Origins of the UV Continuum and Balmer Emission Lines in Little Red Dots: Observational Validation of Dense Gas Envelope Models Enshrouding the Active Galactic Nucleus

BibTeX Entry

@article{2026ApJ..1005L..22A,
  author = {{Asada}, Yoshihisa and {Inayoshi}, Kohei and {Fei}, Qinyue and {Fujimoto}, Seiji and {Willott}, Chris J.},
  title = {{Origins of the UV Continuum and Balmer Emission Lines in Little Red Dots: Observational Validation of Dense Gas Envelope Models Enshrouding the Active Galactic Nucleus}},
  journal = {\apjl},
  keywords = {Active galactic nuclei, High-redshift galaxies, Supermassive black holes, AGN host galaxies, 16, 734, 1663, 2017},
  year = {2026},
  month = jul,
  volume = {1005},
  number = {1},
  eid = {L22},
  pages = {L22},
  doi = {10.3847/2041-8213/ae7d0a},
  adsurl = {https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2026ApJ..1005L..22A},
  adsnote = {Provided by the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System},
  dimensions = {true},
  lrdkeys = {emission lines, jwst, non-agn, obscuration, starburst},
  month_numeric = {7}
}

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