN). More-
over, thanks to the
gamma-ray satellite
FERMI, a detailed
comparison between
VLBI and gamma
ray data for objects
as M87 and powerful
BLAZARS are carried on to understand the physics of rela-
tivistic jets.

Composition of the faint radio population and its physical properties

are also studied using a multiwavelength approach (optical counter-
parts, radio spectrum, etc.).

5.4 Clusters, Large Scale structure, and Cosmology

Staff involved: F. Brighenti, A. Cimatti, L. Ciotti, D. Dallacasa, G. Giovannini, L.
Gregorini, B. Marano, B. Metcalf, L. Moscardini, C. Nipoti, S. Pellegrini, F. Pozzi

The main area of interest are clusters of galaxies, with attention on observa-
tional and theoretical studies of radio halos, radio relics, and of non-thermal
emission mechanisms, suchas re-acceleration and magnetic field amplification.
Magnetic fields are investigated by studying non-thermal emission from radio
sources. Other active areas are the study and modelization of lensing proper-
ties of galaxy clusters, the possibility of using galaxy clusters as cosmological
probes, and of the clustering properties of cosmic structures. High-resolution
hydrodynamical simula-
FIG9: Overview of the strong
lensing system of Abell 611.
tions of AGN feedback on
The knots used as constraints the ICM by supermassive
are marked as red crosses on black holes at the centre of
the F606W ACS/HST image.
The magenta crosses indicate clusters, and of turbulent
the perturber galaxies that were ICM, are carried out. Fi-
optimised singularly. The blue
crosses correspond to a likely
nally, models for the ICM
lensed system. The size of the in clusters are studied,
field of view is ~ 50 X 42.5 arc- with particular emphasis
sec; the image was smoothed
with a 2 pixel FWHM Gaussian
on their use as mass, tem-
filter (1 pixel= 0.05 arcsec). perature, and metallicity
estimates, also in combi-
nation with gravitational
lensing. On the observa-
tional side, galaxy surveys
(such as VVDS, zCOSMOS
and PEP/Herschel) are
strongly pursued, with
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special attention to the FIG10: Rotation Measure image

of the radiogalaxy 0206+35, that
subjects of evolution of shows highly anisotropic band-
optical luminosity func- ed structures perpendicular to
tion and star formation the major axis of the radio lobes
(from [66])
history galaxies up to
z=1.5, evolution of the
luminosity function of
spectroscopically se-
lected QSO, evolution of
the stellar mass function
and mass density up to
z=2, evolution of early-
type galaxies at z>1,
evolution of the mid/far
infrared luminosity up
to z~2, and radio sub-
mJy populations. On a
more theoretical side,
detailed studies of the
formation and evolution of cosmic structures, based on analytic and numerical
techniques, has been performed not only in the framework of the standard con-
cordance Lambda-CDM model, but also considering alternative scenarios, like
dynamic quintessence and non-Gaussian models.

5.5 Instrumentation and Technology

Staff involved: G. Cosentino, B. Marano, E. Rossetti

In addition to the maintenance of the optical telescopes of Loiano observatory,

shared with INAF-OABO, the Department of Astronomy is currently involved
in different projects.

5.5.1 LBT infrared test camera

The Department of Astronomy, in collaboration with INAF-OABO and the Max
Planck Institut fuer Astronomie (Heidelberg, MPIA), continues the well-estab-
lished collaboration with the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) Observatory. In
particular, the infrared camera to be used to test the Adaptive Optics System
at LBT, built in 2008, has been successfully tested in 2010.

5.5.2 LINC-NIRVANA

LINC-NIRVANA is a new generation interferometer designed to fully exploit

the unique configuration of LBT. It is currently being built by an Italian-Ger-
man consortium. Both Mid High layer Wavefront Sensors, assembled and test-
ed in Bologna, have been delivered to the MPIA.
We are cooperating in the full integration of the instrument, which is currently
in progress.

5.5.3 MAORY

Our Department, in collaboration with INAF-OABO (the coordinator of the

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FIG11: Infrared Test Camera Phase A study

mounted on LBT (Gregorian)
of MAORY, the
multi-conjugate
Adaptive Op-
tics module), is
deeply involved
in the develop-
ment of the in-
strumentation
of the Europe-
an Extremely
Large Telescope
(E-ELT). The
design aims at
providing the
correction of
the atmospheric
turbulence on a
2 arcmin field,
in the wavelength range 0.8-2.4 µm. MAORY is a key component to reach the
main scientific goals of E-ELT, based on the capability of operating it as a fully
adaptive telescope. The design aims at obtaining a uniform PSF on a relatively
wide field and a large sky coverage. It is based on use of both natural and arti-
ficial (laser) guide stars and on a three layers compensation model. Within the
European Commission FP7 Preparing for the construction of the European Ex-
tremely Large Telescope we developed a laboratory simulator of the wavefront
sensing system, to test the effectiveness of the innovative solutions adopted in
the project. We performed deep tests to validate the algorithms adopted to mea-
sure the wavefront and to check the systematics due to the sodium ionospheric
layer, where the laser beam produces the artificial guide star.

5.5.4 Solar concentrators

The Department was awarded by MIUR with a three years doctoral fellowship
(“Fondo Giovani”), to study the possibility to apply the Active Optics (AO) tech-
nologies, developed for Astronomy, to solar mirrors. In fact, AO can provide a
fair correction of the main aberrations due to non paraxiality of sun rays, thus
extending the productive time of the solar power plant. In addition, AO can
increase the concentration of the sunlight on the receiver. A PhD student was
selected for this fellowship in 2010, and the study is now in progress. Should
it demonstrate that the technology can be applied, the energetic yield of solar
power plants could be significantly increased.

5.5.5 Control software

Finally, instrumental control software for future astronomical missions is

beeing specifically designed. Specifically, since the NIR spectroscopic channel
of EUCLID will provide slitless galaxy spectra, a fast and reliable algorithm
(RESS) to optimize spectral contamination cleaning and accurate redshift mea-
surement, has been developed.
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5.6 History of Astronomy and outreach

Staff involved: F. Bònoli, D. Dallacasa, P. Focardi

Due to the long historical heritage of FIG12: The image of the Sun on
the meridian line in the “Museo
the University in Bologna, it is natu- della Specola”
ral that history of astronomy is among
the active fields at the Department of
Astronomy. Particular area of active
interest are the analysis of Bologna
contributions to the development of
astronomy from 15th to 20th century,
and in the preservation and study
of the historical instrumentation of
the “Museo della Specola”, which re-
cords about 15.000 visitors each year
(www.bo.astro.it/dip/Museum/Mu-
seumHome.html). On 2011 (and 2012),
thanks to an important contribution
of the University, the “Museo” is un-
dergoing substantial repair. Continu-
ous outreach activities are performed
in collaboration with the astronomical
Institutes in Bologna. The Department
joined a national project whose aim is
promoting the study of Physics and Astronomy in Universities. In particular
some 30 High School students each year have followed special courses orga-
nized by staff members with practical applications and labs.

6.Facilities
6.1 Observational Facilities

Local observing facilities, regularly used also by students, are the optical tele-
scopes (60 cm and 150 cm in diameter) located in Loiano (managed by INAF-
OABO), the Northern Cross radiotelescope (managed by INAF-IRA). Instru-
mentation for space missions is developed at IASF.

6.2 Computational facilities

All the most diffused astronomical data reduction packages are maintained updated,
and available for staff, students and visitors. Also relevant for numerical projects is
the strict relation of the Department with the supercomputer center of CINECA (also
located in Bologna).

6.3 Library

Our library has more than 2500 precious ancient volumes some of which published as
earlyas 1488. The modern section catalogue lists about 15000 volumes and is kept up to
date yearly. Over 1000 periodicals are also available, some ancient and rare. More than 50
are current publications in Astronomy and are available both in print and on line. The li-
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FIG13: Title pages of two from brary also offers

the ancient volumes of the rare
books collection. Left: Ephemer- numerous publi-
ides motuum coelestium by E. cations of world
Zanotti, Bononiae, 1774. Right: wide Astronomi-
Ephemerides motuum coeles-
tium by P. Caturegli, Bononiae, cal Observato-
1819. The Bologna landscape ries.
with the two towers is clearly
visible in the background of both
Some material is
the images. also available ei-
ther in microfilm
or CD.
Active services
are: reference,
loans, inter li-
brary loans, doc-
ument
delivery, on de-
mand access on
site to historical material. Library link: http://www.bo.astro.it/~biblio/home.htm

7. Referred papers published in the years 2010-2011

1. Abbas U., […], Marano B., […], Gregorini L., […]
The VIMOS-VLT Deep Survey: evolution in the halo occupation number since z ~ 1
2010, MNRAS, 406, 1306
2. Alexander D.M., [...], Vignali C.
X-ray spectral constraints for z~2 massive galaxies: the identification of reflection-dominated Active Galactic Nuclei
2011, ApJ, 738, 44
3. Altieri B., […], Cimatti A., […]
Herschel deep far-infrared counts through Abell 2218 cluster-lens
2010, A&A, 518, L23
4. Ballo L., Piconcelli E., Vignali C., Schartel N.
XMM-Newton first X-ray detection of the LoBAL quasar PG 1700+518
2011, MNRAS, 415, 2600
5. Bardelli S., […], Cimatti A.,[…]
Properties and environment of radio-emitting galaxies in the VLA-zCOSMOS survey
2010, A&A, 511, 1
6. Beccari G., Pasquato M., De Marchi G., Dalessandro E., Trenti M., Gill M.
The dynamical state of the globular cluster M10 (NGC 6254)
2010, ApJ, 713, 194
7. Beccari G., Sollima A., Ferraro F.R., Lanzoni B., […]
The non-segregated population of Blue Straggler stars in the remote globular cluster Palomar 14
2011, ApJ, 737, L3
8. Bellagamba F., […], Moscardini L.
Optimal filtering of optical and weak lensing data to search for galaxy clusters: application to the COSMOS
data 2011, MNRAS, 413, 1145
9. Bellazzini M., […], Fraternali F., Gallozzi S.
An optical and HI study of the dwarf Local Group galaxy VV124=UGC4879. A gas-poor dwarf with a stellar
disk? 2011, A&A, 527, 58
10. Berta S., […], Cimatti A., […], Pozzi F.,[…]
Dissecting the cosmic infra-red background with Herschel/PEP
2010, A&A, 518, L30
11. Berta S., […], Cimatti A., […], Pozzi F., […]
Building the cosmic infrared background brick by brick with Herschel/PEP
2011, A&A, 532, 49
12. Beskin G., Karpov S., Bondar S., Greco G., Guarnieri A., Bartolini C., Piccioni A.
Fast optical variability of a naked-eye burst - Manifestation of the periodic activity of an internal engine
2010, ApJ, 719, L10
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13. Beskin G., Bondar S., Karpov S., Plokhotnichenko V., Guarnieri A., Bartolini C., Greco G., Piccioni A., Shearer A.
From TORTORA to MegaTORTORA - Results and prospects of search for fast optical transients
2010, Advances in Astronomy, ID 171569
14. Beskin G., Karpov S., Bondar S., Guarnieri A., Bartolini C., Greco G., Piccioni A.
Rapid optical variability of the gamma-ray burst grb080319b and its central engine
2010, AstBu, 65, 223
15. Beskin G. Bondar S., Karpov S., Plokhotnichenko V., Guarnieri A., Bartolini C., Greco G., Piccioni A.
Optical transient search strategy via wide-field monitoring
2010, AstBu, 65, 286
16. Bolzonella M., […], Cimatti A., […]
Tracking the impact of environment on the galaxy stellar mass function up to z~1 in the 10kzCOSMOS sample
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161. Sollima A., Nipoti C.
Globular clusters in modified Newtonian dynamics: velocity dispersion profiles from self-consistent models
2010, MNRAS, 401, 131
162. Sollima A., Carballo-Bello J.A., Beccari G., Ferraro F.R., Fusi Pecci F., Lanzoni B.
The fraction of binary systems in the core of five galactic open clusters
2010, MNRAS, 401, 577
163. Takei Y., […], Moscardini L., […]
Studying the warm-hot intergalactic medium in emission
2011, ApJ, 734, 91
Thöne C.C., […], Bartolini C., […], Guarnieri A., […]
164. Photometry and spectroscopy of GRB 060526: a detailed study of the afterglow and host galaxy of a z=3.2
gamma-ray burst
2010, A&A, 523, 70
165. Tombesi F., Cappi M., Reeves J.N., Palumbo G.G.C., Braito V., Dadina M.
Evidence for ultra-fast outflows in radio-quiet AGN. II. Detailed photoionization modeling of Fe K-shell absorption lines
2011, ApJ, 742, 44
166. Tombesi F., Cappi M., Reeves J.N., Palumbo G.G.C., Yaqoob T., Braito V., Dadina M.
Evidence for ultra-fast outflows in radio-quiet AGNs. I. Detection and statistical incidence of Fe K-shell absorption lines
2010, A&A, 521, 57
167. Torresi E., Grandi P., Longinotti A.L., Guainazzi M., Palumbo G.G.C., Tombesi F., Nucita A.
First high-resolution detection of a warm absorber in the Broad Line Radio Galaxy 3C 382
2010, MNRAS, 401, L10
168. Ursino E., Branchini F., Galeazzi M., Marulli F., Moscardini L., Piro L., Roncarelli M., Takei Y.
Expected properties of the two-point autocorrelation function of the IGM
2011, MNRAS, 414, 2970
169. Vacca V., Murgia M., Govoni F., Feretti L., Giovannini G., […]
The intracluster magnetic field power spectrum in Abell 665
2010, A&A, 514, 71
170. Vacca V., Govoni F., Murgia M., Giovannini G., […]
Discovery of diffuse radio emission in the galaxy cluster A1689
2011, A&A 535, 82
171. Valenti E., Ferraro F.R., Origlia L.
Near-infrared properties of 12 globular clusters towards the inner bulge of the Galaxy
2010, MNRAS, 402, 1729
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172. Venturi T., Giacintucci G., Dallacasa D., […]

An elusive radio halo in the merging cluster Abell 781?
2011, MNRAS, 414, 6
173. Vercellone S., […], Giovannini G., […]
Multiwavelength observations of 3C 454.3. III. Eighteen months of Agile monitoring of the “Crazy Diamond”
2010, ApJ, 712, 405
174. Vergani D., […], Vignali C., […], Cimatti A., […]
K+A galaxies in the zCOSMOS survey. Physical properties of systems in their post-starburst phase
2010, A&A, 509, 42
175. Vignali C., Alexander D.M., Gilli R., Pozzi F.
Discovery of Compton-thick quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
2010, MNRAS, 404, 48
176. Vignali C., […], Pozzi F.
On the nature of the absorber in IRAS 09104+4109: the X-ray and mid-infrared view
2011, MNRAS, 416, 2068
177. Wang Y., Percival W., Cimatti A., […]
Designing a space-based galaxy redshift survey to probe dark energy,
2010, MNRAS, 409, 737
178. Wuyts S., […], Cimatti A., […]
On star formation rates and star formation histories of galaxies out to z ~ 3,
2011, ApJ, 738, 106
179. Wuyts S., […], Pozzi F., […]
Galaxy structure and mode of star formation in the SFR-mass plane from z~2.5 to z~0.1
2011, ApJ, 742, 96
180. Xue Y.Q., [...], Vignali C.
The Chandra Deep Field-South Survey: 4 Ms source catalogs
2011, ApJS, 195, 10

History of astronomy and outreach publications

181. Di Teodoro E.M., Bedogni R., Bònoli F.
I primi esperimenti sulla caduta dei gravi: Galileo e Riccioli
Giornale di Astronomia, 2010, 36 (3), 32
182. Bònoli F., Fusi Pecci F., Poppi F.
Dall’Osservatorio astronomico universitario all’Osservatorio astronomico di Bologna: 1957-1985
in ``Da Bologna allo spazio. Avvio, promozione e sviluppo della ricerca astrofisica’’, a cura di P. Focardi e G.
Palumbo, 2011, Bononia University Press, 71 (invited)
183. Incerti M., Bònoli F., Polcaro V.F.
Transient Astronomical Events as Inspiration Sources of Medieval and Renaissance Art
in “The Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena - VI”, E. M. Corsini Edt.,
2011, ASPC Series, 441, 139
184. Bònoli F.
Cassini e la tradizione astronomica galileiana a Bologna
in ``Galileo e la scuola galileiana nelle Università del Seicento’’, a cura di L. Pepe,
2011, CLUEB, Bologna, 171 (invited)

8 Other qualifying achievements

8.1 ESA EUCLID Mission

The Department of Astronomy plays a key role in the ESA Euclid space mission.
After the Assessment and Definition studies lasted from 2008 to 2011, Euclid has
been recently selected (4 October 2011) as one of the first two Medium-class mis-
sions in the context of ESA Cosmic Vision 2015-2025, and its launch is planned
in 2019. This major achievement has been obtained also thanks to the activities
coordinated by the scientists of the Department who have responsibility roles in
the international Euclid Consortium (A. Cimatti, L. Moscardini). Euclid is a “high-
precision” cosmology mission with the main goal to derive a three-dimensional and
evolutionary “map” of the Universe during the last 10 billion years. This “map” will
be obtained with a gigantic survey of 15,000 deg2 in optical/near-infrared imaging
and near-infrared slitless spectroscopy. This survey will explore the 0<z<2 redshift
range and provide images and photometry of about 2 billion galaxies, with spectra
and redshifts available for about 50 millions of them. Euclid will also perform a
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Deep Survey of 40 deg2 to study the Universe at very high redshifts (z>6-7). Combi-
ning the best cosmological probes (e.g. weak gravitational lensing, baryonic acou-
stic oscillations, matter power spectrum, redshift-space distorsions, galaxy clusters,
etc), Euclid will constrain with high accuracy the dark energy equation of state and
other cosmological parameters, and will also test the validity of General Relativity
through the growth factor of cosmic structures. Besides cosmology, Euclid will also
provide an immense legacy of data useful to address a wide range of other astro-
physical problems from extrasolar planets to stars and galaxies.The main publi-
cation describing Euclid is the Definition Study Document, so called Red Book
(Laureijs et al. 2011; arXiv:1110.3193), where our Department provided important
contributions.

For more details:

http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/area/index.cfm?fareaid=102)
http://www.euclid-emc.org

8.2 COSMIC LAB

The 5-yr project “COSMIC-LAB: Star clusters as cosmic laboratories for Astro-
physics, Dynamics and Fundamental Physics” presented by F.R. Ferraro to the Euro-
pean Research Council within the Seventh Framework Programme “Ideas” - Advan-
ced Grant, was funded with 1.88 MEuro and started on May 1st, 2011. This is the
first programme with P.I. from our Department ever funded by the ERC. The project
consists in using galactic Globular Clusters as cosmic laboratories, and three classes
of “exotica” (blue straggler stars, millisecond pulsars and intermediate-mass black
holes) as test particles for addressing fundamental astrophysical questions ranging
from the formation of the Galaxy and the first stars, to stellar evolution and dyna-
mics.

8.3 GLENCO

The European Research Council research group GLENCO (funded with 1.5MEuro

through the Seventh Framework Programme, Ideas), PI R.B.Metcalf, has been enga-
ged in research related to gravitational lensing.  A suit of computer tools are being
developed to perform simulations of gravitational lensing and for analyzing strong
and weak lensing data.  These tools will eventually be available to the wider professio-
nal community.  At this stage the tools have been applied to simulating quasars that
have been strongly lenses by foreground galaxies.  Statistical predictions for the pro-
perties of these lenses have been made and compared with the available data.  Some
significant discoveries have been made about the effects small mass clumps of dark
matter have on these gravitational lenses. This will hopefully lead to a better under-
standing of how dark matter is distributed in the Universe.  Simulations where done
in support of a satellite proposal called OMEGA that was submitted to the NASA’s
Explorer Mission  competition.   The primary goal of the satellite is to study these
quasar lenses through long term, high cadence monitoring. Also, the gravitational
lensing of quasars by stars, microlensing, is being studied with the computer code’s
greatly increased capabilities over previous approaches.
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8.4 VLBI from space

In 2010 the project “VLBI from space” in collaboration with IRA/INAF (PI G. Gio-
vannini) has been included among strategical relevant projects for the scientific col-
laboration between Italy and Japan by the MAE (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) for
the period 2010-2012. Collaborators are the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
(JAXA) and the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ). Many com-
mon scientific projects are in progress including VLBI observations with Italian
and Japanese radio telescopes. In 2010 and 2011 MAE co-funded the project with
25kEuro/yr.

8.5 Research grants (PI only)

F.R. Ferraro: ERC Advanced Grant COSMIC LAB (1.88MEuro)

F.R. Ferraro: ASI/INAF I/009/10/0 (92 kEuro)
G. Giovannini: PRIN-INAF 2009/10 “Large Scale Magnetic Fields” (5k Euro)
G. Giovannini: MAE Italy-Japan “VLBI from space” (25kEuro/yr)
R.B. Metcalf: ERC Advanced Grant GLENCO (1.5MEuro)
C. Vignali: ASI High-Energy (35.4 kEuro)

8.6 Telescope time allocation

Dallacasa
VLBA (24hrs) Faint high frequency peakers (PI)
VLBA (20hrs) Steep spectrum sources and the duty cycle of the radio emission (PI
M. Orienti)
VLBA (30hrs) Morphology and orientation of Radio Loud Broad Absorption Line
Quasars (PI G. Bruni)
EVLA (15hrs) The Ultra Steep Spectrum radio halo in Abell 697 (PI G. Macario)
EVLA (18.5hrs) The Nature of Ultra-Steep Spectrum Cluster Radio Halos (PI W.
Lane)
GMRT (66hrs) Searching for Radio Halos in the MACS-Planck X-ray luminous clu-
ster sample (PI G. Macario)
GMRT (32hrs) Extended GMT radio halo survey (PI R. Cassano)
GMRT (16 hrs) Ultra steep spectrum in A1682 (PI T. Venturi)
Platau de Bure (16hrs) Fast molecular outflow in the young radio source 4C 32.44?
(PI M. Orienti)

Ferraro (PI), Dalessandro (CoI), Lanzoni (CoI), Mucciarelli (CoI)

HST/WFPC3 (15orbits) COSMIC-LAB: Hunting for optical companions to binary
MSPs in Globular Clusters
HST/WFPC3 (21orbits) COSMIC-LAB: Double BSS sequences as signatures of the
Core Collapse phenomenon in star clusters
VLT/XSHOOTER+FLAMES (3nights+15hrs) Unveiling the true nature of the stel-
lar system Terzan5 in the Galactic Bulge
VLT/NACO (9.5hrs) Constraining the mass of the supermassive neutron star in the
core of NGC 6440
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Lanzoni (PI), Dalessandro (CoI), Ferraro (CoI), Mucciarelli (CoI)

LBT/LBC (10hrs) Determining the binary content of Galactic globular clusters
Mucciarelli (PI), Dalessandro (CoI), Ferraro (CoI), Lanzoni (CoI)
VLT/FLAMES (4nights) Searching for chemical signatures of the self-enrichment
process in extra-galactic clusters: the LMC
VLT/FLAMES (4nights) Searching for chemical signatures of the self-enrichment
process in extra-galactic clusters: the SMC

Dalessandro (CoI), Ferraro (CoI), Lanzoni (CoI), Mucciarelli (CoI)

VLT/FLAMES (3nights) The double Blue Straggler sequence in M30: the key to di-
sentangle the BSS formation processes (PI L. Lovisi)

Pellegrini
Chandra (200ks) In-Depth Study of the Merger, ULIRG, Twin-AGN Galaxy NGC
6240
(PI G. Fabbiano)

Vignali
Chandra (80ks) A runaway black hole in COSMOS (PI F. Civano)
Chandra (30ks) Exploratory X-ray monitoring of z>4 radio-quiet quasars (PI O.
Shemmer)
XMM-Newton (69ks) Revealing Compton-thick luminous AGN in powerful [OIII]
emitters (PI E. Piconcelli)
XMM-Newton (112ks) XMM-Newton spectroscopy of high-redshift Dust Obscured
Galaxies (PI G. Lanzuisi)
XMM-Newton (123ks) A variable energy, redshifted, iron absorption line in a recoi-
ling black hole (PI F. Civano)
XMM-Newton (83ks) [NeV]-selected heavily obscured QSOs at the epoch of the X-
ray background (PI R. Gilli)
XMM-Newton (94+66ks) In search of merging black holes (PI S. Mathurn)
EVLA (7hrs) QSO feedback in 2 z=2 QSOs (PI C. Feruglio)
IRAM PdB (6hrs) A direct test of the black holes - mergers connection (PI C. Feru-
glio)
VLT/X-shooter (14hrs) A direct test of the black holes - mergers connection: un-
derstanding galaxy-AGN coevolution, feedback and the buildup of SMBHs (PI C.
Feruglio)
VLT/FORS (20hrs) + MMT (16hrs) X-ray selected i-band dropouts (PI R. Gilli)
VLT/FORS (5.5hrs) The first X-ray selected QSO at z=6.8 (PI M. Salvato)
TNG (22hrs) Spectroscopy and photometry in the AGN nursery around the Galaxy
Cluster MS 1137.5+6625 (PI: N. Cappelluti)
VLT/SINFONI (60hrs) The evolution of the MBH/Mstar relation in obscured AGN
at high redshift
(PI R. Maiolino)
VLT/ISAAC (25hrs) + TNG/NICS (25hrs) The First Direct Measure of the Complete
(AGN1+AGN2) Local Black Hole Mass Function of the AGN (PI F. La Franca)
TNG/NICS (8hrs) Spectroscopic identification of elusive, highly obscured, type 2
QSOs from SWIRE (PI F. La Franca)
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Brighenti
TNG (15hrs) Tracing the star formation in early type Galaxies with Infrared excess
(PI)
Chandra (18ks) + EVLA (18hrs) Investigating AGN feedback in cool cores detected
in H_alpha (PI M. Gitti)
XMM (21ks) AGN-ICM interaction and peculiar radio emission in the cool core
cluster RBS 797 (PI M. Gitti)
SUZAKU (50ks) Tracing the gas to the virial radius of a fossil group (PI P. Humph-
rey)

Fraternali
VLT/FLAMES (26hrs) Halo gas and gas accretion in intermediate-redshift disk ga-
laxies (PI)
WSRT (11hrs) The BCD galaxy NGC 6789: where is the gas? (PI F. Lelli)
EVLA (20hrs+8hrs+6.5hrs) Gas Dynamics and Star Formation in Blue Compact
Dwarfs (PI F. Lelli)

8.7 International meetings

The Department co-sponsored the “Puppi Prize” to be given to the best Italian Ph.D.
Thesis in Astronomy, Physics or Geology, and organized

The 2011 Bologna biannual international workshop on Dark Matter (a series started
in 2005) was dedicated to ``Dark matter from globular clusters to clusters of gala-
xies’’,

The 9^th AGN conference (Ferrara, May 2010), dedicated to ``Black holes and re-
velations’’.

8.8 International committees

L. Ciotti: Member of the SOC for the International Workshop ``Galaxies: Origin,
Dynamics, Structure” [Sochi, Russia]. Since 2010 referee for the ``Evaluation, selec-
tion, and award procedures’’ dell’European Research Council [ERC-FP7], ``Swiss
National Science Foundation”, ``Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research’’
[NWO], ``Romanian National Council for Research and Development’’ [PCCA],
``French Research Agency” [FRA]. Italian representative in the Board of ``GAIA
Research for European Astronomy Training’’ [GREAT-ITN]

D. Dallacasa: Member of the SOC and LOC of the “IV European Radio Interferome-
try School” (Rimini 5-10 September 2011)

G. Giovannini: co-chair of the SOC for the Joint Discussion “The Connection betwe-
en Radio Properties and High Energy Emission in AGN” scheduled during the IAU
XXVIII General Assembly in Beijng, China
20-31/Aug/2012
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L. Gregorini: Physics Panel Evaluator for Marie Curie Fellowships

S. Pellegrini: co-editor, together with dr. D.W. Kim (CfA, Cambridge, USA), of the
book Hot Interstellar Matter in Elliptical Galaxies, Springer. Co-editor (together
with dr. D.W. Kim, CfA, Cambridge, USA) of the proceedings of the IAU, for the
Joint Discussion “Hot Interstellar Matter in Elliptical Galaxies’’, Highlights of Astro-
nomy, vol. 15, Cambridge University Press

C. Vignali: Member of the LOC for the 9 AGN conference (Ferrara, May 2010)

Panorama of Bologna reflected in the heliograph on the terrace of the “Specola”.