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20242026
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7 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

JWST Reveals Compact Nuclear Starbursts Masquerading as AGNs in Metal-Poor Dwarfs: Where Are the Accreting Intermediate-Mass Black Holes?

William Matzko, Shobita Satyapal, Jeffrey D. Mckaig +19

We present JWST/NIRSpec spectroscopy of the low-mass, metal-poor galaxy SDSS~J160135.95+311353.7 (J1601), selected for its extreme mid-infrared colors and compact nuclear emission,…

astro-ph.GA2026

Jet-driven shocks and turbulence in radio-loud Active Galactic Nuclei observed with JWST MIRI/MRS

Rogemar A. Riffel, Gabriel L. Souza-Oliveira, Luis Colina +34

Jet-cloud interactions are a key manifestation of Active Galactic Nucleus (AGN) feedback on nuclear scales, distinct from the large-scale radio-mode feedback that suppresses gas co…

astro-ph.GA2026

Revisiting the Claim for a Direct-Collapse Black Hole in UHZ1 at

Fan Zou, Elena Gallo, Zihao Zuo +7

We reassess the direct collapse black hole (DCBH) interpretation of UHZ1 (UNCOVER-26185), a gravitationally lensed galaxy at . That interpretation rests on…

astro-ph.GA2026

ReveaLLAGN 1: JWST Emission-Line Spectra Reveal Low-Luminosity AGN with UV-Deficient SEDs and Warm Molecular Gas

Kameron Goold, Anil Seth, Mallory Molina +20

We present near- and mid-infrared spectra of eight Low-Luminosity Active Galactic Nuclei (LLAGN), spanning nearly four orders of magnitude in black hole mass and Eddington ratio, o…

astro-ph.GA2025

Central Massive Black Holes Are Not Ubiquitous in Local Low-Mass Galaxies

Fan Zou, Elena Gallo, Anil C. Seth +13

The black-hole occupation fraction () defines the fraction of galaxies that harbor central massive black holes (MBHs), irrespective of their accretion activity leve…

astro-ph.IM2025

WIggle Corrector Kit for NIRSpEc Data: WICKED

Antoine Dumont, Nadine Neumayer, Anil C. Seth +8

The point-spread function of the integral-field unit (IFU) mode of the JWST's NIRSpec is heavily under-sampled, creating resampling noise seen as low-frequency sinusoidal-like arti…