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).

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).

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).

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).