A small and vigorous black hole in the early Universe

R Maiolino, J Scholtz, J Witstok, S Carniani… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Several theories have been proposed to describe the formation of black hole seeds in the
early Universe and to explain the emergence of very massive black holes observed in the …

Little red dots: an abundant population of faint active galactic nuclei at z∼ 5 revealed by the EIGER and FRESCO JWST surveys

J Matthee, RP Naidu, G Brammer… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Characterizing the prevalence and properties of faint active galactic nuclei (AGNs) in the
early Universe is key for understanding the formation of supermassive black holes (SMBHs) …

UNCOVER spectroscopy confirms the surprising ubiquity of active galactic nuclei in red sources at z> 5

JE Greene, I Labbe, AD Goulding… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The James Webb Space Telescope is revealing a new population of dust-reddened
broad-line active galactic nuclei (AGN) at redshifts z≳ 5. Here we present deep …

The complete CEERS early universe galaxy sample: a surprisingly slow evolution of the space density of bright galaxies at z∼ 8.5–14.5

SL Finkelstein, GCK Leung, MB Bagley… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a sample of 88 candidate z∼ 8.5–14.5 galaxies selected from the completed
NIRCam imaging from the Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science survey. These data …

Pure spectroscopic constraints on UV luminosity functions and cosmic star formation history from 25 galaxies at z spec= 8.61–13.20 confirmed with JWST/NIRSpec

Y Harikane, K Nakajima, M Ouchi… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We present pure spectroscopic constraints on the UV luminosity functions and cosmic star
formation rate (SFR) densities from 25 galaxies at z spec= 8.61–13.20. By reducing the …

A census of photometrically selected little red dots at 4< z< 9 in JWST blank fields

V Kokorev, KI Caputi, JE Greene, P Dayal… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Observations with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have uncovered
numerous faint active galactic nuclei (AGN) at z∼ 5 and beyond. These objects are key to …

What is the nature of Little Red Dots and what is not

PG Pérez-González, G Barro, GH Rieke… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
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JADES-The diverse population of infant black holes at 4< z< 11: Merging, tiny, poor, but mighty

R Maiolino, J Scholtz, E Curtis-Lake, S Carniani… - Astronomy & …, 2024 - aanda.org
Spectroscopy with the James Webb Space Telescope has opened the possibility of
identifying moderate-luminosity active galactic nuclei (AGNs) in the early Universe, at and …

A high black-hole-to-host mass ratio in a lensed AGN in the early Universe

LJ Furtak, I Labbé, A Zitrin, JE Greene, P Dayal… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Early JWST observations have uncovered a population of red sources that might represent a
previously overlooked phase of supermassive black hole growth,–. One of the most …

The galaxies missed by Hubble and ALMA: the contribution of extremely red galaxies to the cosmic census at 3< z< 8

CC Williams, S Alberts, Z Ji, KN Hainline… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Using deep JWST imaging from JADES, JEMS, and SMILES, we characterize optically faint
and extremely red galaxies at z> 3 that were previously missing from galaxy census …