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astro-ph.GA2026

Beyond the dust: JWST reveals extinction and ice content in local (U)LIRGs

G. Speranza, M. Pereira-Santaella, I. García-Bernete +8

We investigate the spatially resolved extinction and ice column densities in four nearby interacting (U)LIRGs using JWST/NIRSpec integral field spectroscopy (R2700; 0.97--5.1…

astro-ph.GA2026

GA-NIFS: sRMS, a new method for disentangling resolved and unresolved emission in integral field spectroscopy. Application to distant quasars

Michele Perna, Santiago Arribas, Carlota Prieto-Jiménez +28

The interpretation of AGN emission-line profiles in type1 AGN is often complicated by the dominance of bright, spatially unresolved nuclear continuum and broad-line region (BLR) em…

astro-ph.GA2026

GA-NIFS view of LAP1: Assembly of Pop~III stellar clusters during EoR

J. Scholtz, R. Maiolino, S. Carniani +28

Lensed and Pristine 1 (LAP1) is one of the most promising candidates for the detection of so-called Pop~III stars at . In this work, we present new high-spectral-resoluti…

astro-ph.GA2026

The onset of stellar bars at Cosmic Noon. Bar-driven quenching and AGN co-evolution in a mature disc galaxy

Luca Costantin, Lorenzo Morelli, Cristina Cabello +15

Observations with the JWST revealed an unexpected abundance of barred galaxies at Cosmic Noon. However, the physical properties of these early bars are almost unconstrained, as it…

astro-ph.GA2026

BlackTHUNDER Reveals a Massive Filament around a Compact AGN at

Giulia Tozzi, Hannah Übler, Eleonora Parlanti +27

Despite the growing number of compact active galactic nuclei (AGN) at discovered by JWST, their formation and evolution remain poorly understood. This paper investigates the…

astro-ph.GA2026

Dissecting the Obscured Core of GN20: an Active Galactic Nucleus Outshone by Young Stars

M. Hamed, L. Colina, P. G. Pérez-González +17

We investigate the relative contributions of star formation and AGN activity to the total energy budget of GN20, one of the most luminous dusty star-forming galaxies known at …

astro-ph.GA2026

GA-NIFS: The interplay between feedback and star formation at 3 < z < 9 probed by JWST/NIRSpec IFU

L. Ulivi, M. Perna, S. Arribas +24

The study of starburst- and AGN-driven feedback is fundamental for understanding the processes that shape galaxy growth, quench star formation, and drive the co-evolution of galaxi…

astro-ph.GA2026

Near-infrared diagnostic diagrams of the gas ionization sources in nearby galaxies: a JWST NIRSpec view

J. H. Costa-Souza, Luis Colina, Rogemar A. Riffel +6

Buried active galactic nuclei and obscured young stellar clusters pose significant challenges to traditional optical diagnostic diagrams. Therefore, developing new tools to trace t…

astro-ph.GA2026

Spatially resolved metallicity and ionization in the merging system Gz9p3 at z=9.3

Arjan Bik, Javier Álvarez-Márquez, Alejandro Crespo Gómez +26

Studying the interstellar medium (ISM) in merging high-redshift galaxies is crucial for understanding early galaxy assembly, star formation, and black hole growth, predicted by hie…

astro-ph.GA2026

A Census of Na D-traced neutral ISM and outflows at

Yang Sun, Zhiyuan Ji, Francesco D'Eugenio +11

We present a statistical census of the Na D-traced neutral interstellar medium (ISM) and outflows in 309 galaxies at using JWST/NIRSpec medium-resolution spectroscopy fro…

astro-ph.GA2026★ 2 cited

The Cliff: A Metal-Poor Little Red Dot Hosting an Overmassive Black Hole at

Lucy R. Ivey, Francesco D'Eugenio, Roberto Maiolino +18

JWST has revealed a large population of massive black holes (BHs) in the early Universe with unusual properties which mark them as distinct from low-redshift active galactic nuclei…

astro-ph.GA2026

Metal Mayhem at z~7-10: Diversity and Evolution of Gas-Phase Metallicity Gradients

Maria Koller, Roberto Maiolino, Hannah Übler +16

We present a JWST/NIRSpec Integral Field Unit (IFU) study of metallicity gradients in seven low-metallicity systems at . The main sample spans stellar masses of $\rm \lo…

astro-ph.GA2026★ 2 cited

The search for Population III: Confirmation of a HeII emitter with no metal lines at z=10.6

Roberto Maiolino, Hannah Übler, Michele Perna +49

We report the confirmation of a HeII1640 emitter located at 3 pkpc from the galaxy GN-z11, at z=10.6. The detection, based on JWST NIRSpec-IFU high-resolution spectroscopy, conf…

astro-ph.GA2026

Milky-Way-like stars in a galaxy core 8 billion years ago revealed by gravitational lensing

Quirino D'Amato, Filippo Mannucci, Alessandro Sonnenfeld +40

The assembly of stellar-dominated cores in elliptical galaxies is key to understanding how cosmic structures evolved. Gravitational lensing offers unique insights into the nature o…

astro-ph.GA2026

Constraints on the host galaxy and AGN properties of three z > 6 JWST AGN from NOEMA observations

Giovanni Mazzolari, Hannah Übler, Rodrigo Herrera Camus +32

We targeted with deep NOEMA observations the [CII]158m emission of three JWST-discovered AGN at z>6. Two of them have the typical features of Little Red Dots (LRDs), while the t…

astro-ph.GA2026★ 1 cited

Little Red and Blue Dots: simply stratified Broad Line Regions

J. Scholtz, F. D'Eugenio, R. Maiolino +14

It has been claimed that a fraction of the so-called Little Red Dots (LRDs) are characterised by exponential broad line profiles, which have been ascribed to broadening from electr…

astro-ph.GA2026★ 2 cited

GA-NIFS and JADES: Confirmation of pristine gas near GN-z11

Hannah Übler, Roberto Maiolino, Pablo G. Pérez-González +32

According to the leading cosmological model, a first generation of stars called Population III (PopIII), condensed almost entirely out of hydrogen and helium, must have initiated t…

astro-ph.GA2026

GA-NIFS: Dissecting The Alchemised: JWST reveals turbulent metal-poor gas fuelling a co-spatial starburst in a complex system at

Robert G. Pascalau, Francesco D'Eugenio, Roberto Maiolino +25

Recent observations revealed that distant galaxies have bursty star formation histories, regulated by stellar or active galactic nuclei (AGN) feedback and gas inflows. According to…

astro-ph.GA2026★ 2 cited

The Little Blue and Red Dots Rosetta Stones: Non-Gaussian broad lines, hot dust, and X-ray weakness

M. Brazzini, F. D'Eugenio, R. Maiolino +31

The population of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) newly discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) exhibits peculiar properties that distinguish it from both local type I AGN…

astro-ph.GA2026

The Supermassive Black Hole in the Nearby Spiral Galaxy M81: A Robust Mass from JWST/NIRSpec Stellar Dynamics

Dieu D. Nguyen, Tuan N. Le, Michele Cappellari +9

Despite its proximity, the mass of the supermassive black hole (SMBH) in the spiral galaxy M81 (NGC~3031) has remained uncertain, with previous dynamical measurements being unrelia…

astro-ph.GA2026

There Is More to Outshining: 2D Dust Effects on Stellar Mass Estimates at with JWST in the JADES Field

M. Hamed, P. G. Pérez-González, M. Annunziatella +15

Dust attenuation modifies the observed spectral energy distribution (SED), leading to biases in the properties inferred from integrated SED fitting. As spatially resolved SED model…

astro-ph.GA2026

GA-NIFS: AGN activity in a Lyα emitter within a triple-AGN system anchored by a passive galaxy at z=3

Michele Perna, Santiago Arribas, Mahmoud Hamed +15

Massive quenched galaxies at z>3 challenge models of early galaxy evolution, as their rapid formation and abrupt quenching require efficient feedback, often linked to active galact…

astro-ph.GA2026

Fast, dust-poor outflows in the local candidate dual AGN MCG-03-34-64 observed with VLT/ERIS

I. Lamperti, F. Mannucci, E. Bertola +28

We present VLT/ERIS IFU J-band observations of MCG-03-34-64, a nearby (z = 0.0167) Seyfert galaxy hosting a candidate dual AGN system with a separation of ~100 pc between the nucle…

astro-ph.GA2026★ 1 cited

GA-NIFS: high prevalence of dusty and metal-enriched outflows in massive and luminous star-forming galaxies at

B. Rodríguez Del Pino, S. Arribas, M. Perna +16

We present a search for and characterization of ionized outflows in 15 star-forming systems at with no evidence of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN), observed with JWST/NIRSp…