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most citedFires in the deep: The luminosity distribution of early-time gamma-ray-burst afterglows in light of the Gamow Explorer sensitivity requirements

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22 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

Deep X-ray View of a Distant Protocluster Anchored by a Quasar at : No Evidence for Enhanced X-ray AGN Activity

Shouyi Wang, Feige Wang, Jinyi Yang +22

Whether dense environments accelerate SMBH growth during cosmic reionization remains uncertain because X-ray constraints on protoclusters are rare. We analyze ks of…

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

First-star imprints in a metal-poor galaxy overdensity near the end of reionization

Zihao Li, Koki Kakiichi, Lise Christensen +24

The first generation of stars, known as Population III (Pop III), formed from primordial gas consisting solely of hydrogen and helium and is believed to have emerged only a few hun…

astro-ph.GA2026

A Deep Study of the Spiral Galaxy W2246f

Evelyn J. Johnston, Sorya Lambert, Aparna Nair +10

In this era of large surveys and statistical studies of galaxies, the beauty in the details of individual galaxies is often lost. We present a deep study of the spiral galaxy W2246…

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

A close look at the black hole masses and hot dusty toruses of the first quasars with MIRI-MRS

Sarah E. I. Bosman, Javier Álvarez-Márquez, Frederick B. Davies +29

The presence of supermassive black holes (SMBHs, ) at remains a puzzle. While their existence appears to require exotic formation or growth proce…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 2 cited

Extreme Galaxy-scale Outflows Are Frequent among Luminous Early Quasars

Weizhe Liu, Xiaohui Fan, Huan Li +23

The existence of abundant post-starburst/quiescent galaxies just 1-2 Gyrs after the Big Bang challenges our current paradigm of galaxy evolution. Cosmological simulations sug…

astro-ph.CO2025

First constraints on the local ionization topology in front of two quasars at z ~ 7.5

Timo Kist, Joseph F. Hennawi, Frederick B. Davies +10

Thus far, Lyman- damping wings towards quasars have been used to probe the \textit{global} ionization state of the foreground intergalactic medium (IGM). A new parameterization…

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

A 13-Billion-Year View of Galaxy Growth: Metallicity Gradient Evolution from the Local Universe to with JWST and Archival Surveys

Zihao Li, Zheng Cai, Xin Wang +25

The galaxy gas-phase metallicity gradients have been extensively studied over the past four decades, both in the local and high-redshift universe, as they trace the baryon cycle an…

astro-ph.GA2025

Lyman-Break Galaxies in the Mpc-Scale Environments Around Three Quasars With JWST Imaging

Maria Pudoka, Feige Wang, Xiaohui Fan +16

We study the Mpc-scale environments of the three highest redshift luminous quasars at (J031343.84-180636.40, J134208.11+092838.61, and J100758.27+211529.21) to understa…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 7 cited

Insights on Metal Enrichment and Environmental Effect at with JWST ASPIRE/EIGER and Chemical Evolution Model

Zihao Li, Koki Kakiichi, Lise Christensen +15

We present the mass-metallicity relation (MZR) for a parent sample of 604 galaxies at with \OIII\ doublets detected, using the deep JWST/NIRCam wide field slitless sp…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 4 cited

A unique window into the Epoch of Reionisation: A double-peaked Lyman- emitter in the proximity zone of a quasar at

Klaudia Protušová, Sarah E. I. Bosman, Feige Wang +12

We present a study of a double-peaked Ly emitter, named LAE-11, found in the proximity zone of QSO J0910-0414 at . We use a combination of deep photometric data from S…

astro-ph.GA2024

A SPectroscopic survey of biased halos In the Reionization Era (ASPIRE): Spectroscopically Complete Census of Obscured Cosmic Star Formation Rate Density at

Fengwu Sun, Feige Wang, Jinyi Yang +25

We present a stringent measurement of the dust-obscured star-formation rate density (SFRD) at from the ASPIRE JWST Cycle-1 medium and ALMA Cycle-9 large program. We obtaine…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 6 cited

Overdensity of Lyman-Break Galaxy Candidates Around Hot Dust-Obscured Galaxies

Dejene Zewdie, Roberto J. Assef, Trystan Lambert +15

Hot dust-obscured galaxies (Hot DOGs), are a family of hyper-luminous, heavily obscured quasars. A number of studies have shown that these objects reside in significantly overdense…

astro-ph.CO2024★ 1 cited

A SPectroscopic survey of biased halos In the Reionization Era (ASPIRE): JWST Supports Earlier Reionization around [OIII] Emitters

Xiangyu Jin, Jinyi Yang, Xiaohui Fan +22

Understanding when and how reionization happened is crucial for studying the early structure formation and the properties of first galaxies in the Universe. At , the observe…

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

A Quasar-Anchored Protocluster at z=6.6 in the ASPIRE Survey: I. Properties of [OIII] Emitters in a 10 Mpc Overdensity Structure

Jaclyn B. Champagne, Feige Wang, Haowen Zhang +25

ASPIRE (A SPectroscopic survey of bIased halos in the Reionization Era) is a quasar legacy survey primarily using \textit{JWST} to target a sample of 25 quasars with NIRCam s…

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

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.HE2024★ 12 cited

Fires in the deep: The luminosity distribution of early-time gamma-ray-burst afterglows in light of the Gamow Explorer sensitivity requirements

D. A. Kann, N. E. White, G. Ghirlanda +58

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are ideal probes of the Universe at high redshift (z > 5), pinpointing the locations of the earliest star-forming galaxies and providing bright backlights t…