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20162026
most citedA SPectroscopic survey of biased halos In the Reionization Era (ASPIRE): JWST Reveals a Filamentary Structure around a z=6.61 Quasar

91 citations · 343 across the 42 of their papers we have counts for

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42 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

Pushing Variability Searches to Extreme Dwarf Galaxies with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory Data Preview 2

Fan Zou, W. N. Brandt, Elena Gallo +15

Galaxies with stellar masses , hereafter referred to as extreme dwarf galaxies (EDGs), represent one of the least explored regimes in the search for accreting…

astro-ph.GA2026

Surveying the Universe in 4D: Beating Cosmic Variance with Wide-Field Slitless Spectroscopy from HST, JWST, Euclid, Roman, and Beyond

Andreea Petric, Gaël Noirot, Stacey Alberts +71

We summarize strategies, lessons learned, and future directions from the Space Telescope Science Institute workshop Surveying the Universe in 4D: Beating Cosmic Variance with Wide-…

astro-ph.GA2026★ 1 cited

Euclid: Discovery of 31 new quasars at

D. Yang, J. F. Hennawi, F. Guarneri +211

We report the discovery of 31 new high- quasars in the redshift range . These quasars were selected from approximately 3000 deg of sky covered during the firs…

astro-ph.GA2026

Probing Direct Contributions of Galaxies and AGN to Cosmic Reionization in a Quasar Field J0226+0302 with JWST NIRCam and NIRSpec

Xiangyu Jin, Jinyi Yang, Feige Wang +19

We present JWST Cycle 2 NIRCam and NIRSpec observations in a quasar field J0226+0302 at z=6.5412 to probe the direct connections between the intergalactic medium (IGM), galaxies, a…

astro-ph.GA2026★ 1 cited

ASPIRE: The Environments and Dark Matter Halos of Luminous Quasars in the Epoch of Reionization

Feige Wang, Jaclyn B. Champagne, Jiamu Huang +42

We present a systematic study of the environments of 25 luminous quasars at from the ASPIRE program. Using JWST/NIRCam WFSS data, we identified 487 galaxies at $5.3 \less…

astro-ph.GA2026★ 3 cited

Shedding the envelope: JWST reveals a kiloparsec-scale [OIII]-weak Balmer shell around a z=7.64 quasar

Julien Wolf, Eduardo Bañados, Xiaohui Fan +25

Luminous quasars at the redshift frontier z>7 serve as stringent probes of super-massive black hole formation and they are thought to undergo much of their growth obscured by dense…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

Little red dot variability over a century reveals black hole envelope via a giant Einstein cross

Zijian Zhang, Mingyu Li, Masamune Oguri +79

"Little red dots" (LRDs) represent a new population of astronomical objects uncovered by JWST whose nature remains debated. Although many LRDs are suspected as active galactic nucl…

astro-ph.HE2025

A Deep Chandra X-ray Survey of a Luminous Quasar Sample at 7

Xiangyu Jin, Feige Wang, Jinyi Yang +11

We present new Chandra observations of seven luminous quasars at . Combined with archival Chandra observations of all other known quasars, they form nearly complete X-ray ob…

astro-ph.GA2025

COSMOS-3D: Dense Circumnuclear Gas across Black Hole Growth Phases at z ~ 3

Zi-Jian Li, Siwei Zou, Jianwei Lyu +25

We report the discovery of two broad-line X-ray AGNs (cid_414 and cid_947) at z ~ 3 identified in the JWST Cycle 3 COSMOS-3D program using NIRCam F444W grism spectroscopy. Both exh…

astro-ph.GA2025

A JWST/NIRSpec Integral Field Unit Survey of Luminous Quasars at z ~ 5-6 (Q-IFU): Rest-frame Optical Nuclear Properties and Extended Nebulae

Weizhe Liu, Xiaohui Fan, Richard Green +10

It remains debatable how billion-solar-mass supermassive black holes (SMBHs) form and evolve within the first billion years. We report results from a James Webb Space Telescope (JW…

astro-ph.GA2025

JWST COSMOS-3D: Spectroscopic Census and Luminosity Function of [O III] Emitters at 6.75<z<9.05 in COSMOS

Romain A. Meyer, Feige Wang, Koki Kakiichi +38

We present a catalogue of spectroscopically selected [OIII]+Hb emitters at 6.75<z<9.05 and the resulting [OIII] 5008 ÅLuminosity Function (LF) in the COSMOS field. We leverage the…

astro-ph.GA2025

Quasar Radiative Feedback May Suppress Galaxy Growth on Intergalactic Scales at

Yongda Zhu, Eiichi Egami, Xiaohui Fan +27

We present observational evidence that intense ionizing radiation from a luminous quasar suppresses nebular emission in nearby galaxies on intergalactic scales at . Using JW…

astro-ph.GA2025

New Insight from the James Webb Space Telescope on Variable Active Galactic Nuclei

Bangzheng Sun, Haojing Yan, Wei Leong Tee +1

Variability detected in galaxies is usually attributed to their active galactic nuclei (AGNs). While all AGNs are intrinsically variable, the AGN unification model predicts that ty…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 4 cited

The Discovery of Little Red Dots in the Local Universe: Signatures of Cool Gas Envelopes

Xiaojing Lin, Xiaohui Fan, Zheng Cai +25

JWST observations have revealed a population of high-redshift "little red dots" (LRDs) that challenge conventional AGN models. We report the discovery of three local LRDs at $z = 0…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

The Identification of Two JWST/NIRCam-Dark Starburst Galaxies at with ALMA

Fengwu Sun, Jinyi Yang, Feige Wang +20

We analyze two dusty star-forming galaxies at . These galaxies are selected from the ASPIRE survey, a JWST Cycle-1 medium and ALMA Cycle-9 large program targeting 25 quasars…

astro-ph.GA2025

Enhanced Merger Fractions in a Reionization-Era Protocluster

Lorraine C. Marcelin, Jaclyn B. Champagne, Feige Wang +4

Mergers play a critical role in galaxy evolution, but their relationship to their surrounding environments is unexplored at high redshift. We investigate the galaxy merger rate amo…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 4 cited

SAPPHIRES: Extremely Metal-Poor Galaxy Candidates with at from Deep JWST/NIRCam Grism Observations

Tiger Yu-Yang Hsiao, Fengwu Sun, Xiaojing Lin +19

Population III stars, the hypothetical first generation metal-free stars, have yet to be discovered. Even after three years of successful JWST operations, studies have shown that m…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

The Large-scale Environments of Low-luminosity AGNs at and Implications for Their Host Dark Matter Halos from a Complete NIRCam Grism Redshift Survey

Xiaojing Lin, Xiaohui Fan, Fengwu Sun +19

We study the large-scale environments and clustering properties of 28 low-luminosity AGNs at in the GOODS-N field. Our sample, identified from the JWST NIRCam Imaging and…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 2 cited

Bridging Quasars and Little Red Dots: Insights into Broad-Line AGNs at from the First JWST COSMOS-3D Dataset

Xiaojing Lin, Xiaohui Fan, Feige Wang +30

We report the discovery of 13 broad-line AGNs at from the first 10% data of the JWST Cycle 3 Treasury Program COSMOS-3D. These AGNs are identified by their broad H o…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

The Luminosity Function and Clustering of H Emitting Galaxies at from a Complete NIRCam Grism Redshift Survey

Xiaojing Lin, Eiichi Egami, Fengwu Sun +20

We study the luminosity function (LF) and clustering properties of 888 H emitters (HAEs) at in the GOODS-N field. The sample, built from JWST CONGRESS and FRESCO…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

A Potential Link between Nuclear Winds and Cold Gas Outflows on Kiloparsec Scales in Reionization-Era Quasars

Yongda Zhu, Marcia J. Rieke, Luis C. Ho +23

Feedback from accreting supermassive black holes may regulate galaxy evolution, but statistical evidence linking nuclear winds to kiloparsec-scale cold gas outflows remains limited…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 4 cited

SAPPHIRES: A Galaxy Over-Density in the Heart of Cosmic Reionization at

Yoshinobu Fudamoto, Jakob M. Helton, Xiaojing Lin +17

We report the discovery of a galaxy proto-cluster candidate (dubbed MACS0416-OD-z8p5) at a spectroscopic redshift of , dating back to Myr after the Big Bang. Th…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 3 cited

Slitless Areal Pure-Parallel HIgh-Redshift Emission Survey (SAPPHIRES): Early Data Release of Deep JWST/NIRCam Images and Spectra in MACS J0416 Parallel Field

Fengwu Sun, Yoshinobu Fudamoto, Xiaojing Lin +25

We present the early data release (EDR) of SAPPHIRES, a JWST Cycle-3 Treasury imaging and spectroscopic survey using the powerful NIRCam wide-field slitless spectroscopic (WFSS) mo…

astro-ph.GA2025

Medium-band Astrophysics with the Grism of NIRCam In Frontier fields (MAGNIF): Spectroscopic Census of H Luminosity Functions and Cosmic Star Formation at and 6.3

Shuqi Fu, Fengwu Sun, Linhua Jiang +35

We measure H luminosity functions (LFs) at redshifts and 6.3 using the JWST MAGNIF (Medium-band Astrophysics with the Grism of NIRCam In Frontier fields) survey. MA…