GA-NIFS: sRMS, a new method for disentangling resolved and unresolved emission in integral field spectroscopy. Application to distant quasars

arXiv:2609.37625 · astro-ph.GA · Submitted 2026-09-29 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2026-09-29

Updated: 2026-09-29

Project page: https://ga-nifs.github.io

Terminology

• AGN — 61× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Aperture — 45× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Degeneracy — 8× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Trace — 5× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Robustness — 4× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
• Calibration — 2× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Monte Carlo — 2× in this paper
• Spectral Signature — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• APEX — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Accuracy — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Core — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Little Red Dots — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Velocity Dispersion — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

Sources

• Spatial decomposition of Little Red Dots with JWST/NIRSpec IFU into broad-line red cores and narrow-line blue host galaxies
• JWST's PEARLS: A z=6 quasar in a train-wreck galaxy merger system
• GA-NIFS and EIGER: A merging quasar host at z=7 with an overmassive black hole
• GA-NIFS: the highest-redshift ring galaxy candidate from a head-on collision
• Little Red and Blue Dots: simply stratified Broad Line Regions
• BlackTHUNDER Reveals a Massive Filament around a Compact AGN at z 5.23
• GA-NIFS: The interplay between feedback and star formation at 3 < z < 9 probed by JWST/NIRSpec IFU
• GA-NIFS: Powerful and frequent outflows in moderate-luminosity active galactic nuclei at $z\sim3-6$

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