Paper I : Matsuoka et al. 2016, ApJ, 828:26
"Subaru High-z Exploration of Low-luminosity Quasars (SHELLQs). I. Discovery of 15 Quasars and Bright Galaxies at 5.7 < z < 6.9"
-- Discovery: 9 quasars, 6 galaxies, 1 star/dwarf
Paper II : Matsuoka et al. 2018, PASJ, 70S:35
"Subaru High-z Exploration of Low-Luminosity Quasars (SHELLQs). II. Discovery of 32 quasars and luminous galaxies at 5.7 < z < 6.8"
-- Discovery: 24 quasars, 8 galaxies, 2 [O III] emitters, 14 stars/dwarfs
Paper III : Izumi et al. 2018, PASJ, 70:36
"Subaru High-z Exploration of Low-Luminosity Quasars (SHELLQs). III. Star formation properties of the host galaxies at z > 6 studied with ALMA"
-- ALMA follow-up: 4 quasars observed
Paper IV : Matsuoka et al. 2018, ApJS, 237:5
"Subaru High-z Exploration of Low-luminosity Quasars (SHELLQs). IV. Discovery of 41 Quasars and Luminous Galaxies at 5.7 < z < 6.9"
-- Discovery: 31 quasars, 10 galaxies, 4 [O III] emitters, 28 stars/dwarfs
Paper V : Matsuoka et al. 2018, ApJ, 869:150
"Subaru High-z Exploration of Low-luminosity Quasars (SHELLQs). V. Quasar Luminosity Function and Contribution to Cosmic Reionization at z = 6"
-- Quasar luminosity function at z = 6 established over -30 < M1450 < -22 mag
Paper VI : Onoue et al. 2019, ApJ, 880:77
"Subaru High-z Exploration of Low-Luminosity Quasars (SHELLQs). VI. Black Hole Mass Measurements of Six Quasars at 6.1 < z < 6.7"
-- Near-IR follow-up: 6 quasars observed
Paper VII : Matsuoka et al. 2019, ApJL, 872:2
"Discovery of the First Low-luminosity Quasar at z > 7"
-- Discovery: 1 quasar at z = 7.07
Paper VIII : Izumi et al. 2019, PASJ, 71:111
"Subaru High-z Exploration of Low-Luminosity Quasars (SHELLQs) VIII. A less biased view of the early co-evolution of black holes and host galaxies"
-- ALMA follow-up: 3 quasars observed
Paper IX : Kato et al. 2019, PASJ, 72:84
"Subaru High-z Exploration of Low-Luminosity Quasars (SHELLQs). IX. Identification of two red quasars at z > 5.6"
-- Red quasars explored with WISE data
Paper X : Matsuoka et al. 2019, ApJ, 883:183
"Subaru High-z Exploration of Low-Luminosity Quasars (SHELLQs) X. Discovery of 41 Quasars and Luminous Galaxies at 5.7 < z < 7.0"
-- Discovery: 28 quasars, 7 galaxies, 10 [O III] emitters, 22 stars/dwarfs
Paper XI : Ishimoto et al. 2020, ApJ, 903:60
"Subaru High-z Exploration of Low-Luminosity Quasars (SHELLQs) XI. Proximity Zone Analysis for Faint Quasar Spectra at z ~ 6"
-- Quasar proximity zones measured with 11 discovery spectra
Paper XII : Izumi et al. 2020, ApJ, 908:235
"Subaru High-z Exploration of Low-Luminosity Quasars (SHELLQs) XII. Extended [C II] Structure (Merger or Outflow) in a z = 6.72 Red Quasar""
-- ALMA follow-up: red quasar J1205-0000
Paper XIII : Izumi et al. 2021, ApJ, 908:235
"Subaru High-z Exploration of Low-Luminosity Quasars (SHELLQs) XIII. Large-scale Feedback and Star Formation in a Low-Luminosity Quasar at z = 7.07 on the Local Black-Hole to Host Mass Relation"
-- ALMA follow-up: J1243+0100 at z=7.07
Paper XIV : Onoue et al. 2021, ApJ, 919:61
"Subaru High-z Exploration of Low-luminosity Quasars (SHELLQs). XIV. A Candidate Type II Quasar at z = 6.1292"
-- Near-IR follow-up: narrow-line quasar candidate J1423-0018
Paper XV : Lu et al. 2021, MNRAS, in press
"Subaru High-z Exploration of Low-Luminosity Quasars (SHELLQs) XV. Constraining the Cosmic Reionisation at 5.5 < z < 7."
-- IGM opacity and quasar near zones measured with 93 discovery spectra:
Paper XVI : Matsuoka et al. 2022, ApJS, 259:18
"Subaru High-z Exploration of Low-luminosity Quasars (SHELLQs). XVI. 69 New Quasars at 5.8 < z < 7.0"
-- Discovery: 69 quasars, 7 galaxies, 1 [O III] emitter, 31 cool stars/dwarf
Paper XVII : Takahashi et al. 2024, ApJ, 960, 112
"Subaru High-z Exploration of Low-luminosity Quasars (SHELLQs). XVII. Black hole mass distribution at z ~ 6 estimated via spectral comparison with low-z quasars"
-- Black hole mass estimates with discovery spectra
Paper XVIII : Arita et al. 2023, ApJ, 954:210
"Subaru High-z Exploration of Low-luminosity Quasars (SHELLQs). XVIII. The Dark Matter Halo Mass of Quasars at z ~6"
-- Clustering analysis and halo mass
Paper XIX : Matsuoka et al. 2023, ApJL, 949:L42
"Quasar Luminosity Function at z = 7"
-- Quasar luminosity function at z = 7 over -28 < M1450 < -23 mag
Paper XX : Matsuoka et al. 2024, ApJL, 965:L4
"Discovery of Merging Twin Quasars at z = 6.05"
-- Discovery of a quasar pair at z = 6.05
Paper XXI : Iwamoto et al. 2025, ApJ, 979:183
"Subaru High-z Exploration of Low-luminosity Quasars (SHELLQs). XXI. Candidate Red Quasars at z > 6 from Near-infrared Photometry"
-- Dust-reddened quasars identified with Gemini and GTC near-IR photometry
Paper XXII : Iwasawa et al. 2025, arXiv:2505.04826
"Subaru High-z Exploration of Low-Luminosity Quasars (SHELLQs) XXII. Chandra observations of narrow-line quasar candidates at z > 6"
-- Chandra X-ray observations of 4 candidate narrow-line quasars
Paper XXIII : Hoshi et al. 2025, MNRAS, 539:2039
"Subaru High-z Exploration of Low-Luminosity Quasars (SHELLQs) - XXIII. The powering mechanisms of the Lya haloes around high-z quasars probed by slit spectroscopy"
-- Ly-alpha halos from 2d discovery spectra
Paper XXIV : Matsuoka et al. 2025, ApJS, 280:68
"Subaru High-z Exploration of Low-luminosity Quasars (SHELLQs). XXIV. 54 New Quasars and Candidate Obscured Quasars at 5.71 < z < 7.02"
-- Discovery: 54 quasars, 29 galaxies, 5 [O III] emitter, 30 cool stars/dwarf, 14 passive z ~ 2 galaxies
Derived Paper : Harikane et al. 2020, ApJ, 902:117
"The Mean Absorption-line Spectra of a Selection of Luminous z ~ 6 Lyman Break Galaxies"
-- Spectral analysis of stacked SHELLQs galaxies
Derived Paper : Harikane et al. 2020, ApJ, 896:93
"Large Population of ALMA Galaxies at z > 6 with Very High [O III] 88 um to [C II] 158 um Flux Ratios: Evidence of Extremely High Ionization Parameter or PDR Deficit?"
-- ALMA observations of three SHELLQs galaxies (incl. candidate narrow-line quasars)
Derived Paper : Ding et al. 2023, Nature, 621:51
"Detection of stellar light from quasar host galaxies at redshifts above 6"
-- Detection of stars in the host galaxies with JWST/NIRCam
Derived Paper : Matsuoka et al. 2025, ApJ, 988:57
"SHELLQs. Bridging the Gap: JWST Unveils Obscured Quasars in the Most Luminous Galaxies at z > 6"
-- JWST/NIRSpec observations of candidate narrow-line quasars
Derived Paper : Ding et al. 2025, ApJ, 993:91
"SHELLQs-JWST Unveils the Host Galaxies of 12 Quasars at z > 6"
-- Host galaxy properties from JWST/NIRCam observations
Derived Paper : Onoue et al. 2025, Nature Astronomy, 9:1541
"A post-starburst pathway for the formation of massive galaxies and black holes at z > 6"
-- Host galaxy properties of two quasars from JWST/NIRSpec observations
Derived Paper : Zhu et al. 2025, ApJ, 982:27
"The Physical Origin of Extreme Emission Line Galaxies at High Redshifts: Strong [O III] Emission Lines Produced by Obscured Active Galactic Nuclei"
-- Follow-up observations of two [O III] emitters from SHELLQs
Derived Paper : Phillips et al. 2025, arXiv:2510.22403
"SHELLQs-JWST: Revealing the Spectra of Extended Emission in 12 z > 6 Quasar Host Galaxies using the JWST NIRSpec Fixed Slit"
-- Extended emission from 2d JWST/NIRSpec spectra
Derived Paper : Silverman et al. 2025, arXiv:2507.23066
"SHELLQs-JWST perspective on the intrinsic mass relation between supermassive black holes and their host galaxies at z > 6"
-- M_bh - M_host relation from the JWST observations
Derived Paper : Marques-Chaves et al. 2025, arXiv:2510.12411
"Extremely UV-bright starbursts at the end of cosmic reionization"
-- Analysis of discovery spectra of candidate narrow-line quasars
Derived Paper : Bouwens et al. 2025, arXiv:2506.24128
"Beneath the Surface: >85% of z > 5.9 QSOs in Massive Host Galaxies are UV-Faint"
-- ALMA observations of SHELLQs and other UV-faint quasars
Derived Paper : Onoue et al. 2025, in prep.
"TBW"
-- Black hole masses from JWST/NIRSpec observations
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