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20172026
most citedA CEERS Discovery of an Accreting Supermassive Black Hole 570 Myr after the Big Bang: Identifying a Progenitor of Massive z > 6 Quasars

365 citations · 820 across the 32 of their papers we have counts for

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33 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

A 6.2 Quasar on the Local M- Relation Quenching Its Host Galaxy from the Aether Survey

Weizhe Liu, Emanuele Paolo Farina, Xiaohui Fan +19

We report JWST/NIRSpec integral field unit (IFU) observations of the quasar J15124422 at from the Aether survey. At 900 Myr after the Big Bang, this object al…

astro-ph.GA2026

Direct pathway to the Early Supermassive Black Holes: A Red Super-Eddington Quasar in a Massive Starburst Host at

Qinyue Fei, Seiji Fujimoto, Gabriel Brammer +24

We present a panchromatic optical-mm characterization of GNz7q, a recently identified X-ray weak, rapidly growing red quasar embedded within a dusty starburst galaxy at ,…

astro-ph.GA2026

Clustering of z~6.6 Quasars and [O III] Emitters Constrains Host Halo Masses and Duty Cycles in 25 ASPIRE Fields

Jiamu Huang, Joseph Hennawi, Elia Pizzati +21

We use data from the JWST ASPIRE Wide Field Slitless Spectroscopy (WFSS) program to measure the auto-correlation function of [O,{\sc iii}] emitters at 5.37.0 and the quasar--[…

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.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

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

Impact of Cosmic Filaments on Galaxy Morphological Evolution and Predictions of Early Cosmic Web Structure for Roman

Farhanul Hasan, Haowen Zhang, Viraj Pandya +10

We leverage the IllustrisTNG cosmological simulations to test how the large-scale cosmic web shapes galaxy morphology and to forecast the early cosmic web structure that the Nancy…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

Discovery of a Little Red Dot candidate at in COSMOS-Web based on MIRI-NIRCam selection

Takumi S. Tanaka, Hollis B. Akins, Yuichi Harikane +64

JWST has revealed a new high-redshift population called little red dots (LRDs). Since LRDs may be in the early phase of black hole growth, identifying them in the early universe is…

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

Trinity VII. Predictions for the Observable Correlation Functions of Accreting Black Holes

Oddisey Knox, Haowen Zhang, Peter Behroozi

The quasar correlation function assesses the occurrence of quasar pairs as a function of separation, which is strongly influenced by quasar host halo masses. The empirical Trinity…

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.GA2024

A Quasar-Anchored Protocluster at z=6.6 in the ASPIRE Survey: II. An Environmental Analysis of Galaxy Properties in an Overdense Structure

Jaclyn B. Champagne, Feige Wang, Jinyi Yang +21

We present paper II comprising a 35 arcmin \textit{JWST}/NIRCam imaging and wide-field slitless spectroscopy mosaic centered on J03053150, a luminous quasar at . The…

astro-ph.GA2024

Fast Outflow in the Host Galaxy of the Luminous z 7.5 Quasar J10072115

Weizhe Liu, Xiaohui Fan, Jinyi Yang +24

James Webb Space Telescope opens a new window to directly probe luminous quasars powered by billion solar mass black holes in the epoch of reionization and their co-evolution with…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 1 cited

TRINITY VI: Connection between Galaxy Star Formation Rates and Supermassive Black Hole Accretion Rates from z=0-10

Haowen Zhang, Peter Behroozi, Marta Volonteri +6

We infer supermassive black hole (SMBH) accretion rates and Eddington ratios as a function of SMBH/host galaxy mass and redshift with the empirical TRINITY model of dark matter hal…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 2 cited

A Post-Starburst Pathway for the Formation of Massive Galaxies and Black Holes at z>6

Masafusa Onoue, Xuheng Ding, John D. Silverman +45

Understanding the rapid formation of supermassive black holes (SMBHs) in the early universe requires insight into stellar mass growth in host galaxies. Here, we present NIRSpec res…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 10 cited

Broad-Line AGN at 3.5<z<6: The Black Hole Mass Function and a Connection with Little Red Dots

Anthony J. Taylor, Steven L. Finkelstein, Dale D. Kocevski +48

We present a sample of 50 H-alpha detected broad-line active galactic nuclei (BLAGN) at redshifts 3.5<z<6.8 using data from the CEERS and RUBIES surveys. We select these sources di…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 1 cited

A SPectroscopic survey of biased halos In the Reionization Era (ASPIRE): Broad-line AGN at revealed by JWST/NIRCam WFSS

Xiaojing Lin, Feige Wang, Xiaohui Fan +33

Low-luminosity AGNs with low-mass black holes (BHs) in the early universe are fundamental to understanding the BH growth and their co-evolution with the host galaxies. Utilizing JW…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 1 cited

EIGER VI. The Correlation Function, Host Halo Mass and Duty Cycle of Luminous Quasars at

Anna-Christina Eilers, Ruari Mackenzie, Elia Pizzati +13

We expect luminous () high-redshift quasars to trace the highest density peaks in the early universe. Here, we present observations of four quasa…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 5 cited

MAGNIF: A Tentative Lensed Rotating Disk at detected by JWST NIRCam WFSS with Dynamical Forward Modeling

Zihao Li, Zheng Cai, Fengwu Sun +39

We report galaxy MACS0416-Y3 behind the lensing cluster MACSJ0416.1--2403 as a tentative rotating disk at detected through its [OIII] emission in JWST NIRCam…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 2 cited

TRINITY IV: Predictions for Supermassive Black Holes at

Haowen Zhang, Peter Behroozi, Marta Volonteri +6

We present predictions for the high-redshift halo-galaxy-supermassive black hole (SMBH) connection from the TRINITY model. Constrained by a comprehensive compilation of galaxy ($0\…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 3 cited

TRINITY III: Quasar Luminosity Functions Decomposed by Halo, Galaxy, and Black Hole Masses and Eddington Ratios from z=0-10

Haowen Zhang, Peter Behroozi, Marta Volonteri +5

We present the redshift evolution of quasar luminosity functions decomposed by halo mass, galaxy mass, supermassive black hole (SMBH) mass, and Eddington ratio, as well as SMBH kin…