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astro-ph.GA2026

Calcium Triplet Absorption is Common around Little Red Dots

Jenny E. Greene, Hanpu Liu, Raphael E. Hviding +29

We present new evidence for an optically thick atmosphere surrounding Little Red Dots (LRDs) in the form of Ca absorption at rest-frame 8500A, the calcium triplet (CaT). Building o…

astro-ph.GA2026

Spatial decomposition of Little Red Dots with JWST/NIRSpec IFU into broad-line red cores and narrow-line blue host galaxies

Yuzo Ishikawa, Anna-Christina Eilers, Rohan P. Naidu +11

Little Red Dots (LRDs) are a population of compact red sources discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Imaging and spectroscopy have shown that LRDs exhibit a complex…

astro-ph.GA2026

(LRDs): The Low-ReDshift Little Red Dots Survey. II. DESI DR1 Sample

Xiaojing Lin, Xiaohui Fan, Zheng Cai +12

JWST has revealed a substantial population of "Little Red Dots" (LRDs) at , challenging conventional AGN frameworks. However, the low-redshift regime remains largely unexplore…

astro-ph.GA2026

Sparks II: Panchromatic SED modeling and galaxy physical properties across the starburst to post-starburst sequence

Dalya Baron, David J. Setton, Yilun Ma +4

The Sparks survey provides rest-frame near-infrared spectroscopy for 93 local massive galaxies spanning the rapid transition from starburst to post-starburst, including Balmer-stro…

astro-ph.GA2026

Sparks: The Magellan/FIRE survey from starburst to post-starburst

Dalya Baron, David J. Setton, Yilun Ma +5

Rapid transitions from starburst to quiescence constitute a key evolutionary pathway in galaxy formation. Post-starburst galaxies trace this brief phase, exhibiting optical spectra…

astro-ph.GA2026

A Black Hole Star at Cosmic Noon: Extreme Balmer break, photospheric continuum, and broad absorption by thick winds in a Little Red Dot at z=1.7

Alberto Torralba, Jorryt Matthee, Andrea Weibel +12

Recent studies at high redshift have revealed an enigmatic class of Little Red Dots (LRDs) with extreme Balmer breaks, stronger than in any stellar atmosphere. However, it is uncle…

astro-ph.GA2026

Synthetic Spectral Library of Optically Thick Atmospheres for Little Red Dots

Hanpu Liu, Yan-Fei Jiang, Eliot Quataert +3

Little Red Dots (LRDs) challenge conventional models of active galactic nuclei. At rest-optical-to-near-infrared (IR) wavelengths, these compact extragalactic objects show blackbod…

astro-ph.GA2026

Water absorption confirms cool atmospheres in two little red dots

Bingjie Wang, Joel Leja, Ivo Labbe +35

Little red dots (LRDs) are an abundant population of compact high-redshift sources with red rest-frame optical continua, discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Their…

astro-ph.HE2026

Spectral Appearance of Self-gravitating Disks Powered by Stellar Objects: Universal Effective Temperature in the Optical Continuum and Application to Little Red Dots

Yi-Xian Chen, Hanpu Liu, Ruancun Li +6

We revisit the spectral appearance of extended self-gravitating accretion disks surrounding compact central objects such as supermassive black holes. Using dust-poor opacities, we…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 14 cited

The warm outer layer of a Little Red Dot as the source of [Fe II] and collisional Balmer lines with scattering wings

Alberto Torralba, Jorryt Matthee, Gabriele Pezzulli +22

The population of the Little Red Dots (LRDs) may represent a key phase of supermassive black hole (SMBH) growth. A cocoon of dense excited gas is emerging as key component to expla…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

What you see is what you get: empirically measured bolometric luminosities of Little Red Dots

Jenny E. Greene, David J. Setton, Lukas J. Furtak +27

New populations of red active galactic nuclei (known as ``Little Red Dots'') discovered by JWST exhibit remarkable spectral energy distributions. Leveraging X-ray through far-infra…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

No Luminous Little Red Dots: A Sharp Cutoff in Their Luminosity Function

Yilun Ma, Jenny E. Greene, Marta Volonteri +14

One of the most surprising results of early James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) observations is the discovery of an abundance of red, compact, broad-line objects dubbed "little red d…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 2 cited

Counting Little Red Dots at with Ground-based Surveys and Spectroscopic Follow-up

Yilun Ma, Jenny E. Greene, David J. Setton +13

Little red dots (LRDs) are a population of red, compact objects discovered by JWST at . At , they are roughly 100 times more abundant than UV-selected quasars. However,…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 38 cited

Investigating photometric and spectroscopic variability in the multiply-imaged Little Red Dot A2744-QSO1

Lukas J. Furtak, Amy R. Secunda, Jenny E. Greene +25

JWST observations have uncovered a new population of red, compact objects at high redshifts dubbed `Little Red Dots' (LRDs), which typically show broad emission lines and are thoug…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 8 cited

An unambiguous AGN and a Balmer break in an Ultraluminous Little Red Dot at z=4.47 from Ultradeep UNCOVER and All the Little Things Spectroscopy

Ivo Labbe, Jenny E. Greene, Jorryt Matthee +37

We present a detailed exploration of the most optically-luminous Little Red Dot (erg/s, erg/s, F444W=22AB) found to date. Located in the Abell 2744 fie…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 6 cited

Little Red Dots at an Inflection Point: Ubiquitous "V-Shaped" Turnover Consistently Occurs at the Balmer Limit

David J. Setton, Jenny E. Greene, Anna de Graaff +18

Among the most puzzling early discoveries of JWST are "Little Red Dots" -- compact red sources that host broad Balmer emission lines and, in many cases, exhibit a "V shaped" change…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 50 cited

UNCOVER: 404 Error -- Models Not Found for the Triply Imaged Little Red Dot A2744-QSO1

Yilun Ma, Jenny E. Greene, David J. Setton +20

JWST has revealed an abundance of compact, red objects at dubbed "little red dots" (LRDs), whose SEDs display a faint blue UV continuum followed by a steep rise in th…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 4 cited

UNCOVER NIRSpec/PRISM Spectroscopy Unveils Evidence of Early Core Formation in a Massive, Centrally Dusty Quiescent Galaxy at

David J. Setton, Gourav Khullar, Tim B. Miller +28

We report the spectroscopic confirmation of a massive (), HST-dark () quiescent galaxy at…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 1 cited

Evidence for Intrinsic X-ray Weakness Among Red Quasars at Cosmic Noon

Yilun Ma, Andy Goulding, Jenny E. Greene +3

Quasar feedback is a key ingredient in shaping galaxy evolution. A rare population of extremely red quasars (ERQs) at are often associated with high-velocity [O III]$\lambd…

astro-ph.GA2023

The Heavy Metal Survey: The Evolution of Stellar Metallicities, Abundance Ratios, and Ages of Massive Quiescent Galaxies Since z~2

Aliza G. Beverage, Mariska Kriek, Katherine A. Suess +11

We present the elemental abundances and ages of 19 massive quiescent galaxies at and from the Keck Heavy Metal Survey. The ultra-deep LRIS and MOSFIRE spectra…

astro-ph.GA2023

The Heavy Metal Survey: Star Formation Constraints and Dynamical Masses of 21 Massive Quiescent Galaxies at

Mariska Kriek, Aliza G. Beverage, Sedona H. Price +14

In this paper, we present the Heavy Metal Survey, which obtained ultradeep medium-resolution spectra of 21 massive quiescent galaxies at with Keck/LRIS and MOSFIRE. Wit…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 1 cited

Constraints on the narrow-line region of the X-ray quasi-periodic eruption source GSN 069

Kishore C. Patra, Wenbin Lu, Yilun Ma +4

The origins of quasi-periodic eruptions (QPEs) are poorly understood, although most theoretical explanations invoke an accretion disk around a supermassive black hole. The gas and…