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A SPectroscopic survey of biased halos In the Reionization Era (ASPIRE): JWST Discovers an Overdensity around a Metal Absorption-selected Galaxy at
Yunjing Wu, Feige Wang, Zheng Cai +27
The launch of opens a new window for studying the connection between metal-line absorbers and galaxies at the end of the Epoch of Reionization (EoR). Previous studies…
Predicting the Yields of > 6.5 Quasar Surveys in the Era of Roman and Rubin
Wei Leong Tee, Xiaohui Fan, Feige Wang +3
Around 70 luminous quasars have been discovered, strongly biased toward the bright end, thus not providing a comprehensive view on quasar abundance beyond cosmic dawn. We p…
Probing Ultra-late Reionization: Direct Measurements of the Mean Free Path over
Yongda Zhu, George D. Becker, Holly M. Christenson +22
The mean free path of ionizing photons, , is a critical parameter for modeling the intergalactic medium (IGM) both during and after reionization. We present direct mea…
What boost galaxy mergers in two massive galaxy protoclusters at z = 2.24
Shuang Liu, Xianzhong Zheng, Dongdong Shi +10
Characterizing the structural properties of galaxies in high-redshift protoclusters is key to our understanding of the environmental effects on galaxy evolution in the early stages…
Inspiraling streams of enriched gas observed around a massive galaxy 11 billion years ago
Shiwu Zhang, Zheng Cai, Dandan Xu +19
Stars form in galaxies, from gas that has been accreted from the intergalactic medium. Simulations have shown that recycling of gas-the reaccretion of gas that was previously eject…
TRINITY III: Quasar Luminosity Functions Decomposed by Halo, Galaxy, and Black Hole Masses and Eddington Ratios from z=0-10
Haowen Zhang, Peter Behroozi, Marta Volonteri +5
We present the redshift evolution of quasar luminosity functions decomposed by halo mass, galaxy mass, supermassive black hole (SMBH) mass, and Eddington ratio, as well as SMBH kin…
A SPectroscopic survey of biased halos In the Reionization Era (ASPIRE): JWST Reveals a Filamentary Structure around a z=6.61 Quasar
Feige Wang, Jinyi Yang, Joseph F. Hennawi +56
We present the first results from the JWST ASPIRE program (A SPectroscopic survey of biased halos In the Reionization Era). This program represents an imaging and spectroscopic sur…
A SPectroscopic survey of biased halos In the Reionization Era (ASPIRE): A First Look at the Rest-frame Optical Spectra of Quasars Using JWST
Jinyi Yang, Feige Wang, Xiaohui Fan +53
Studies of rest-frame optical emission in quasars at have historically been limited by the wavelengths accessible by ground-based telescopes. The James Webb Space Telescope (…
(SHERRY) JCMT-SCUBA2 High Redshift Bright Quasar Survey -- II: the environment of z~6 quasars in sub-millimeter band
Qiong Li, Ran Wang, Xiaohui Fan +14
The formation of the first supermassive black holes is expected to have occurred in some most pronounced matter and galaxy overdensities in the early universe. We have conducted a…
TRINITY II: The Luminosity-dependent Bias of the Supermassive Black Hole Mass--Galaxy Mass Relation for Bright Quasars at
Haowen Zhang, Peter Behroozi, Marta Volonteri +5
Using recent empirical constraints on the dark matter halo--galaxy--supermassive black hole (SMBH) connection from , we infer how undermassive, typical, and overmassive SMBH…
A comprehensive view of the interstellar medium in a quasar host galaxy at z~6.4
Roberto Decarli, Antonio Pensabene, Tanio Diaz-Santos +11
Characterizing the physical conditions (density, temperature, ionization state, metallicity, etc) of the interstellar medium is critical to our understanding of the formation and e…
MAMMOTH-Subaru V. Effects of Cosmic Variance on Ly Luminosity Functions at
Ke Ma, Haibin Zhang, Zheng Cai +8
Cosmic variance introduces significant uncertainties into galaxy number density properties when surveying the high-z Universe with a small volume, such uncertainties produce the fi…
MAMMOTH-Subaru III. Ly Halo Extended to kpc Identified by Stacking Ly Emitters at
Haibin Zhang, Zheng Cai, Yongming Liang +8
In this paper, we present a Ly halo extended to kpc identified by stacking Ly emitters at . We carry out imaging observations and data reduct…
MAMMOTH-Subaru IV. Large Scale Structure and Clustering Analysis of Ly Emitters and Ly Blobs at
Haibin Zhang, Zheng Cai, Mingyu Li +10
We report the large scale structure and clustering analysis of Ly emitters (LAEs) and Ly blobs (LABs) at . Using 3,341 LAEs, 117 LABs, and 58 bright (Ly luminos…
The Pan-STARRS1 z>5.6 quasar survey II: Discovery of 55 Quasars at 5.6<z<6.5
Eduardo Banados, Jan-Torge Schindler, Bram P. Venemans +20
The identification of bright quasars at z>6 enables detailed studies of supermassive black holes, massive galaxies, structure formation, and the state of the intergalactic medium w…
The Pan-STARRS1 Quasar Survey: III. The Quasar Luminosity Function
Jan-Torge Schindler, Eduardo Bañados, Thomas Connor +9
We present the type-1 quasar luminosity function (QLF) based on the Pan-STARRS1 (PS1) quasar survey. The PS1 sample includes 125 quasars at with $…
The Mass-Metallicity Relation of Dwarf Galaxies at Cosmic Noon from JWST Observations
Mingyu Li, Zheng Cai, Fuyan Bian +13
We present a study of the mass-metallicity relation (MZR) of 51 dwarf galaxies () at from the Abell 2744 and SMACS J0723-3732…
The MegaMapper: A Stage-5 Spectroscopic Instrument Concept for the Study of Inflation and Dark Energy
David J. Schlegel, Juna A. Kollmeier, Greg Aldering +86
In this white paper, we present the MegaMapper concept. The MegaMapper is a proposed ground-based experiment to measure Inflation parameters and Dark Energy from galaxy redshifts a…
A Spectroscopic Road Map for Cosmic Frontier: DESI, DESI-II, Stage-5
David J. Schlegel, Simone Ferraro, Greg Aldering +62
In this white paper, we present an experimental road map for spectroscopic experiments beyond DESI. DESI will be a transformative cosmological survey in the 2020s, mapping 40 milli…
Metal-Enriched Neutral Gas Reservoir around a Strongly-lensed, Low-mass Galaxy at Identified by JWST/NIRISS and VLT/MUSE
Xiaojing Lin, Zheng Cai, Siwei Zou +19
Direct observations of low-mass, low-metallicity galaxies at provide an indispensable opportunity for detailed inspection of the ionization radiation, gas flow, and met…
The Identification of a Dusty Multiarm Spiral Galaxy at with JWST and ALMA
Yunjing Wu, Zheng Cai, Fengwu Sun +13
Spiral arms serve crucial purposes in star formation and galaxy evolution. In this paper, we report the identification of A2744-DSG-, a dusty, multiarm spiral galaxy at $z=3.05…
Molecular gas in z~6 quasar host galaxies
Roberto Decarli, Antonio Pensabene, Bram Venemans +19
We investigate the molecular gas content of z~6 quasar host galaxies using the IRAM / Northern Extended Millimeter Array. We target the 3mm dust continuum, and the line emission fr…
Physical properties of 15 quasars at
C. Mazzucchelli, E. Bañados, B. P. Venemans +21
Quasars are galaxies hosting accreting supermassive black holes; due to their brightness, they are unique probes of the early universe. To date, only few quasars have been reported…
Rapidly star-forming galaxies adjacent to quasars at redshifts exceeding 6
Roberto Decarli, Fabian Walter, Bram P. Venemans +11
The existence of massive ( solar masses) elliptical galaxies by redshift z~4 (when the Universe was 1.5 billion years old) necessitates the presence of galaxies with star-…