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astro-ph.GA2025

A Critical Evaluation of the Physical Nature of the Little Red Dots

Kohei Inayoshi, Luis C. Ho

Little Red Dots (LRDs) are a newly identified class of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) uncovered by JWST deep surveys. Their enigmatic properties challenge the canonical AGN paradigm…

astro-ph.GA2025

Discovery of two little red dots transitioning into quasars

Shuqi Fu, Zijian Zhang, Danyang Jiang +9

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has uncovered a new population of compact objects that show a unique V-shaped spectral energy distribution (SED) in the UV and optical wavelength…

astro-ph.GA2025

COSMOS-3D: Dense Circumnuclear Gas across Black Hole Growth Phases at z ~ 3

Zi-Jian Li, Siwei Zou, Jianwei Lyu +25

We report the discovery of two broad-line X-ray AGNs (cid_414 and cid_947) at z ~ 3 identified in the JWST Cycle 3 COSMOS-3D program using NIRCam F444W grism spectroscopy. Both exh…

astro-ph.GA2025

Extended Components of Little Red Dots in the Rest-Frame Optical

Yiyang Zhang, Xuheng Ding, Lilan Yang +26

Recent JWST observations have revealed a population of red, compact, high-redshift objects called Little Red Dots (LRDs), whose host components have remained largely unconstrained,…

astro-ph.GA2025

On the Variability Features of Active Galactic Nuclei in Little Red Dots

Shuying Zhou, Mouyuan Sun, Zijian Zhang +2

The high-redshift () compact sources with ``V-shaped" spectral energy distributions (SEDs), known as Little Red Dots (LRDs), are discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope a…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

JWST Insights into Narrow-line Little Red Dots

Zijian Zhang, Linhua Jiang, Weiyang Liu +2

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has revealed a population of red and compact objects with a unique V-shape SED at z >= 4 known as Little Red Dots (LRDs). Most of the LRDs with ex…

astro-ph.GA2025

The Physical Nature of the Off-centered Extended Emission Associated with the Little Red Dots

Chang-Hao Chen, Luis C. Ho, Ruancun Li +1

A significant fraction of little red dots (LRDs) exhibit nearby extended emission of unknown origin. If physically associated with the LRD, this component may trace stellar emissio…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 15 cited

Dust Budget Crisis in Little Red Dots

Kejian Chen, Zhengrong Li, Kohei Inayoshi +1

Little red dots (LRDs), a population of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) recently identified by JWST, are characterized by their compact morphology and red optical continuum emission,…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 1 cited

Composite spectrum of Little Red Dot from a standard inner disk and an unstable outer disk

Chenxuan Zhang, Qingwen Wu, Xiao Fan +6

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has revealed a new class of high-redshift, very red, compact broad-line sources, termed as "little red dots" (LRDs). The physical mechanism drivin…

astro-ph.HE2025

The Emergence of Little Red Dots from Binary Massive Black Holes

Kohei Inayoshi, Jinyi Shangguan, Xian Chen +2

Little red dots (LRDs) are a newly identified class of broad-line active galactic nuclei (AGN) with a distinctive v-shape spectrum characterized by red optical and blue UV continuu…