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Publications (22)

astro-ph.GA2025

Joint Analysis of Optical, Near-Infrared And Mid-Infrared Variability of 4 Quasars at Redshift < 1

Lin Long, Zhen-ya Zheng, Ning Jiang +8

Amid rapid advances in time-domain astronomy, multi-wavelength (e.g., optical and infrared) time-domain studies of quasars remain scarce. Here we present a systematic analysis of f…

astro-ph.GA2023

Discovery of Five Green Pea Galaxies with Double-peaked Narrow [OIII] Lines

Ruqiu Lin, Zhen-Ya Zheng, Jun-Xian Wang +9

Although double-peaked narrow emission-line galaxies have been studied extensively in the past years, only a few are reported with the green pea galaxies (GPs). Here we present our…

astro-ph.GA2026

Local Analogs of Little Red Dots: Optical Variability and Evidence for an Active Galatic Nucleus Origin

Ruqiu Lin, Zhen-Ya Zheng, Junxian Wang +9

Little red dots (LRDs) draw extensive attention because of their unique observational characteristics and apparent overabundance in the early Universe, raising new insights into ea…

astro-ph.GA2024

Merging Signatures in an Offset Lyman Continuum Emitter at Redshift 3.8

Fang-Ting Yuan, Zhen-Ya Zheng, Chunyan Jiang +3

Lyman continuum (LyC) emitters at provide critical samples for studying the contribution of galaxies to the ionizing background in the Epoch of Reionization. We collect a sam…

astro-ph.GA2026

LCEz4-M1: A Lyman Continuum Emitter Candidate at z = 4.444 in the MUSE Hubble Ultra Deep Field

Shuairu Zhu, Zhen-Ya Zheng, Fuyan Bian +5

High-redshift Lyman continuum emitters (LCEs) are crucial for understanding how galaxies ionize the neutral hydrogen in the epoch of reionization. However, detected LCEs at a…

astro-ph.GA2023

Strange Quasar Candidates with Abnormal Astrometric Characteristics from Gaia EDR3 and SDSS (SQUAB-II): Optical Identifications

Xiang Ji, Zhen-Ya Zheng, Qiqi Wu +7

There are some strange quasars with multiple Gaia detections or observed with abnormal astrometric characteristics, such as with large proper motions or significant astrometric noi…

astro-ph.GA2025

Building a Radio AGN Sample from Cosmic Morning -- The Radio High-Redshift Quasar Catalog (RHzQCat): I. Catalog from SDSS Quasars and Radio Surveys at

Yingkang Zhang, Ruqiu Lin, Krisztina Perger +5

Radio-loud high-redshift quasars (RHRQs) provide crucial insights into the evolution of relativistic jets and their connection to the growth of supermassive black holes. Beyond the…

astro-ph.GA2025

ALMA and JWST Identification of Faint Dusty Star-Forming Galaxies up to z~8

Jorge A. Zavala, Andreas L. Faisst, Manuel Aravena +44

We exploit a new sample of around 400 bright dusty galaxies from the ALMA CHAMPS Large Program, together with the rich JWST multi-band data products in the COSMOS field, to explore…

astro-ph.HE2025

A pilot VLBI study of the SQUAB quasar sample featuring multiple Gaia detections

Yingkang Zhang, Tao An, Xiang Ji +5

Our previous work identified a class of SDSS quasars exhibiting multiple Gaia detections, classifying them as candidates for various astrophysical systems such as quasar-star pairs…

astro-ph.GA2022

On the Origin of the Strong Optical Variability of Emission-line Galaxies

Ruqiu Lin, Zhen-Ya Zheng, Weida Hu +9

Emission-line galaxies (ELGs) are crucial in understanding the formation and evolution of galaxies, while little is known about their variability. Here we report the study on the o…

astro-ph.HE2026

A Delayed Radio Flare Traces Kinetic Energy Injection in the SMBHB Candidate SDSS~J143016.05+230344.4

Tao An, Ailing Wang, Yingkang Zhang +12

SDSS~J143016.05+230344.4 () has been proposed as a candidate pre-coalescence supermassive black hole binary and shows remarkable multiwavelength variability. Its radio e…

astro-ph.IM2025

MCI: Multi-Channel Imager on the Chinese Space Station Survey Telescope

Zhen-Ya Zheng, Chun Xu, Xiaohua Liu +37

The Multi-Channel Imager (MCI) is a powerful near-ultraviolet (NUV) and visible imager onboard the Chinese Space Station Survey Telescope (CSST). The MCI provides three imaging cha…

astro-ph.GA2024

Chandra detects low-luminosity AGN with in nearby (), dwarf and star-forming galaxies

Mainak Singha, Julissa Sarmiento, Sangeeta Malhotra +8

We searched the Chandra and XMM archives for observations of 900 green pea galaxies to find AGN signatures. Green peas are low-mass galaxies with prominent emission lines, similar…

astro-ph.GA2025

Optimizing Long-term Variability of AGN Light Curves. I. A Case Study with ZTF Observations in the EGS Field

Jiaqi Lin, Zhen-Ya Zheng, Bin Ma +5

Optical variability is a key observational probe for studying the accretion dynamics and central engine physics of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs). The quality and completeness of li…

astro-ph.GA2026

Deep Spectroscopic Follow-Up of Maisie's Galaxy -- A Typical Galaxy in the Early Universe

Rebecca L. Larson, Taylor A. Hutchison, Steven L. Finkelstein +26

The first several years of JWST observations have yielded surprisingly large numbers of bright galaxies, with follow-up spectroscopy of many of these sources implying extrem…

astro-ph.GA2023

The Hubble Deep Hydrogen Alpha (HDH) Project: I. Catalog of Emission-line Galaxies

Shuairu Zhu, Zhen-Ya Zheng, James Rhoads +14

We present the first results of the Hubble Deep Hydrogen Alpha (HDH) project, which analyzes the space-borne deep H narrowband imaging data in the GOODS-S region. The HDH$Î…

astro-ph.GA2021

CDFS-6664: A candidate of Lyman-continuum Emission at z~3.8 detected by HDUV

Fang-Ting Yuan, Zhen-Ya Zheng, Ruqiu Lin +2

We report the detection of Lyman Continuum (LyC) emission from the galaxy, CDFS-6664, at z=3.797 in a sample of Lyman break galaxies with detected [OIII] emission lines. The LyC em…

astro-ph.HE2022

Is the X-ray bright z = 5.5 quasar SRGE J170245.3+130104 a blazar?

Tao An, Ailing Wang, Yuanqi Liu +11

Jets may have contributed to promoting the growth of seed black holes in the early Universe, and thus observations of radio-loud high-redshift quasars are crucial to understanding…

astro-ph.GA2024

Discovery of Local Analogs to JWST's Little Red Dots

Ruqiu Lin, Zhen-Ya Zheng, Chunyan Jiang +12

Recently, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has revealed a new class of high redshift (high-, ) compact galaxies which are red in the rest-frame optical and blue in the…

astro-ph.GA2024

Lyman Continuum Leakers at in the GOODS-S Field: Mergers Dominated

Shuairu Zhu, Zhen-ya Zheng, Fang-Ting Yuan +2

Understanding the ionizing photon escape from galaxies is essential for studying Cosmic Reionization. With a sample of 23 Lyman Continuum (LyC) leakers at in the GOODS-S…

astro-ph.GA2024

Intermediate-Mass Black Holes in Green Pea Galaxies (IMBH-GP) I: a Candidate Sample from LAMOST and SDSS

Ruqiu Lin, Zhen-Ya Zheng, Fang-Ting Yuan +8

The scaling relation of central massive black holes (MBHs) and their host galaxies is well-studied for supermassive BHs (SMBHs, ). However, th…

astro-ph.GA2024

Lyman Continuum Leakers at in the GOODS-S Field: Starburst or Not?

Shuairu Zhu, Fang-Ting Yuan, Chunyan Jiang +2

We investigate the star-forming properties of 23 Lyman Continuum (LyC) leakers at z > 3 in the Great Observatories' Deep Survey-South (GOODS-S) field based on a systematic review o…