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Astronomy and Astrophysics· 2026Q1

Little red dots as obscured little blue dots: A super-Eddington unification model

Piero Madau, Roberto Maiolino

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A new model unifies 'little red dots' (LRDs) and 'little blue dots' (LBDs) by proposing LRDs are dust-reddened, high-inclination views of super-Eddington accreting AGNs, explaining their extreme Balmer emission line strengths.

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Field: Astronomy and Astrophysics

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