activity
20122026
most citedAn 800-million-solar-mass black hole in a significantly neutral Universe at redshift 7.5

1.1k citations · 4.4k across the 88 of their papers we have counts for

collaborators

93 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

Can Blue UV-Bright Galaxies Drive Reionization at Cosmic Dawn? An Galaxy with at

Yunjing Wu, Sijia Cai, Yongda Zhu +28

We revisit EBG-1, a gravitationally lensed galaxy at , using newly obtained deep (14 hr) JWST/NIRSpec G235M () spectroscopy. EBG-1 is one of the bluest gala…

astro-ph.HE2026

NEXUS: Discovery of a Luminous Young Transient at

Ming-Yang Zhuang, Yue Shen, Lei Hu +8

We report the discovery of AT 2026abck, a young transient in a star-forming galaxy at , identified from Year-2 observations of the NEXUS JWST treasury program. AT…

astro-ph.GA2026

CHAMPS: Data Reduction and Detection of ~3300 Dusty Galaxies at 1.2 mm

Felix Martinez, Jeyhan S. Karaltepe, Andreas L. Faisst +52

We present the reduction and source catalogs for the \textit{COSMOS High- ALMA-MIRI Population Survey} (CHAMPS), the largest Atacama Large (Sub)Millimeter Array (ALMA) blank fie…

astro-ph.GA2026

: a close quasar pair at cosmic dawn in the Aether survey

Silvia Onorato, Emanuele Paolo Farina, Roberto Decarli +32

We present the discovery and first characterization of : the most compact known quasar pair candidate in the Epoch of Reionization, with a projected se…

astro-ph.GA2026

Surveying the Universe in 4D: Beating Cosmic Variance with Wide-Field Slitless Spectroscopy from HST, JWST, Euclid, Roman, and Beyond

Andreea Petric, Gaël Noirot, Stacey Alberts +71

We summarize strategies, lessons learned, and future directions from the Space Telescope Science Institute workshop Surveying the Universe in 4D: Beating Cosmic Variance with Wide-…

astro-ph.GA2026

Extreme Enrichment at Cosmic Dawn: Three FeII-Strong Quasars at z > 6 from the JWST Aether survey

Anniek J. Gloudemans, Emanuele Paolo Farina, Roberto Decarli +22

We present three outliers on the quasar main sequence at z>6, as revealed by JWST/NIRSpec IFU observations from the Aether survey, a program targeting ~200 quasars at cosmic dawn.…

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

The Roman eXtreme Deep Field (RXDF)

Haojing Yan, Anton M. Koekemoer, Yue Shen +127

The Roman eXtreme Deep Field (RXDF) program is one of the five General Astrophysics Survey (GAS) programs approved for observing time with the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope in…

astro-ph.HE2026

NEXUS: Transient Searches and First Results from Year One Observations

Ming-Yang Zhuang, Lei Hu, Justin D. R. Pierel +10

We describe ongoing efforts of high-redshift transient searches using multi-epoch NIRCam imaging (F200W+F444W) and NIRSpec MSA/PRISM spectroscopy from the NEXUS JWST multi-cycle Tr…

astro-ph.GA2026

To be lensed or not to be lensed: on the nature of the alleged high-z lensed quasars J0109-5424 and P170+20

Aurora Mata-Sanchez, Emanuele P. Farina, Anniek J. Gloudemans +17

We present a detailed multi-wavelength analysis of two gravitationally lensed z>6 quasar candidates: J0109-5424 and P170+20. Using JWST/NIRSpec near-infrared data from the Aether s…

astro-ph.GA2026

Quasar Impostors: Two Extremely UV-Bright () Reionisation-Epoch Galaxies Powered by Very Massive Stars

Daming Yang, Joseph F. Hennawi, Sarah E. I. Bosman +20

The extreme bright end of the galaxy UV luminosity function during reionisation remains poorly constrained, particularly where the galaxy and quasar luminosity functions overlap an…

astro-ph.GA2026

NEXUS: Spectral Variability of Little Red Dots and Blue Active Galactic Nuclei at

Zachary Stone, Yue Shen, Ming-Yang Zhuang +4

We present spectral measurements for 17 Little Red Dots (LRDs) and 14 blue broad-line active galactic nuclei (AGNs) at using multi-epoch JWST NIRSpec MSA s…

astro-ph.GA2026

A quasar hatching from a buried red phase at z = 3.7

Zheng Ma, Yongda Zhu, Zhiyuan Ji +21

We present JADES-GS 209777, previously cataloged as CANDELS J033238.02-274626.2, hereafter "the Hatchling," a red quasar at . While the source has been reported in earlier…

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

High-Resolution ALMA Imaging for a Gravitationally-lensed Quasar at : Constraining the AGN Contribution to Galactic-Scale Dust Heating

Minghao Yue, Xiaohui Fan, Anna-Christina Eilers +6

We present high-resolution (beam size $0\farcs076\times0\farcs040$) Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) observations of the far-infrared $(λ_\text{rest}=162.7μ\rm{m…

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

NEXUS: Abundance, Environments, and Spectral Diversity of Little Red Dots from the NIRSpec MSA Sample

Zhiwei Pan, Ming-Yang Zhuang, Yue Shen +6

We present a comprehensive study of Little Red Dots (LRDs) at 2.3 < z < 7.4 using NIRCam photometry and NIRSpec MSA/PRISM spectra from the ongoing NEXUS program. Photometric select…

astro-ph.GA2026

A 6.2 Quasar on the Local M- Relation Quenching Its Host Galaxy from the Aether Survey

Weizhe Liu, Emanuele Paolo Farina, Xiaohui Fan +19

We report JWST/NIRSpec integral field unit (IFU) observations of the quasar J15124422 at from the Aether survey. At 900 Myr after the Big Bang, this object al…

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

CO(7-6) and [C I](2-1) survey in z > 6 quasars

Fuxiang Xu, Roberto Decarli, Ran Wang +13

High-redshift () quasars trace the earliest supermassive black holes and intense star formation, offering key laboratories for black hole-galaxy evolution at cosmic dawn…

astro-ph.GA2026

Detection of an Extended Ly Halo around a Broad Absorption Line Quasar with the Keck Cosmic Web Imager

Raymond P. Remigio, Aaron J. Barth, Feige Wang +6

We present the first results from a program searching for extended Ly halos around high redshift () quasars using the red channel of the Keck Cosmic Web Imager (…

astro-ph.IM2026

NEXUS: Quick Release Notes

Ming-Yang Zhuang, Yue Shen, Junyao Li +6

NEXUS is a JWST Multi-Cycle (Cycles 3-5) GO Treasury imaging and spectroscopic survey around the North Ecliptic Pole during 2024-2028. It contains two overlapping tiers in depth an…

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.GA2025

A JWST/NIRSpec Integral Field Unit Survey of Luminous Quasars at z ~ 5-6 (Q-IFU): Rest-frame Optical Nuclear Properties and Extended Nebulae

Weizhe Liu, Xiaohui Fan, Richard Green +10

It remains debatable how billion-solar-mass supermassive black holes (SMBHs) form and evolve within the first billion years. We report results from a James Webb Space Telescope (JW…