Cosmic Outliers: Low-spin Halos Explain the Abundance, Compactness, and Redshift Evolution of the Little Red Dots

The little red dots (LRDs) are high-redshift galaxies uncovered by JWST, characterized by small effective radii ( R _eff  ∼ 80–300 pc), number densities intermediate between typical galaxies and quasars, and a redshift distribution peaked at z  ∼ 5. We present a theoretical model in which the LRDs d...

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Main Authors: Fabio Pacucci, Abraham Loeb
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2025-01-01
Series:The Astrophysical Journal Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ade871
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