P. Lira

Research interests

Publications

• X-ray/UV/optical variability of NGC 4593 with Swift: reprocessing of X-rays by an extended reprocessor

  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2018 · 10.1093/mnras/sty1983

• The effect of nuclear gas distribution on the mass determination of supermassive black holes

  Nature Astronomy · 2017 · 10.1038/s41550-017-0305-z

• ALMA Observations Show Major Mergers Among the Host Galaxies of Fast-growing, High-redshift, Supermassive Black Holes

  The Astrophysical Journal · 2017 · 10.3847/1538-4357/836/1/8

• The dust covering factor in active galactic nuclei

  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw444

• Active galactic nuclei atz∼ 1.5 – II. Black hole mass estimation by means of broad emission lines

  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2016 · 10.1093/mnras/stw568

• SPACE TELESCOPE AND OPTICAL REVERBERATION MAPPING PROJECT. III. OPTICAL CONTINUUM EMISSION AND BROADBAND TIME DELAYS IN NGC 5548

  The Astrophysical Journal · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-637x/821/1/56

• SPACE TELESCOPE AND OPTICAL REVERBERATION MAPPING PROJECT. I. ULTRAVIOLET OBSERVATIONS OF THE SEYFERT 1 GALAXY NGC 5548 WITH THE COSMIC ORIGINS SPECTROGRAPH ONHUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE

  The Astrophysical Journal · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/806/1/128

• SPACE TELESCOPE AND OPTICAL REVERBERATION MAPPING PROJECT. II.SWIFTANDHSTREVERBERATION MAPPING OF THE ACCRETION DISK OF NGC 5548

  The Astrophysical Journal · 2015 · 10.1088/0004-637x/806/1/129

• Swift monitoring of NGC 5548: X-ray reprocessing and short-term UV/optical variability

  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2014 · 10.1093/mnras/stu1636

• THE MULTIWAVELENGTH SURVEY BY YALE–CHILE (MUSYC): DEEP MEDIUM-BAND OPTICAL IMAGING AND HIGH-QUALITY 32-BAND PHOTOMETRIC REDSHIFTS IN THE ECDF-S

  The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series · 2010 · 10.1088/0067-0049/189/2/270

• A PUBLIC, K -SELECTED, OPTICAL-TO-NEAR-INFRARED CATALOG OF THE EXTENDED CHANDRA DEEP FIELD SOUTH (ECDFS) FROM THE MULTIWAVELENGTH SURVEY BY YALE-CHILE (MUSYC)

  The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.1088/0067-0049/183/2/295

• Correlated X-ray/optical variability in the quasar MR 2251−178

  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2008 · 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13719.x

• A Near‐Infrared Spectroscopic Survey ofK‐Selected Galaxies atz∼ 2.3: Redshifts and Implications for Broadband Photometric Studies

  The Astrophysical Journal · 2008 · 10.1086/528945

• Lyα‐Emitting Galaxies atz= 3.1:L* Progenitors Experiencing Rapid Star Formation

  The Astrophysical Journal · 2007 · https://doi.org/10.1086/522955

• Lyα Emission‐Line Galaxies atz= 3.1 in the Extended Chandra Deep Field–South

  The Astrophysical Journal · 2007 · https://doi.org/10.1086/520324

• Black Hole Mass and Growth Rate at High Redshift

  The Astrophysical Journal · 2007 · 10.1086/523035

• Spectroscopic Identification of Massive Galaxies at z ~ 2.3 with Strongly Suppressed Star Formation

  The Astrophysical Journal · 2006 · 10.1086/508371

• The Multiwavelength Survey by Yale‐Chile (MUSYC): Survey Design and Deep Public UBVRI z ′ Images and Catalogs of the Extended Hubble Deep Field–South

  The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series · 2006 · 10.1086/497644

• The Space Density and Colors of Massive Galaxies at 2 < z < 3: The Predominance of Distant Red Galaxies

  The Astrophysical Journal · 2006 · https://doi.org/10.1086/501045

• The Physical Nature of Lyα-emitting Galaxies at z = 3.1

  The Astrophysical Journal · 2006 · 10.1086/504467

• Black Hole Masses and Host Galaxy Evolution of Radio‐Loud Active Galactic Nuclei

  The Astrophysical Journal · 2005 · 10.1086/432681

• Chandraobservations of the luminous infrared galaxy NGC 3256

  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2002 · https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05014.x

• The Reddening-Free Decline Rate Versus Luminosity Relationship for Type [CLC]Ia[/CLC] Supernovae

  The Astronomical Journal · 1999 · https://doi.org/10.1086/301032

• Optical Light Curves of the Type I[CLC]a[/CLC] Supernovae SN 1990N and SN 1991T

  The Astronomical Journal · 1998 · https://doi.org/10.1086/300175

• The Morphology of Type IA Supernovae Light Curves

  The Astronomical Journal · 1996 · 10.1086/118193

Current projects

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