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24 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

Large-scale Environmental Dependence of AGN Activity Revealed by JWST Pa Emitters

Danyang Jiang, Linhua Jiang, Shuqi Fu +7

The role of the large-scale environment in regulating AGN activity remains an open question. We investigate the Mpc-scale environments of 70 AGNs at - using a highly co…

astro-ph.GA2026

Diverse Metallicities in Protoclusters at detected by Deep Learning

Yoshihiro Takeda, Nobunari Kashikawa, Kei Ito +12

We present spectroscopic follow-up observations with Subaru/MOIRCS of four protocluster candidate regions identified by the deep-learning model PCFNet. In three candidate regions,…

astro-ph.GA2026

Probing Spatial Variations in IGM Transmission: Higher Ly Visibility in an H-Selected Galaxy Overdensity at

Shunta Shimizu, Nobunari Kashikawa, Junya Arita +13

The visibility of Ly emission during the epoch of reionization depends on both galaxy properties and the transmission of Ly photons through the intergalactic medium (IGM). Us…

astro-ph.GA2026

SHELLQs. Black Hole Mass and Eddington Ratio Distributions of Intermediate-Luminosity Quasars at 6<z<7

Masafusa Onoue, John D. Silverman, Yoshiki Matsuoka +31

We present near-infrared spectroscopy of 21 quasars at 6.07 < z < 6.90 obtained with JWST/NIRSpec and Subaru/MOIRCS. These targets have absolute ultraviolet magnitudes of -25 < M_1…

astro-ph.GA2026

H I Absorbers as Beacons of Hidden Structure at : Multi-Component, Metal-Rich Absorption System near a Protocluster

Kentaro Koretomo, Nobunari Kashikawa, Toru Misawa +12

H I gas traces the large-scale structure and provides the primary fuel for star formation. High- protoclusters are ideal laboratories to study how H I gas is accreted and consum…

astro-ph.GA2026

Subaru meets JWST: A Direct Measurement of Ly Escape Fraction at with Dual Narrow-Band Imaging

Shunta Shimizu, Nobunari Kashikawa, Ryo Emori +15

We present a direct measurement of the Ly escape fraction, , for H emitters (HAEs) at in the JWST CEERS field by combining JWST/NIRCam F47…

astro-ph.GA2026

Aether-SHELLQs: JWST integral-field spectroscopy of candidate obscured quasars at z ~ 6

Yoshiki Matsuoka, Roberto Decarli, Emanuele Paolo Farina +12

We present James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) NIRSpec integral field unit (IFU) observations of six galaxies at , obtained as part of the Aether project (General Observers…

astro-ph.GA2026

Subaru High- Exploration of Low-Luminosity Quasars (SHELLQs). XXV. Large-scale environments of low-luminosity quasars at traced by Ly emitters

Junya Arita, Nobunari Kashikawa, Yoshiki Matsuoka +18

High- quasars are believed to reside in massive dark matter haloes (DMHs), suggesting that they reside in galaxy overdense regions. However, previous observations have shown a r…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

SHELLQs-JWST: Revealing the Spectra of Extended Emission in 12 z > 6 Quasar Host Galaxies using the JWST NIRSpec Fixed Slit

Camryn L. Phillips, Michael A. Strauss, Masafusa Onoue +15

We present an analysis of the rest frame optical JWST NIRSpec Fixed Slit spectra of extended host galaxy emission in 12 quasars from the Subaru High-z Exploration of Low-Luminosity…

astro-ph.GA2025

Subaru High-z Exploration of Low-Luminosity Quasars (SHELLQs). XXIV. 54 New Quasars and Candidate Obscured Quasars at

Yoshiki Matsuoka, Kazushi Iwasawa, Masafusa Onoue +18

We present spectroscopic identification of 43 quasars and 11 candidate obscured quasars in the epoch of reionization (EoR) at , along with 29 galaxies at simil…

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

SHELLQs-JWST perspective on the intrinsic mass relation between supermassive black holes and their host galaxies at z > 6

John Silverman, Junyao Li, Xuheng Ding +36

The relation between the masses of supermassive black holes (SMBHs) and their host galaxies encodes information on their mode of growth, especially at the earliest epochs. The Jame…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 5 cited

Age dependence of Lyα escape fraction of Lyα emitters and their significant role in cosmic reionization

Shunta Shimizu, Nobunari Kashikawa, Satoshi Kikuta +4

We study the Ly escape fraction, of Ly emitters (LAEs) identified by Subaru/HSC narrowband imaging at , using publicly availabl…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 13 cited

SHELLQs. Bridging the Gap: JWST Unveils Obscured Quasars in the Most Luminous Galaxies at z > 6

Yoshiki Matsuoka, Masafusa Onoue, Kazushi Iwasawa +17

The unprecedented sensitivity of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has uncovered a surprisingly abundant population of mildly obscured, low-luminosity active galactic nuclei (A…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 10 cited

SHELLQs-JWST Unveils the Host Galaxies of 12 Quasars at z>6

Xuheng Ding, Masafusa Onoue, John D. Silverman +35

The advent of JWST has opened new horizons in the study of quasar host galaxies during the reionization epoch (z>6). Building upon our previous initial measurements of stellar ligh…

astro-ph.GA2025

Subaru High- Exploration of Low-Luminosity Quasars (SHELLQs). XXIII. The powering mechanisms of the Ly haloes around high- quasars probed by slit spectroscopy

Hiroki Hoshi, Rikako Ishimoto, Nobunari Kashikawa +15

We present the analysis of Ly haloes around faint quasars at and . We use 20 and 162 quasars at and , taken by slit spectroscopy, and detect Ly…

astro-ph.GA2024

Predicting Ly Emission from Distant Galaxies with Neural Network Architecture

Takehiro Yoshioka, Nobunari Kashikawa, Yoshihiro Takeda +7

The Ly emission line is a characteristic feature found in high- galaxies, serving as a probe of cosmic reionization. While previous works present various correlations between…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 3 cited

Hidden in Pixels. I. Discovery of dual "little red dots" indicates excess clustering on kilo-parsec scales

Takumi S. Tanaka, John D. Silverman, Kazuhiro Shimasaku +56

``Little Red Dots'' (LRDs) are an abundant high-redshift population newly discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and considered to be an early growth phase of supermas…

astro-ph.GA2024

Mining for Protoclusters at from Photometric Datasets with Deep Learning

Yoshihiro Takeda, Nobunari Kashikawa, Kei Ito +9

Protoclusters are high- overdense regions that will evolve into clusters of galaxies by , making them ideal for studying galaxy evolution expected to be accelerated by envi…

astro-ph.GA2024

The nature of low-luminosity AGNs discovered by JWST based on clustering analysis: progenitors of low- quasars?

Junya Arita, Nobunari Kashikawa, Masafusa Onoue +4

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has discovered many faint AGNs at high- by detecting their broad Balmer lines. However, their high number density, lack of X-ray emission, and…

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★ 18 cited

Discovery of merging twin quasars at z = 6.05

Yoshiki Matsuoka, Takuma Izumi, Masafusa Onoue +14

We report the discovery of two quasars at a redshift of = 6.05, in the process of merging. They were serendipitously discovered from the deep multi-band imaging data collected…

astro-ph.GA2024

Cosmic Himalayas: The Highest Quasar Density Peak Identified in a 10,000 deg Sky with Spatial Discrepancies between Galaxies, Quasars, and IGM HI

Yongming Liang, Masami Ouchi, Dongsheng Sun +27

We report the identification of a quasar overdensity in the BOSSJ0210 field, dubbed Cosmic Himalayas, consisting of 11 quasars at , the densest overdensity of quasars…

astro-ph.GA2023

Subaru High- Exploration of Low-Luminosity Quasars (SHELLQs). XVIII. The Dark Matter Halo Mass of Quasars at

Junya Arita, Nobunari Kashikawa, Yoshiki Matsuoka +10

We present, for the first time, dark matter halo (DMH) mass measurement of quasars at based on a clustering analysis of 107 quasars. Spectroscopically identified quasars a…