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2026 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 20974 | |

First constraints on the local ionization topology in front of two quasars at z ∼ 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).

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2026 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 21712 |

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).

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2026 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 21713 |

Accretion is all you need: Black Hole spin alignment in merger GW231123 indicates accretion pathway
I. Bartos, Z. Haiman, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 996 (2026).

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2026 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 21844 | |

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).

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2026 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 21846 | |

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).

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2026 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 22362 | |

ASPIRE: The environments and dark matter halos of luminous quasars in the epoch of reionization
Wang F, Champagne JB, Huang J, Yang J, Hennawi JF, Fan X, Zhang H, Costa T, Decarli R, Habouzit M, Sun F, Bañados E, Jin X, Kakiichi K, Meyer RA, Wu Y, Belladitta S, Blecha L, Bosman SEI, Cai Z, Connor T, Davies FB, Eilers AC, Haiman Z, Jun HD, Li M, Li Z, Liu W, Lupi A, Lyu J, Mazzucchelli C, Onoue M, Pizzati E, Pudoka M, Rojas-Ruiz S, Schindler JT, Shen Y, Tee WL, Trakhtenbrot B, Trebitsch M, Vestergaard M, Volonteri M, Walter F, Zhang H, Zou S. 2026. ASPIRE: The environments and dark matter halos of luminous quasars in the epoch of reionization. Astrophysical Journal. 1006(1), 39.

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2026 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 22616 | |

Electromagnetic flares from compact-object mergers in active galactic nucleus disks: Signatures and predictions
H. Tagawa, Z. Haiman, S.S. Kimura, H.M. Yesuf, H. Guo, The Astrophysical Journal 1006 (2026).

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2026 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 22676 | |

Statistical evidence for massive black hole recoils in active galactic nuclei
B. Bécsy, P. Raffai, Z. Haiman, A. Budai, Z. Frei, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 550 (2026).

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2026 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 22713 | |

Properties of black hole mergers in disks of active galactic nuclei
H. Tagawa, Z. Haiman, B. Kocsis, The Astrophysical Journal 1007 (2026).

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2026 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 22964 | |

Dynamics and detectability of long-lived nonaccretion phases for massive Black Hole binaries in cold thermally regulating disks
C. Tiede, D.W. O’Neill, D.J. D’Orazio, The Astrophysical Journal 1008 (2026).

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2026 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 23054 |

Probing cosmology through higher-order CMB lensing statistics
S.F. Chen, J.C. Hill, Z. Haiman, Physical Review D 114 (2026).

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2026 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 23116 | |

Identifying compact chirping SMBHBs in LSST using Bayesian analysis
C. Xin, M. Isi, W.M. Farr, Z. Haiman, The Astrophysical Journal 999 (2026).

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2026 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 23150 |

Heavy black hole seed survivors in dwarf galaxies: A case study of Leo I
M.T. Scoggins, Z. Haiman, F. Pacucci, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 552 (2026).

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2026 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 23159 | |

Self-lensing flares from black hole binaries. V. Systematic searches in LSST
K.S. Park, Z. Haiman, C. Xin, T. Shen, A. Villar, J. Davelaar, Physical Review D 113 (2026).

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2026 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 22381 | |

Disk warping and black hole X-ray binaries: I. Tentative unification of low-frequency quasi-periodic oscillations
G. Marcel, S.G.D. Turner, B.J. Ricketts, V. López-Barquero, D.J.K. Buisson, F. Vincentelli, M. Middleton, C.S. Reynolds, M. Avara, Astronomy & Astrophysics 710 (2026).

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2026 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 23199 | |

The impact of flickering variability and magnetization on the dynamics, stability, and morphology of radio-loud AGN jets
E.L. Elley, J.H. Matthews, H.W. Whitehead, A.J. Cooper, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 552 (2026).

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2025 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 21121 | |

SHELLQs–JWST perspective on the intrinsic mass relation between supermassive black holes and their host galaxies at z > 6
Silverman JD, Li J, Ding X, Onoue M, Strauss MA, Matsuoka Y, Izumi T, Jahnke K, Treu T, Volonteri M, Phillips CL, Andika IT, Aoki K, Arita J, Baba S, Bosman SEI, Eilers A-C, Fan X, Fujimoto S, Habouzit M, Haiman Z, Imanishi M, Inayoshi K, Iwasawa K, Kashikawa N, Kawaguchi T, Lee C-H, Lupi A, Nagao T, Schindler J-T, Schramm M, Shimasaku K, Toba Y, Trakhtenbrot B, Umehata H, Vestergaard M, Walter F, Wang F, Yang J. 2025. SHELLQs–JWST perspective on the intrinsic mass relation between supermassive black holes and their host galaxies at z > 6. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 995(2), L67.

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2025 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 21122 | |

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.

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2025 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 21123 | |

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).

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2025 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 21124 | |

SHELLQs-JWST unveils the host galaxies of 12 quasars at z > 6
Ding X, Onoue M, Silverman JD, Matsuoka Y, Izumi T, Strauss MA, Yang L, Jahnke K, Phillips CL, Treu T, Andika IT, Aoki K, Arita J, Baba S, Bosman SEI, Eilers A-C, Fujimoto S, Haiman Z, Imanishi M, Inayoshi K, Iwasawa K, Kartaltepe J, Kashikawa N, Kawaguchi T, Li J, Lee C-H, Lupi A, Schindler J-T, Schramm M, Shimasaku K, Shuntov M, Tanaka TS, Toba Y, Trakhtenbrot B, Umehata H, Vestergaard M, Wang F, Yang J. 2025. SHELLQs-JWST unveils the host galaxies of 12 quasars at z > 6. The Astrophysical Journal. 993(1), 91.

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