The following scientific publications were achieved with major or partly contributions of members of our research unit:
2022:
| Ambilateral collimation study of the twin-jets in NGC 1052 |
| A.-K. Baczko, E. Ros, M. Kadler, C. Fromm, B. Boccardi, M. Perucho, T. Krichbaum, P. R. Burd and J. A. Zensus |
| Astronomy & Astrophysics, 658, 119 |
| Magnetic field structure in the vicinity of a super-massive black hole in low luminosity galaxies: the case of Sgr A* |
| A. Nathanail, P. Dhang and C. Fromm |
| Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 513, 5204 |
| First Sagittarius A* Event Horizon Telescope Results. I. The Shadow of the Supermassive Black Hole in the Center of the Milky Way |
| The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration |
| The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 930, 12 |
| First Sagittarius A* Event Horizon Telescope Results. II. EHT and Multiwavelength Observations, Data Processing, and Calibration |
| The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration |
| The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 930, 13 |
| First Sagittarius A* Event Horizon Telescope Results. III. Imaging of the Galactic Center Supermassive Black Hole |
| The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration |
| The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 930, 14 |
| First Sagittarius A* Event Horizon Telescope Results. IV. Variability, Morphology, and Black Hole Mass |
| The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration |
| The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 930, 15 |
| First Sagittarius A* Event Horizon Telescope Results. V. Testing Astrophysical Models of the Galactic Center Black Hole |
| The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration |
| The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 930, 16 |
| First Sagittarius A* Event Horizon Telescope Results. VI. Testing the Black Hole Metric |
| The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration |
| The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 930, 17 |
| Selective Dynamical Imaging of Interferometric Data |
| The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration |
| The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 930, 18 |
| Millimeter Light Curves of Sagittarius A* Observed during the 2017 Event Horizon Telescope Campaign |
| The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration |
| The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 930, 19 |
| A Universal Power-law Prescription for Variability from Synthetic Images of Black Hole Accretion Flows |
| The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration |
| The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 930, 20 |
| Characterizing and Mitigating Intraday Variability: Reconstructing Source Structure in Accreting Black Holes with mm-VLBI |
| The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration |
| The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 930, 21 |
| Subarcsecond view on the high-redshift blazar GB 1508+5714 by the International LOFAR Telescope |
| A. Kappes, P. R. Burd, M. Kadler, E. Bonnassieux, M. Perucho, M. Brüggen, et al. |
| Astronomy & Astrophysics, 663, 44 |
| Wind-Cloud Interactions in Supersonic Flows |
| M. Brüggen |
| Multiphase AGN Feeding & Feedback II Conference in June 2022, in Sexten, Italy |
| Exploring the disk-jet connection in NGC 315 |
| L. Ricci, B. Boccardi, E. Nokhrina, M. Perucho, N. MacDonald, G. Mattia, P. Grandi, E. Madika, T. P. Krichbaum, J. A. Zensus |
| Astronomy & Astrophysics, 664, 166 |
| Diffuse radio emission from non-Planck galaxy clusters in the LoTSS-DR2 fields |
| D. N. Hoang, M. Brüggen, A. Botteon, A. Bonafede, É. Bonnassieux, F. de Gasperin, et al. |
| Astronomy & Astrophysics, 665, 60 |
| Spectral Imprints from Electromagnetic Cascades in Blazar Jets |
| C. Wendel |
| PhD Thesis |
| A numerical study on the role of instabilities on multi-wavelength emission signatures of blazar jets |
| S. Acharya, B. Vaidya, I. Kalpa Dihingia, S. Agarwal, A. Shukla |
| Astronomy & Astrophysics, 671, 161 |
2023:
| Exploring the evolution of the particle distribution and the cascade in a moving, expanding emission region in blazar jets |
| M. Zacharias |
| Astronomy & Astrophysics, 669, 151 |
| Self-regulated AGN feedback of light jets in cool-core galaxy clusters |
| K. Ehlert, R. Weinberger, C. Pfrommer, R. Pakmor, V. Springel |
| Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 518, 4622 |
| VLBI Scrutiny of a New Neutrino-Blazar Multiwavelength-Flare Coincidence |
| F. Eppel, M. Kadler, E. Ros, C. M. Fromm, P. Benke, A. Gokus, et al. |
| IAU Symposium 375: The Multimessenger Chakra of Blazar Jets |
| V-LoTSS: The circularly polarised LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey |
| J. R. Callingham, T. W. Shimwell, H. K. Vedantham, M. Brüggen, M. Kadler, D. N. Hoang, B. Mingo, et al. |
| Astronomy & Astrophysics, 670, 124 |
| Flaring activity from magnetic reconnection in BL Lacertae |
| S. Agarwal, B. Banerjee, A. Shukla, J. Roy, S. Acharya, B. Vaidya, V. R. Chitnis, S. M. Wagner, K. Mannheim, M. Branchesi |
| Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters, 521, 53 |
| Radio jet precession in M81* |
| S. D. von Fellenberg, M. Janssen, J. Davelaar, M. Zajaček, S. Britzen, H. Falcke, E. Körding, E. Ros |
| Astronomy & Astrophysics, 672, 5 |
| The LOFAR LBA Sky Survey. II. First data release |
| F. de Gasperin, H. W. Edler, W. L. Williams, M. Brüggen, M. Kadler, B. Mingo, et al. |
| Astronomy & Astrophysics, 673, 165 |
| Active galactic nucleus jet feedback in hydrostatic haloes |
| R. Weinberger, K.-Y. Su, K. Ehlert, C. Pfrommer, L. Hernquist, G. L. Bryan, V. Springel, Y. Li, B. Burkhart, E. Choi, C.-A. Faucher-Giguère |
| Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 523, 1 |
| Particles in Relativistic MHD Jets I: Effects of Jet Dynamics on Particle Acceleration |
| R. P. Dubey, C. Fendt, B. Vaidya |
| The Astrophysical Journal, 952, 1 |
| ExHaLe-jet: Modeling blazar jets with an extended hadro-leptonic radiation code |
| M. Zacharias, A. Reimer, C. Boisson, A. Zech |
| Gamma 2022 proceedings |
| On the large scale morphology of Hercules A: destabilized hot jets? |
| M. Perucho, J. López-Miralles, N. A. B. Gizani, J. M. Martí, B. Boccardi |
| Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 523, 3 |
| A search for intercluster filaments with LOFAR and eROSITA |
| D. Hoang, M. Brüggen, X. Zhang, A. Bonafede, et al. |
| Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 523, 6320 |
| Diffuse radio emission from non-Planck galaxy clusters in the LoTSS-DR2 fields |
| D. Hoang, M. Brüggen, A. Botteon, E. Bonnassieux, et al. |
| Astronomy & Astrophysics, 665, 60 |
| Bright blazar flares with CTA |
| M. Cerruti, J. Finke, G. Grolleron, J. P. Lenain, T. Hovatta, M. Joshi, E. Lindfors, P. Morris, M. Petropoulou, P. Romano, S. Vercellone, M. Zacharias |
| ICRC 2023 proceedings |
| The peculiar new state of the blazar PKS 1510-089 |
| H. M. Schutte, M. Zacharias, M. Böttcher, J. Barnard, D. A. H. Buckley, J. Cooper, D. Groenewald |
| ICRC 2023 proceedings |
| TELAMON: Effelsberg Monitoring of AGN Jets with Very-High-Energy Astroparticle Emissions — Polarization properties |
| J. Heßdörfer, M. Kadler, P. Benke, L. Debbrecht, S. Buson, D. Dorner, C. M. Fromm, A. Kappes, K. Mannheim, E. Ros, B. Schleicher, J. Wilms, M. Zacharias, J. A. Zensus, et al. |
| ICRC 2023 proceedings |
| The Impact of Southern-Hemisphere Radio Blazar Observations on Neutrino Astronomy |
| F. Rösch, P. Benke, M. Kadler, E. Ros, R. Ojha, P. G. Edwards, F. Eppel, J. Heßdörfer, J. Stevens |
| ICRC 2023 proceedings |
| Jet formation and propagation in the nearby radio galaxy NGC 315 |
| L. Ricci |
| PhD Thesis |
| Filamentary structures as the origin of blazar jet radio variability |
| A. Fuentes, J. L. Gómez, J. M. Martí, M. Perucho, E. Ros, et al. |
| Nature Astronomy |
| A Collection of German Science Interests in the Next Generation Very Large Array |
| M. Kadler, D. A. Riechers, et al. |
| A living document at astro-ph |
| Cosmic ray feedback in galaxies and galaxy clusters |
| M. Ruszkowski, C. Pfrommer |
| The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review 31, 4 |
2024:
| The persistent shadow of the supermassive black hole of M 87. I. Observations, calibration, imaging, and analysis |
| The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration |
| Astronomy & Astrophysics, 681, 79 |
| The variety of extreme blazars in the AstroSat view |
| P. Goswami, M. Zacharias, A. Zech, S. Chandra, M. Böttcher, I. Sushch |
| Astronomy & Astrophysics, 682, 134 |
| Magnetic and thermal acceleration in extragalactic jets. An application to NGC 315 |
| L. Ricci, M. Perucho, J. López-Miralles, J. M. Martí, B. Boccardi |
| Astronomy & Astrophysics, 683, 235 |
| Paicos: A Python package for analysis of (cosmological) simulations performed with Arepo |
| T. Berlok, L. Jlassi, E. Puchwein, T. Haugbølle |
| Journal of Open Source Software, 9, 6296 |
| Shocks, clouds and atomic outflows in active galactic nuclei hosting relativistic jets |
| M. Perucho |
| Astronomy & Astrophysics, 684, 45 |
| TELAMON: Effelsberg monitoring of AGN jets with very-high-energy astroparticle emission — I. Program description and sample characterization |
| F. Eppel, M. Kadler, J. Heßdörfer, P. Benke, L. Debbrecht, J. Eich, A. Gokus, F. Rösch, W. Schulga, D. Dorner, A. Kraus, K. Mannheim, E. Ros, M. Zacharias, J. A. Zensus, et al. |
| Astronomy & Astrophysics, 684, 11 |
| Rapid variability of Markarian 421 during extreme flaring as seen through the eyes of XMM-Newton |
| A. Gokus, J. Wilms, M. Kadler, D. Dorner, B. Schleicher, K. Pottschmidt, K. Mannheim, M. Langejahn, T. Beuchert, T. Dauser, L. Eisenberger, D. Elsässer, P. Günther, et al. |
| Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 529, 2 |
| Imprint of “Local Opacity” Effect in Gamma-Ray Spectrum of Blazar Jet |
| S. Agarwal, A. Shukla, K. Mannheim, B. Vaidya, B. Banerjee |
| The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 968, 1 |
| Very-long-baseline interferometry study of the flaring blazar TXS 1508+572 in the early Universe |
| P. Benke, A. Gokus, M. Lisakov, L. I. Gurvits, F. Eppel, J. Heßdörfer, M. Kadler, Y. Y. Kovalev, E. Ros, F. Rösch |
| Astronomy & Astrophysics, 689, 43 |
| Leverage for existing and next-generation VLBI arrays: the Wetterstein Millimeter Telescope |
| M. Kadler, T. Birnstiel, S. Buchelt, G. Dietl, D. Elsässer, F. Eppel, C. Fromm, L. Fuhrmann, P. Hartogh, U. Hugentobler, H. Kayal, K. Mannheim, A. Neidhardt, T. Rehm, E. Ros, J. A. Zensus, et al. |
| Proceedings of the 16th EVN Symposium, 2024, 169 |
| First Very Long Baseline Interferometry Detections at 870 μm |
| A. W. Raymond, S. S. Doeleman, K. Asada, M. Janssen, J. Wagner, A.-K. Baczko, R. Deane, H. Falcke, C. M. Fromm, J.-Y. Kim, J. A. Kramer, G. Principe, E. Ros, J. A. Zensus, et al. |
| The Astronomical Journal, 168, 130 |
| First very long baseline interferometry detection of Fornax A |
| G. F. Paraschos, M. Wielgus, P. Benke, V. Mpisketzis, F. Rösch, K. Dasyra, E. Ros, M. Kadler, R. Ojha, P. G. Edwards, L. Hyland, J. F. H. Quick, S. Weston |
| Astronomy & Astrophysics, 687, 6 |
| Cosmological simulations of the generation of cluster-scale radio emission from turbulent re-acceleration |
| L. Beduzzi, F. Vazza, V. Cuciti, G. Brunetti, M. Brüggen, D. Wittor |
| Astronomy & Astrophysics, 690, 67 |
| The Relation between Simulated Multiwavelength Blazar Variability and Stochastic Fluctuations |
| H. Thiersen, M. Zacharias, M. Böttcher |
| The Astrophysical Journal, 974, 1 |
| A Gamma-Ray Flare from TXS 1508+572: Characterizing the Jet of a z = 4.31 Blazar in the Early Universe |
| A. Gokus, M. Böttcher, M. Errando, M. Kreter, J. Heßdörfer, F. Eppel, M. Kadler, P. Benke, A. Kraus, E. Ros, F. Rösch, J. Wilms, et al. |
| The Astrophysical Journal, 974, 38 |
| The properties of magnetised cold filaments in a cool-core galaxy cluster |
| M. Fournier, P. Grete, M. Brüggen, F. W. Glines, B. W. O’Shea |
| Astronomy & Astrophysics, 691, 239 |
| Bridging simulations of kink instability in relativistic magnetized jets with radio emission and polarisation |
| N. Upreti, B. Vaidya, A. Shukla |
| Journal of High Energy Astrophysics, 44, 146 |
| 3D hybrid fluid-particle jet simulations and the importance of synchrotron radiative losses |
| J. A. Kramer, N. R. MacDonald, G. F. Paraschos, L. Ricci |
| Astronomy & Astrophysics, 691, 14 |
| Particles in Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamic Jets. II. Bridging Jet Dynamics with Multi–wave band Nonthermal Emission Signatures |
| R. P. Dubey, C. Fendt, B. Vaidya |
| The Astrophysical Journal, 976, 144 |
| The putative center in NGC 1052 |
| A.-K. Baczko, M. Kadler, E. Ros, C. Fromm, M. Perucho, M. Janssen, L. Ricci, et al. |
| Astronomy & Astrophysics, 692, 205 |
2025:
| Probing jet dynamics and collimation in radio galaxies: Application to NGC 1052 |
| A. Saiz-Pérez, C. M. Fromm, M. Perucho, O. Porth, M. Kadler, Y. Mizuno, A. Chael, K. Mannheim |
| Astronomy & Astrophysics, 693, 169 |
| Spectral and magnetic properties of the jet base in NGC 315 |
| L. Ricci, B. Boccardi, J. Röder, M. Perucho, G. Mattia, M. Kadler, P. Benke, V. Bartolini, T. P. Krichbaum, E. Madika |
| Astronomy & Astrophysics, 693, 172 |
| The persistent shadow of the supermassive black hole of M87: II. Model comparisons and theoretical interpretations |
| The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration |
| Astronomy & Astrophysics, 693, 265 |
| Dynamic and radiative implications of jet–star interactions in AGN jets |
| G. Fichet de Clairfontaine, M. Perucho, J. M. Martí, Y. Y. Kovalev |
| Astronomy & Astrophysics, 693, 270 |
| Zooming-in on cluster radio relics — I. How density fluctuations explain the Mach number discrepancy, microgauss magnetic fields, and spectral index variations |
| J. Whittingham, C. Pfrommer, M. Werhahn, L. Jlassi, P. Girichidis |
| arXiv:2411.11947 |
| Jet formation studies in AGN: A search for new targets |
| B. Boccardi, L. Ricci, E. Madika, V. Bartolini, U. Bach, P. Grandi, E. Torresi, T. P. Krichbaum, J. A. Zensus |
| Astronomy & Astrophysics, 695, 118 |
| Magnetic dynamos in galaxy clusters: the crucial role of galaxy formation physics at high redshifts |
| L. Tevlin, T. Berlok, C. Pfrommer, R. Y. Talbot, J. Whittingham, E. Puchwein, R. Pakmor, R. Weinberger, V. Springel |
| Astronomy & Astrophysics, 701, 114 |
| Relighting the fire in Hickson Compact Group (HCG) 15: Magnetised fossil plasma revealed by the SKA Pathfinders and Precursors |
| C. J. Riseley, T. Vernstrom, L. Lovisari, E. O’Sullivan, F. Gastaldello, M. Brienza, P. K. Nayak, A. Bonafede, E. Carretti, S. W. Duchesne, B. S. Koribalski, F. Loi, C. Pfrommer, W. Raja, et al. |
| Astronomy & Astrophysics, 697, 45 |
| Multiwavelength correlation studies in the era of CTAO |
| M. Zacharias, E. Lindfors, P. Romano, D. Dorner, S. Vercellone, M. Cerruti, J. Biteau |
| arXiv:2504.20731 |
| Multifrequency simultaneous VLBA view of the radio source 3C 111 |
| V. Bartolini, D. Dallacasa, J. L. Gómez, M. Giroletti, R. Lico, J. D. Livingston |
| Astronomy & Astrophysics, 698, 123 |
| Deep learning inference with the Event Horizon Telescope: I. Calibration improvements and a comprehensive synthetic data library |
| M. Janssen, C. Chan, J. Davelaar, I. Natarajan, H. Olivares, B. Ripperda, J. Röder, M. Rynge, M. Wielgus |
| Astronomy & Astrophysics, 698, 60 |
| Deep learning inference with the Event Horizon Telescope: II. The ZINGULARITY framework for Bayesian artificial neural networks |
| M. Janssen, C. Chan, J. Davelaar, M. Wielgus |
| Astronomy & Astrophysics, 698, 61 |
| Deep learning inference with the Event Horizon Telescope: III. ZINGULARITY results from the 2017 observations and predictions for future array expansions |
| M. Janssen, C. Chan, J. Davelaar, M. Wielgus |
| Astronomy & Astrophysics, 698, 62 |
| Discovery of Diffuse Radio Emission in a Massive z = 1.709 Cool Core Cluster: A Candidate Radio Minihalo |
| J. Lavacek-Larrondo, R. Timmerman, C. Pfrommer, et al. |
| The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 987, 40 |
| Millimeter VLBI constraints on the central magnetic field and symmetric jet production in the twin-jet galaxy NGC 1052 |
| L. Ricci, A.-K. Baczko, M. Kadler, C. Fromm, A. Saiz-Pérez, E. Ros, S. del Palacio, T. P. Krichbaum, M. Perucho, G. F. Paraschos |
| Astronomy & Astrophysics, 701, 214 |
| Relativistic reflection within an extended hot plasma geometry |
| A. D. Nekrasov, T. Dauser, J. A. Garcia, D. J. Walton, C. M. Fromm, A. J. Young, F. Baker, A. M. Joyce, O. Koenig, S. Licklederer, J. Haefner, J. Wilms |
| arXiv:2510.13337, Accepted for publication in A&A |
| Horizon-scale variability of M87* from 2017–2021 EHT observations |
| The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration |
| arXiv:2509.24593, Accepted for publication in A&A |
| Distortions in Periodicity Analysis of Blazars II: The Impact of Gaps |
| P. Peñil, N. Torres-Albà, A. Rico, S. Buson, M. Ajello, A. Domínguez, S. Adhikari |
| arXiv:2510.19610, Accepted for publication in MNRAS |
DFG Research Unit (Forschungsgruppe) FOR 5195 – Relativistic Jets in Active Galaxies
Funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation)