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A Steep-extinction Quasi-stellar Object at z = 4.6: JWST Evidence for Abundant Small Dust Grains

  • Authors: Mingyu Li, 明宇 李, Zheng Cai, Roberto Maiolino, Fengwu Sun, Xihan Ji, Qiao Duan, Bjorn H. C. Emonts, Xiaohui Fan, Ignas Juodžbalis, Xiaojing Lin, Yixiao Liu, Sandro Tacchella

Mingyu Li et al 2026 The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1008 .

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JWST imaging and spectroscopy of UDS-27023. Top: 2″ × 2″ JWST/NIRCam cutouts in the available filters and an RGB composite (left), showing that the source is compact and dominated by a point source in all bands. Bottom: JWST/NIRSpec PRISM spectrum (black) overlaid with the NIRCam photometry (blue hexagons), illustrating the bright continuum and strong broad emission lines characteristic of a Type I QSO. The spectrum shows a strongly suppressed rest-frame UV continuum relative to the rest-frame optical emission, suggesting an exceptionally steep extinction curve. Inset: Zoom-in on the G395H/F290LP spectrum around Hα, together with a multicomponent fit (solid red; dashed components). The spectroscopic redshift of UDS-27023 is measured to be z = 4.556 ± 0.003.

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