The assembly of the first massive black holes

K Inayoshi, E Visbal, Z Haiman - Annual Review of Astronomy …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
The existence of∼ 109M⊙ supermassive black holes (SMBHs) within the first billion years
of the Universe has stimulated numerous ideas for the prompt formation and rapid growth of …

Observations of the Lyman-α Universe

M Ouchi, Y Ono, T Shibuya - Annual Review of Astronomy and …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Hydrogen Lyman-α (Lyα) emission has been one of the major observational probes for the
high-redshift Universe since the first discoveries of high-z Lyα-emitting galaxies in the late …

GOLDRUSH. IV. Luminosity Functions and Clustering Revealed with∼ 4,000,000 Galaxies at z∼ 2–7: Galaxy–AGN Transition, Star Formation Efficiency, and …

Y Harikane, Y Ono, M Ouchi, C Liu… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We present new measurements of rest-UV luminosity functions and angular correlation
functions from 4,100,221 galaxies at z∼ 2–7 identified in the Subaru/Hyper Suprime-Cam …

Diagnostics for PopIII galaxies and direct collapse black holes in the early universe

K Nakajima, R Maiolino - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Forthcoming observational facilities will make the exploration of the early universe routine,
likely probing large populations of galaxies at very low metallicities. It will therefore be …

Large Population of ALMA Galaxies at z> 6 with Very High [O iii] 88 μm to [C ii] 158 μm Flux Ratios: Evidence of Extremely High Ionization Parameter or PDR Deficit?

Y Harikane, M Ouchi, AK Inoue… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We present our new Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) observations
targeting [O iii] 88 μm,[C ii] 158 μm,[N ii] 122 μm, and dust-continuum emission for three …

Great Optically Luminous Dropout Research Using Subaru HSC (GOLDRUSH). I. UV luminosity functions at z∼ 4–7 derived with the half-million dropouts on the 100 …

Y Ono, M Ouchi, Y Harikane… - Publications of the …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
We study the UV luminosity functions (LFs) at z∼ 4, 5, 6, and 7 based on the deep large-
area optical images taken by the Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) Subaru Strategic Program …

Systematic Identification of LAEs for Visible Exploration and Reionization Research Using Subaru HSC (SILVERRUSH). I. Program strategy and clustering properties …

M Ouchi, Y Harikane, T Shibuya… - Publications of the …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
We present the SILVERRUSH program strategy and clustering properties investigated
with∼ 2000 Lyα emitters (LAEs) at z= 5.7 and 6.6 found in the early data of the Hyper …

ALMA uncovers the [C ii] emission and warm dust continuum in a z = 8.31 Lyman break galaxy

TJLC Bakx, Y Tamura, T Hashimoto… - Monthly Notices of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
We report on the detection of the [C ii] 157.7 μ m emission from the Lyman break galaxy
(LBG) MACS0416_Y1 at z= 8.3113, by using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter …

Titans of the early Universe: The Prato statement on the origin of the first supermassive black holes

TE Woods, B Agarwal, V Bromm, A Bunker… - Publications of the …, 2019 - cambridge.org
In recent years, the discovery of massive quasars at has provided a striking challenge to our
understanding of the origin and growth of supermassive black holes in the early Universe …

(Re)Solving reionization with Lyα: how bright Lyα Emitters account for the z ≈ 2–8 cosmic ionizing background

J Matthee, RP Naidu, G Pezzulli… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The cosmic ionizing emissivity from star-forming galaxies has long been anchored to UV
luminosity functions. Here, we introduce an emissivity framework based on Lyα emitters …