First constraints on the local ionization topology in front of two quasars at z c 7.5
T. Kist, J.F. Hennawi, F.B. Davies, E. Bañados, S.E.I. Bosman, Z. Cai, A.C. Eilers, X. Fan, Z. Haiman, H.D. Jun, Y. Liu, J. Yang, F. Wang, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 545 (2026).

Lomb-scargle periodogram struggles with non-sinusoidal supermassive Black Hole binary signatures in quasar lightcurves
A. Lin, M. Charisi, Z. Haiman, The Astrophysical Journal 997 (2026).

Accretion is all you need: Black Hole spin alignment in merger 23 indicates accretion pathway
I. Bartos, Z. Haiman, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 996 (2026).

The emergence of Little Red Dots from binary massive black holes
K. Inayoshi, J. Shangguan, X. Chen, L.C. Ho, Z. Haiman, The Astrophysical Journal 1002 (2026).

Connecting the dots: UV-bright companions of Little Red Dots as Lyman–Werner sources enabling direct-collapse Black Hole formation
J.F.W. Baggen, M.T. Scoggins, P. Van Dokkum, Z. Haiman, A. Torralba Torregrosa, J.J. Matthee, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1002 (2026).

SHELLQs–JWST perspective on the intrinsic mass relation between supermassive black holes and their host galaxies at z > 6
J.D. Silverman, J. Li, X. Ding, M. Onoue, M.A. Strauss, Y. Matsuoka, T. Izumi, K. Jahnke, T. Treu, M. Volonteri, C.L. Phillips, I.T. Andika, K. Aoki, J. Arita, S. Baba, S.E.I. Bosman, A.-C. Eilers, X. Fan, S. Fujimoto, M. Habouzit, Z. Haiman, M. Imanishi, K. Inayoshi, K. Iwasawa, N. Kashikawa, T. Kawaguchi, C.-H. Lee, A. Lupi, T. Nagao, J.-T. Schindler, M. Schramm, K. Shimasaku, Y. Toba, B. Trakhtenbrot, H. Umehata, M. Vestergaard, F. Walter, F. Wang, J. Yang, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 995 (2025).

Thermal X-ray signatures in late-stage unequal-mass massive black hole binary mergers
L.M. Krauth, J. Davelaar, Z. Haiman, J.R. Westernacher-Schneider, J. Zrake, A. MacFadyen, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 543 (2025) 2670–2685.

Gravitational wave decoupling in retrograde circumbinary disks
D. O’Neill, C. Tiede, D.J. D’Orazio, Z. Haiman, A. MacFadyen, The Astrophysical Journal 993 (2025).

SHELLQs-JWST unveils the host galaxies of 12 quasars at z > 6
X. Ding, M. Onoue, J.D. Silverman, Y. Matsuoka, T. Izumi, M.A. Strauss, L. Yang, K. Jahnke, C.L. Phillips, T. Treu, I.T. Andika, K. Aoki, J. Arita, S. Baba, S.E.I. Bosman, A.-C. Eilers, S. Fujimoto, Z. Haiman, M. Imanishi, K. Inayoshi, K. Iwasawa, J. Kartaltepe, N. Kashikawa, T. Kawaguchi, J. Li, C.-H. Lee, A. Lupi, J.-T. Schindler, M. Schramm, K. Shimasaku, M. Shuntov, T.S. Tanaka, Y. Toba, B. Trakhtenbrot, H. Umehata, M. Vestergaard, F. Wang, J. Yang, The Astrophysical Journal 993 (2025).

The effect of intrinsic alignments on weak-lensing statistics in hydrodynamical simulations
M.E. Lee, Z. Haiman, S. Pandey, S. Genel, The Astrophysical Journal 996 (2025).

Can quasars, triggered by mergers, account for NANOGrav’s stochastic gravitational wave background?
Á. Kis-Tóth, Z. Haiman, Z. Frei, Classical and Quantum Gravity 42 (2025).

The convergence of heavy and light seeds to overmassive black holes at cosmic dawn
H. Hu, K. Inayoshi, Z. Haiman, L.C. Ho, K. Ohsuga, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 983 (2025).

Suppressed accretion onto massive black hole binaries surrounded by thin disks
C. Tiede, J. Zrake, A. Macfadyen, Z. Haiman, The Astrophysical Journal 984 (2025).

A post-starburst pathway for the formation of massive galaxies and black holes at z > 6
M. Onoue, X. Ding, J.D. Silverman, Y. Matsuoka, T. Izumi, M.A. Strauss, C. Ward, C.L. Phillips, K. Ito, I.T. Andika, K. Aoki, J. Arita, S. Baba, R. Bieri, S.E.I. Bosman, A.C. Eilers, S. Fujimoto, M. Habouzit, Z. Haiman, M. Imanishi, K. Inayoshi, K. Iwasawa, K. Jahnke, N. Kashikawa, T. Kawaguchi, K. Kohno, C.H. Lee, J. Li, A. Lupi, J. Lyu, T. Nagao, R. Overzier, J.T. Schindler, M. Schramm, M.T. Scoggins, K. Shimasaku, Y. Toba, B. Trakhtenbrot, M. Trebitsch, T. Treu, H. Umehata, B. Venemans, M. Vestergaard, M. Volonteri, F. Walter, F. Wang, J. Yang, H. Zhang, Nature Astronomy 9 (2025) 1541–1552.

Can supermassive stars form in protogalaxies due to internal Lyman-Werner feedback?
J. Sullivan, Z. Haiman, M. Kulkarni, E. Visbal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 542 (2025) 822–838.

Triples as links between binary Black Hole mergers, their electromagnetic counterparts, and galactic Black Holes
S. Naoz, Z. Haiman, E. Quataert, L. Holzknecht, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 992 (2025).

What determines the maximum mass of AGN-assisted black hole mergers?
L.Q. Xue, H. Tagawa, Z. Haiman, I. Bartos, Physical Review D 112 (2025).

Testing compact massive black hole binary candidates through multi-epoch spectroscopy
L. Bertassi, E. Sottocorno, F. Rigamonti, D. D’Orazio, M. Eracleous, Z. Haiman, M. Dotti, Astronomy &; Astrophysics 702 (2025).