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June 17, 2023:<\/strong> The black hole masses and accretion rate computed for the extended XQR-30 sample has been published in the paper \u00a0“XQR-30: Black hole masses and accretion rates of 42 z \u2273 6 quasars\u201d<\/a> led by Chiara Mazzucchelli, accepted in Astronomy & Astrophysics. \u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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May 9, 2023:<\/strong> The paper describing the XQR-30 sample and its extension (E-XQR-30):\u00a0XQR-30: The ultimate XSHOOTER quasar sample at the reionization epoch<\/a>, has been accepted in MNRAS.\u00a0The paper is led by Valentina D\u2019Odorico, which is also the P.I. of the project, and co-authored by all the members of the collaboration. \u00a0Read more\u2026<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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March 28, 2023:<\/strong> The paper “New quasar proximity zone size measurements at z ~ 6 using the enlarged XQR-30 sample\u201d<\/a> has been accepted for publication in MNRAS. This work is led by Sindhu Satyavolu, a PhD student at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India. Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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March 18, 2023:<\/strong> A new XQR-30\u00a0 paper “The fraction and kinematics of broad absorption line quasars across cosmic time”<\/a> has been accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal. This work, led by Manuela Bischetti (Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Trieste, IT), aims to\u00a0 investigate the cosmic evolution of the occurrence and kinematics of outflows driven by supermassive black holes (BHs), as traced by C IV broad absorption line (BAL) features in the quasar spectra. Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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March 8, 2023:<\/strong> In a new paper published in MNRAS, we present evidence for rapid evolution in the CIV content of the early Universe which may be linked to hydrogen reionization. The work is lead by Postdoc researcher Rebecca Davies, working at Swinburne University of Technology in Australia.\u00a0Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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November 28, 2022:\u00a0<\/strong>Public release of the XQR-30 metal absorber catalog!\u00a0Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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April 6, 2022:<\/strong> Huanqing Chen, a PhD student at the University of Chicago, is leading the work “Measuring the Density Fields around Bright Quasars at z~6 with XQR-30 Spectra\u201d, which has been just accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal.\u00a0Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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April 5, 2022:<\/strong> The paper \u201cChemical Abundance of z~6 Quasar Broad-Line Regions in the XQR-30 Sample\u201d has been accepted for publication in MNRAS. This work is led by PhD student, Samuel Lai, working with Dr. Fuyan Bian and Dr. Chiara Mazzucchelli of European Southern Observatory, as well as Prof. Christian Wolf and Dr. Christopher Onken at Australian National University. Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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March 9, 2022:<\/strong> XSHOOTER observations of the XQR-30 Large Programme have been completed! Read more…<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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March 3, 2022:<\/strong> Discovery of strong black-hole outflows suppressing black-hole growth in quasars at redshifts 5.8-6.6, based on XQR-30 quasar spectra. Results have been published in Nature<\/i> 605, <\/b>244\u2013247 (2022). <\/strong>This work is led by Postdoc researcher Manuela Bischetti, working at INAF Observatory of Trieste. Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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September 14, 2021:<\/strong> The first paper based on the XQR-30 quasar spectra has been accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal. Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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