The Dance of the Little Red Dots: Spectroscopy of Two Blue Companions at z = 3.9 and 5.5 Reveals Young, Metal-Poor Starbursts Merging with Their LRDs within a Few Hundred Myr

arXiv:2610.18968 · astro-ph.GA, astro-ph.CO, astro-ph.HE · Submitted 2026-10-13 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.GA, astro-ph.CO, astro-ph.HE

Submitted: 2026-10-13

Updated: 2026-10-13

Comments: Submitted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 14 pages, 4 figures

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