This overview paper describes the legacy prospect and discovery potential of the Dark
Energy Survey (DES) beyond cosmological studies, illustrating it with examples from the …

Massive black holes (BHs) are at once exotic and yet ubiquitous, residing at the centers of
massive galaxies in the local Universe. Recent years have seen remarkable advances in …

In this paper, we provide updated constraints on the bolometric quasar luminosity function
(QLF) from z= 0 to z= 7. The constraints are based on an observational compilation that …

Determinations of the ultraviolet (UV) luminosity function of active galactic nuclei (AGN) at
high redshifts are important for constraining the AGN contribution to reionization and …

We present results on the dust attenuation curve of z∼ 2 galaxies using early observations
from the MOSFIRE Deep Evolution Field survey. Our sample consists of 224 star-forming …

We present improved synthesis models of the evolving spectrum of the UV/X-ray diffuse
background, updating and extending our previous results. Five new main components are …

We present new measurements of the evolution of the X-ray luminosity functions (XLFs) of
unabsorbed and absorbed active galactic nuclei (AGNs) out to z∼ 5. We construct samples …

Over the past two decades, an avalanche of new data from multiwavelength imaging and
spectroscopic surveys has revolutionized our view of galaxy formation and evolution. Here …

We investigate the effect of active galactic nucleus (AGN) variability on the observed
connection between star formation and black hole accretion in extragalactic surveys. Recent …

We analyse the demographics of black holes (BHs) in the large-volume cosmological
hydrodynamical simulation Horizon-AGN. This simulation statistically models how much gas …