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2. Probing similar to L-* Lyman-break galaxies at z approximate to 7 in GOODS-South with WFC3 on Hubble Space Telescope

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Wilkins, SM, Bunker, AJ, Ellis, RS, Stark, D, Stanway, ER, Chiu, K, Lorenzoni, S, and Jarvis, MJ

Abstract

We analyse recently acquired near-infrared Hubble Space Telescope imaging of the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (GOODS)-South field to search for star-forming galaxies at z≈ 7.0. By comparing Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) 0.98 μm Y-band images with Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS)z-band (0.85 μm) images, we identify objects with colours consistent with Lyman-break galaxies at z≃ 6.4-7.4. This new data cover an area five times larger than that previously reported in the WFC3 imaging of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field and affords a valuable constraint on the bright end of the luminosity function. Using additional imaging of the region in the ACS B,V and i bands from GOODS v2.0 and the WFC. 3J band, we attempt to remove any low-redshift interlopers. Our selection criteria yields six candidates brighter than YAB= 27.0, of which all except one are detected in the ACS z-band imaging and are thus unlikely to be transients. Assuming all six candidates are atz≈ 7, this implies a surface density of objects brighter than YAB= 27.0 of 0.30 ± 0.12 arcmin-2, a value significantly smaller than the prediction from z≈ 6 luminosity function. This suggests continued evolution of the bright end of the luminosity function betweenz= 6 and 7, with number densities lower at higher redshift. © 2010 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2010 RAS.

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2016

3. Spectroscopy of z similar to 7 candidate galaxies: using Lyman alpha to constrain the neutral fraction of hydrogen in the high-redshift universe

Author

Caruana, J, Bunker, AJ, Wilkins, SM, Stanway, ER, Lorenzoni, S, Jarvis, MJ, and Ebert, H

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Following our previous spectroscopic observations of z > 7 galaxies with Gemini/Gemini Near Infra-Red Spectrograph (GNIRS) and Very Large Telescope (VLT)/XSHOOTER, which targeted a total of eight objects,we present here our results froma deeper and largerVLT/FOcal Reducer and Spectrograph (FORS2) spectroscopic sample of Wide Field Camera 3 selected z>7 candidate galaxies.With our FORS2 setup we cover the 737-1070 nm wavelength range, enabling a search for Lyman α in the redshift range spanning 5.06-7.80. We target 22 z-band dropouts and nd no evidence of Lyman α emission, with the exception of a tentative detection (

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2016
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4. Galaxy And Mass Assembly: Accurate panchromatic photometry from optical priors using LAMBDAR

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Wright, AH, Robotham, ASG, Bourne, N, Driver, SP, Dunne, L, Maddox, SJ, Alpaslan, M, Andrews, SK, Bauer, AE, Bland-Hawthorn, J, Brough, S, Brown, MJI, Clarke, C, Cluver, M, Davies, LJM, Grootes, MW, Holwerda, BW, Hopkins, AM, Jarrett, TH, Kafle, PR, Lange, R, Liske, J, Loveday, J, Moffett, AJ, Norberg, P, Popescu, CC, Smith, M, Taylor, EN, Tuffs, RJ, Wang, L, Wilkins, SM, Wright, AH, Robotham, ASG, Bourne, N, Driver, SP, Dunne, L, Maddox, SJ, Alpaslan, M, Andrews, SK, Bauer, AE, Bland-Hawthorn, J, Brough, S, Brown, MJI, Clarke, C, Cluver, M, Davies, LJM, Grootes, MW, Holwerda, BW, Hopkins, AM, Jarrett, TH, Kafle, PR, Lange, R, Liske, J, Loveday, J, Moffett, AJ, Norberg, P, Popescu, CC, Smith, M, Taylor, EN, Tuffs, RJ, Wang, L, and Wilkins, SM

Abstract

We present the Lambda Adaptive Multi-Band Deblending Algorithm in R (LAMBDAR), a novel code for calculating matched aperture photometry across images that are neither pixel- nor PSF-matched, using prior aperture definitions derived from high-resolution optical imaging. The development of this program is motivated by the desire for consistent photometry and uncertainties across large ranges of photometric imaging, for use in calculating spectral energy distributions. We describe the program, specifically key features required for robust determination of panchromatic photometry: propagation of apertures to images with arbitrary resolution, local background estimation, aperture normalization, uncertainty determination and propagation, and object deblending. Using simulated images, we demonstrate that the program is able to recover accurate photometric measurements in both high-resolution, low-confusion, and low-resolution, high-confusion, regimes. We apply the program to the 21-band photometric data set from the Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) Panchromatic Data Release (PDR; Driver et al. 2016), which contains imaging spanning the far-UV to the far-IR. We compare photometry derived from LAMBDAR with that presented in Driver et al. (2016), finding broad agreement between the data sets. None the less, we demonstrate that the photometry from LAMBDAR is superior to that from the GAMA PDR, as determined by a reduction in the outlier rate and intrinsic scatter of colours in the LAMBDAR data set. We similarly find a decrease in the outlier rate of stellar masses and star formation rates using LAMBDAR photometry. Finally, we note an exceptional increase in the number of UV and mid-IR sources able to be constrained, which is accompanied by a significant increase in the mid-IR colour-colour parameter-space able to be explored.

Published
2016

5. Galaxy and mass assembly (GAMA): Panchromatic data release (far-UV-far-IR) and the low-z energy budget

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Driver, SP, Wright, AH, Andrews, SK, Davies, LJ, Kafle, PR, Lange, R, Moffett, AJ, Mannering, E, Robotham, ASG, Vinsen, K, Alpaslan, M, Andrae, E, Baldry, IK, Bauer, AE, Bamford, SP, Bland-Hawthorn, J, Bourne, N, Brough, S, Brown, MJI, Cluver, ME, Croom, S, Colless, M, Conselice, CJ, da Cunha, E, De Propris, R, Drinkwater, M, Dunne, L, Eales, S, Edge, A, Frenk, C, Graham, AW, Grootes, M, Holwerda, BW, Hopkins, AM, Ibar, E, Van Kampen, E, Kelvin, LS, Jarrett, T, Heath Jones, D, Lara-Lopez, MA, Liske, J, Lopez-Sanchez, AR, Loveday, J, Maddox, SJ, Madore, B, Mahajan, S, Meyer, M, Norberg, P, Penny, SJ, Phillipps, S, Popescu, C, Tuffs, RJ, Peacock, JA, Pimbblet, KA, Prescott, M, Rowlands, K, Sansom, AE, Seibert, M, Smith, MWL, Sutherland, WJ, Taylor, EN, Valiante, E, Antonio Vazquez-Mata, J, Wang, L, Wilkins, SM, Williams, R, Driver, SP, Wright, AH, Andrews, SK, Davies, LJ, Kafle, PR, Lange, R, Moffett, AJ, Mannering, E, Robotham, ASG, Vinsen, K, Alpaslan, M, Andrae, E, Baldry, IK, Bauer, AE, Bamford, SP, Bland-Hawthorn, J, Bourne, N, Brough, S, Brown, MJI, Cluver, ME, Croom, S, Colless, M, Conselice, CJ, da Cunha, E, De Propris, R, Drinkwater, M, Dunne, L, Eales, S, Edge, A, Frenk, C, Graham, AW, Grootes, M, Holwerda, BW, Hopkins, AM, Ibar, E, Van Kampen, E, Kelvin, LS, Jarrett, T, Heath Jones, D, Lara-Lopez, MA, Liske, J, Lopez-Sanchez, AR, Loveday, J, Maddox, SJ, Madore, B, Mahajan, S, Meyer, M, Norberg, P, Penny, SJ, Phillipps, S, Popescu, C, Tuffs, RJ, Peacock, JA, Pimbblet, KA, Prescott, M, Rowlands, K, Sansom, AE, Seibert, M, Smith, MWL, Sutherland, WJ, Taylor, EN, Valiante, E, Antonio Vazquez-Mata, J, Wang, L, Wilkins, SM, and Williams, R

Abstract

We present the Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) Panchromatic Data Release (PDR) constituting over 230 deg2 of imaging with photometry in 21 bands extending from the far- UV to the far-IR. These data complement our spectroscopic campaign of over 300k galaxies, and are compiled from observations with a variety of facilities including: GALaxy Evolution eXplorer, Sloan Digital Sky Survey, Visible and Infrared Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA), Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, and Herschel, with the GAMA regions currently being surveyed byVLT Survey Telescope (VST) and scheduled for observations by Australian Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder (ASKAP). These data are processed to a common astrometric solution, from which photometry is derived for ~221 373 galaxies with r < 19.8 mag. Online tools are provided to access and download data cutouts, or the full mosaics of the GAMA regions in each band. We focus, in particular, on the reduction and analysis of the VISTA VIsta Kilo-degree INfrared Galaxy data, and compare to earlier data sets (i.e. 2MASS and UKIDSS) before combining the data and examining its integrity. Having derived the 21-band photometric catalogue, we proceed to fit the data using the energy balance code MAGPHYS. These measurements are then used to obtain the first fully empirical measurement of the 0.1-500 μm energy output of the Universe. Exploring the cosmic spectral energy distribution across three time-intervals (0.3-1.1, 1.1-1.8, and 1.8-2.4 Gyr), we find that the Universe is currently generating (1.5 ± 0.3) × 1035 h70 WMpc-3, down from (2.5 ± 0.2) × 1035 h70 W Mpc-3 2.3 Gyr ago. More importantly, we identify significant and smooth evolution in the integrated photon escape fraction at all wavelengths, with the UV escape fraction increasing from 27(18) per cent at z = 0.18 in NUV(FUV) to 34(23) per cent at z = 0.06.

Published
2016

6. The ultraviolet properties of star-forming galaxies - I. HST WFC3 observations of very high redshift galaxies

Author

Wilkins, SM, Bunker, AJ, Stanway, E, Lorenzoni, S, and Caruana, J

Subjects
Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, QB
Abstract

The acquisition of deep near-IR imaging with Wide Field Camera 3 on the Hubble Space Telescope has provided the opportunity to study the very high redshift Universe. For galaxies up to z≈ 7.7 sufficient wavelength coverage exists to probe the rest-frame ultraviolet (UV) continuum without contamination from either Lyman α emission or the Lyman α break. In this work we use near-infrared (near-IR) imaging to measure the rest-frame UV continuum colours of galaxies at 4.7 < z < 7.7. We have carefully defined a colour-colour selection to minimize any inherent bias in the measured UV continuum slope for the drop-out samples. For the highest redshift sample (6.7 < z < 7.7), selected as zf850lp-band drop-outs, we find mean UV continuum colours approximately equal to zero (AB), consistent with a dust-free, solar metallicity, star-forming population (or a moderately dusty population of low metallicity). At lower redshift we find that the mean UV continuum colours of galaxies (over the same luminosity range) are redder, and that galaxies with higher luminosities are also slightly redder on average. One interpretation of this is that lower redshift and more luminous galaxies are dustier; however, this interpretation is complicated by the effects of the star formation history and metallicity and potentially the initial mass function on the UV continuum colours. © 2011 The Authors Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society © 2011 RAS.

Published
2011

7. Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): Bivariate functions of Hα star-forming galaxies

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Gunawardhana, MLP, Hopkins, AM, Taylor, EN, Bland-Hawthorn, J, Norberg, P, Baldry, IK, Loveday, J, Owers, MS, Wilkins, SM, Colless, M, Brown, MJI, Driver, SP, Alpaslan, M, Brough, S, Cluver, M, Croom, S, Kelvin, L, Lara-López, MA, Liske, J, López-Sánchez, AR, Robotham, ASG, Gunawardhana, MLP, Hopkins, AM, Taylor, EN, Bland-Hawthorn, J, Norberg, P, Baldry, IK, Loveday, J, Owers, MS, Wilkins, SM, Colless, M, Brown, MJI, Driver, SP, Alpaslan, M, Brough, S, Cluver, M, Croom, S, Kelvin, L, Lara-López, MA, Liske, J, López-Sánchez, AR, and Robotham, ASG

Abstract

We present bivariate luminosity and stellar mass functions of Hα star-forming galaxies drawn from the Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey. While optically deep spectroscopic observations of GAMA over a wide sky area enable the detection of a large number of 0.001 < SFRHα(M yr-1) < 100 galaxies, the requirement for an Hα detection in targets selected from an r-band magnitude-limited survey leads to an incompleteness due to missing optically faint star-forming galaxies. Using z < 0.1 bivariate distributions as a reference we model the higher-z distributions, thereby approximating a correction for the missing optically faint star-forming galaxies to the local star formation rate (SFR) andMdensities. Furthermore, we obtain the r-band luminosity functions (LFs) and stellar mass functions of Hα star-forming galaxies from the bivariate LFs.As our sample is selected on the basis of detectedHα emission, a direct tracer of ongoing star formation, this sample represents a true star-forming galaxy sample, and is drawn from both photometrically classified blue and red subpopulations, though mostly from the blue population. On average 20-30 per cent of red galaxies at all stellar masses are star forming, implying that these galaxies may be dusty star-forming systems.

Published
2015

8. Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): The effect of close interactions on star formation in galaxies

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Davies, LJM, Robotham, ASG, Driver, SP, Alpaslan, M, Baldry, IK, Bland-Hawthorn, J, Brough, S, Brown, MJI, Cluver, ME, Drinkwater, MJ, Foster, C, Grootes, MW, Konstantopoulos, IS, Lara-López, MA, López-Sánchez, R, Loveday, J, Meyer, MJ, Moffett, AJ, Norberg, P, Owers, MS, Popescu, CC, De Propris, R, Sharp, R, Tuffs, RJ, Wang, L, Wilkins, SM, Dunne, L, Bourne, N, Smith, MWL, Davies, LJM, Robotham, ASG, Driver, SP, Alpaslan, M, Baldry, IK, Bland-Hawthorn, J, Brough, S, Brown, MJI, Cluver, ME, Drinkwater, MJ, Foster, C, Grootes, MW, Konstantopoulos, IS, Lara-López, MA, López-Sánchez, R, Loveday, J, Meyer, MJ, Moffett, AJ, Norberg, P, Owers, MS, Popescu, CC, De Propris, R, Sharp, R, Tuffs, RJ, Wang, L, Wilkins, SM, Dunne, L, Bourne, N, and Smith, MWL

Abstract

The modification of star formation (SF) in galaxy interactions is a complex process, with SF observed to be both enhanced in major mergers and suppressed in minor pair interactions. Such changes likely to arise on short time-scales and be directly related to the galaxy-galaxy interaction time. Here we investigate the link between dynamical phase and direct measures of SF on different time-scales for pair galaxies, targeting numerous star- formation rate (SFR) indicators and comparing to pair separation, individual galaxy mass and pair mass ratio. We split our sample into the higher (primary) and lower (secondary) mass galaxies in each pair and find that SF is indeed enhanced in all primary galaxies but suppressed in secondaries of minor mergers. We find that changes in SF of primaries are consistent in both major and minor mergers, suggesting that SF in the more massive galaxy is agnostic to pair mass ratio. We also find that SF is enhanced/suppressed more strongly for short-duration SFR indicators (e.g. Ha), highlighting recent changes to SF in these galaxies, which are likely to be induced by the interaction. We propose a scenario where the lower mass galaxy has its SF suppressed by gas heating or stripping, while the higher mass galaxy has its SF enhanced, potentially by tidal gas turbulence and shocks. This is consistent with the seemingly contradictory observations for both SF suppression and enhancement in close pairs.

Published
2015

9. Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): end of survey report and data release 2

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Liske, J, Baldry, IK, Driver, P, Tuffs, RJ, Alpaslan, M, Andrae, E, Brough, S, Cluver, ME, Grootes, MW, Gunawardhana, MLP, Kelvin, LS, Loveday, J, Robotham, ASG, Taylor, EN, Bamford, SP, Bland-Hawthorn, J, Brown, MJI, Drinkwater, MJ, Hopkins, AM, Meyer, MJ, Norberg, P, Peacock, JA, Agius, NK, Andrews, SK, Bauer, AE, Ching, JHY, Colless, M, Conselice, CJ, Croom, SM, Davies, LJM, De Propris, R, Dunne, L, Eardley, EM, Ellis, S, Foster, C, Frenk, CS, Haessler, B, Holwerda, BW, Howlett, C, Ibarra, H, Jarvis, MJ, Jones, DH, Kafle, PR, Lacey, CG, Lange, R, Lara-Lopez, MA, Lopez-Sanchez, AR, Maddox, S, Madore, BF, McNaught-Roberts, T, Moffett, AJ, Nichol, RC, Owers, MS, Palamara, D, Penny, SJ, Phillipps, S, Pimbblet, KA, Popescu, CC, Prescott, M, Proctor, R, Sadler, EM, Sansom, AE, Seibert, M, Sharp, R, Sutherland, W, Vazquez-Mata, JA, van Kampen, E, Wilkins, SM, Williams, R, Wright, AH, Liske, J, Baldry, IK, Driver, P, Tuffs, RJ, Alpaslan, M, Andrae, E, Brough, S, Cluver, ME, Grootes, MW, Gunawardhana, MLP, Kelvin, LS, Loveday, J, Robotham, ASG, Taylor, EN, Bamford, SP, Bland-Hawthorn, J, Brown, MJI, Drinkwater, MJ, Hopkins, AM, Meyer, MJ, Norberg, P, Peacock, JA, Agius, NK, Andrews, SK, Bauer, AE, Ching, JHY, Colless, M, Conselice, CJ, Croom, SM, Davies, LJM, De Propris, R, Dunne, L, Eardley, EM, Ellis, S, Foster, C, Frenk, CS, Haessler, B, Holwerda, BW, Howlett, C, Ibarra, H, Jarvis, MJ, Jones, DH, Kafle, PR, Lacey, CG, Lange, R, Lara-Lopez, MA, Lopez-Sanchez, AR, Maddox, S, Madore, BF, McNaught-Roberts, T, Moffett, AJ, Nichol, RC, Owers, MS, Palamara, D, Penny, SJ, Phillipps, S, Pimbblet, KA, Popescu, CC, Prescott, M, Proctor, R, Sadler, EM, Sansom, AE, Seibert, M, Sharp, R, Sutherland, W, Vazquez-Mata, JA, van Kampen, E, Wilkins, SM, Williams, R, and Wright, AH

Published
2015

10. Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): mass-size relations of z < 0.1 galaxies subdivided by Sersic index, colour and morphology

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Lange, R, Driver, SP, Robotham, ASG, Kelvin, LS, Graham, AW, Alpaslan, M, Andrews, SK, Baldry, IK, Bamford, S, Bland-Hawthorn, J, Brough, S, Cluver, ME, Conselice, CJ, Davies, LJM, Haeussler, B, Konstantopoulos, IS, Loveday, J, Moffett, AJ, Norberg, P, Phillipps, S, Taylor, EN, Lopez-Sanchez, AR, Wilkins, SM, Lange, R, Driver, SP, Robotham, ASG, Kelvin, LS, Graham, AW, Alpaslan, M, Andrews, SK, Baldry, IK, Bamford, S, Bland-Hawthorn, J, Brough, S, Cluver, ME, Conselice, CJ, Davies, LJM, Haeussler, B, Konstantopoulos, IS, Loveday, J, Moffett, AJ, Norberg, P, Phillipps, S, Taylor, EN, Lopez-Sanchez, AR, and Wilkins, SM

Published
2015

11. CEERS Key Paper. II. A First Look at the Resolved Host Properties of AGN at 3 < z < 5 with JWST

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Dale D. Kocevski, Guillermo Barro, Elizabeth J. McGrath, Steven L. Finkelstein, Micaela B. Bagley, Henry C. Ferguson, Shardha Jogee, Guang Yang, Mark Dickinson, Nimish P. Hathi, Bren E. Backhaus, Eric F. Bell, Laura Bisigello, Véronique Buat, Denis Burgarella, Caitlin M. Casey, Nikko J. Cleri, M. C. Cooper, Luca Costantin, Darren Croton, Emanuele Daddi, Adriano Fontana, Seiji Fujimoto, Jonathan P. Gardner, Eric Gawiser, Mauro Giavalisco, Andrea Grazian, Norman A. Grogin, Yuchen Guo, Pablo Arrabal Haro, Michaela Hirschmann, Benne W. Holwerda, Marc Huertas-Company, Taylor A. Hutchison, Kartheik G. Iyer, Brenda Jones, Stéphanie Juneau, Jeyhan S. Kartaltepe, Lisa J. Kewley, Allison Kirkpatrick, Anton M. Koekemoer, Peter Kurczynski, Aurélien Le Bail, Arianna S. Long, Jennifer M. Lotz, Ray A. Lucas, Casey Papovich, Laura Pentericci, Pablo G. Pérez-González, Nor Pirzkal, Marc Rafelski, Swara Ravindranath, Rachel S. Somerville, Amber N. Straughn, Sandro Tacchella, Jonathan R. 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Subjects
Space and Planetary Science, 5101 Astronomical Sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 51 Physical Sciences, Galaxies and Cosmology
Abstract

We report on the host properties of five X-ray-luminous active galactic nuclei (AGN) identified at 3 < z < 5 in the first epoch of imaging from the Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science Survey. Each galaxy has been imaged with the JWST Near-Infrared Camera, which provides rest-frame optical morphologies at these redshifts. We also derive stellar masses and star formation rates for each host by fitting its spectral energy distribution using a combination of galaxy and AGN templates. We find that three of the AGN hosts have spheroidal morphologies, one is a bulge-dominated disk, and one is dominated by pointlike emission. None are found to show strong morphological disturbances that might indicate a recent interaction or merger event. When compared to a sample of mass-matched inactive galaxies, we find that the AGN hosts have morphologies that are less disturbed and more bulge-dominated. Notably, all four of the resolved hosts have rest-frame optical colors consistent with a quenched or poststarburst stellar population. The presence of AGN in passively evolving galaxies at z > 3 is significant because a rapid feedback mechanism is required in most semianalytic models and cosmological simulations to explain the growing population of massive quiescent galaxies observed at these redshifts. Our findings show that AGN can continue to inject energy into these systems after their star formation is curtailed, potentially heating their halos and preventing renewed star formation. Additional observations will be needed to determine what role this feedback may play in helping to quench these systems and/or maintain their quiescent state.

Published
2023
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12. The Physical Conditions of Emission-line Galaxies at Cosmic Dawn from JWST/NIRSpec Spectroscopy in the SMACS 0723 Early Release Observations

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Jonathan R. Trump, Pablo Arrabal Haro, Raymond C. Simons, Bren E. Backhaus, Ricardo O. Amorín, Mark Dickinson, Vital Fernández, Casey Papovich, David C. Nicholls, Lisa J. Kewley, Samantha W. Brunker, John J. Salzer, Stephen M. Wilkins, Omar Almaini, Micaela B. Bagley, Danielle A. Berg, Rachana Bhatawdekar, Laura Bisigello, Véronique Buat, Denis Burgarella, Antonello Calabrò, Caitlin M. Casey, Laure Ciesla, Nikko J. Cleri, Justin W. Cole, M. C. Cooper, Asantha R. Cooray, Luca Costantin, Darren Croton, Henry C. Ferguson, Steven L. Finkelstein, Seiji Fujimoto, Jonathan P. Gardner, Eric Gawiser, Mauro Giavalisco, Andrea Grazian, Norman A. Grogin, Nimish P. Hathi, Michaela Hirschmann, Benne W. Holwerda, Marc Huertas-Company, Taylor A. Hutchison, Shardha Jogee, Stéphanie Juneau, Intae Jung, Jeyhan S. Kartaltepe, Allison Kirkpatrick, Dale D. Kocevski, Anton M. Koekemoer, Jennifer M. Lotz, Ray A. Lucas, Benjamin Magnelli, Jasleen Matharu, Pablo G. Pérez-González, Nor Pirzkal, Marc Rafelski, Caitlin Rose, Lise-Marie Seillé, Rachel S. Somerville, Amber N. Straughn, Sandro Tacchella, Brittany N. Vanderhoof, Benjamin J. Weiner, Stijn Wuyts, L. Y. Aaron Yung, Jorge A. Zavala, Trump, Jonathan R [0000-0002-1410-0470], Haro, Pablo Arrabal [0000-0002-7959-8783], Simons, Raymond C [0000-0002-6386-7299], Backhaus, Bren E [0000-0001-8534-7502], Amorín, Ricardo O [0000-0001-5758-1000], Dickinson, Mark [0000-0001-5414-5131], Fernández, Vital [0000-0003-0531-5450], Papovich, Casey [0000-0001-7503-8482], Nicholls, David C [0000-0003-0892-5203], Kewley, Lisa J [0000-0001-8152-3943], Brunker, Samantha W [0000-0001-6776-2550], Salzer, John J [0000-0001-8483-603X], Wilkins, Stephen M [0000-0003-3903-6935], Almaini, Omar [0000-0001-9328-3991], Bagley, Micaela B [0000-0002-9921-9218], Berg, Danielle A [0000-0002-4153-053X], Bhatawdekar, Rachana [0000-0003-0883-2226], Bisigello, Laura [0000-0003-0492-4924], Buat, Véronique [0000-0003-3441-903X], Burgarella, Denis [0000-0002-4193-2539], Calabrò, Antonello [0000-0003-2536-1614], Casey, Caitlin M [0000-0002-0930-6466], Ciesla, Laure [0000-0003-0541-2891], Cleri, Nikko J [0000-0001-7151-009X], Cole, Justin W [0000-0002-6348-1900], Cooper, MC [0000-0003-1371-6019], Cooray, Asantha R [0000-0002-3892-0190], Costantin, Luca [0000-0001-6820-0015], Croton, Darren [0000-0002-5009-512X], Ferguson, Henry C [0000-0001-7113-2738], Finkelstein, Steven L [0000-0001-8519-1130], Fujimoto, Seiji [0000-0001-7201-5066], Gardner, Jonathan P [0000-0003-2098-9568], Gawiser, Eric [0000-0003-1530-8713], Giavalisco, Mauro [0000-0002-7831-8751], Grazian, Andrea [0000-0002-5688-0663], Grogin, Norman A [0000-0001-9440-8872], Hathi, Nimish P [0000-0001-6145-5090], Hirschmann, Michaela [0000-0002-3301-3321], Holwerda, Benne W [0000-0002-4884-6756], Huertas-Company, Marc [0000-0002-1416-8483], Hutchison, Taylor A [0000-0001-6251-4988], Jogee, Shardha [0000-0002-1590-0568], Juneau, Stéphanie [0000-0002-0000-2394], Jung, Intae [0000-0003-1187-4240], Kartaltepe, Jeyhan S [0000-0001-9187-3605], Kirkpatrick, Allison [0000-0002-1306-1545], Kocevski, Dale D [0000-0002-8360-3880], Koekemoer, Anton M [0000-0002-6610-2048], Lotz, Jennifer M [0000-0003-3130-5643], Lucas, Ray A [0000-0003-1581-7825], Magnelli, Benjamin [0000-0002-6777-6490], Matharu, Jasleen [0000-0002-7547-3385], Pérez-González, Pablo G [0000-0003-4528-5639], Pirzkal, Nor [0000-0003-3382-5941], Rafelski, Marc [0000-0002-9946-4731], Rose, Caitlin [0000-0002-8018-3219], Seillé, Lise-Marie [0000-0001-7755-4755], Somerville, Rachel S [0000-0002-6748-6821], Straughn, Amber N [0000-0002-4772-7878], Tacchella, Sandro [0000-0002-8224-4505], Vanderhoof, Brittany N [0000-0002-8163-0172], Weiner, Benjamin J [0000-0001-6065-7483], Wuyts, Stijn [0000-0003-3735-1931], Aaron Yung, LY [0000-0003-3466-035X], Zavala, Jorge A [0000-0002-7051-1100], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository, Trump, JR [0000-0002-1410-0470], Haro, PA [0000-0002-7959-8783], Simons, RC [0000-0002-6386-7299], Backhaus, BE [0000-0001-8534-7502], Amorín, RO [0000-0001-5758-1000], Dickinson, M [0000-0001-5414-5131], Fernández, V [0000-0003-0531-5450], Papovich, C [0000-0001-7503-8482], Nicholls, DC [0000-0003-0892-5203], Kewley, LJ [0000-0001-8152-3943], Brunker, SW [0000-0001-6776-2550], Salzer, JJ [0000-0001-8483-603X], Wilkins, SM [0000-0003-3903-6935], Almaini, O [0000-0001-9328-3991], Bagley, MB [0000-0002-9921-9218], Berg, DA [0000-0002-4153-053X], Bhatawdekar, R [0000-0003-0883-2226], Bisigello, L [0000-0003-0492-4924], Buat, V [0000-0003-3441-903X], Burgarella, D [0000-0002-4193-2539], Calabrò, A [0000-0003-2536-1614], Casey, CM [0000-0002-0930-6466], Ciesla, L [0000-0003-0541-2891], Cleri, NJ [0000-0001-7151-009X], Cole, JW [0000-0002-6348-1900], Cooray, AR [0000-0002-3892-0190], Costantin, L [0000-0001-6820-0015], Croton, D [0000-0002-5009-512X], Ferguson, HC [0000-0001-7113-2738], Finkelstein, SL [0000-0001-8519-1130], Fujimoto, S [0000-0001-7201-5066], Gardner, JP [0000-0003-2098-9568], Gawiser, E [0000-0003-1530-8713], Giavalisco, M [0000-0002-7831-8751], Grazian, A [0000-0002-5688-0663], Grogin, NA [0000-0001-9440-8872], Hathi, NP [0000-0001-6145-5090], Hirschmann, M [0000-0002-3301-3321], Holwerda, BW [0000-0002-4884-6756], Huertas-Company, M [0000-0002-1416-8483], Hutchison, TA [0000-0001-6251-4988], Jogee, S [0000-0002-1590-0568], Juneau, S [0000-0002-0000-2394], Jung, I [0000-0003-1187-4240], Kartaltepe, JS [0000-0001-9187-3605], Kirkpatrick, A [0000-0002-1306-1545], Kocevski, DD [0000-0002-8360-3880], Koekemoer, AM [0000-0002-6610-2048], Lotz, JM [0000-0003-3130-5643], Lucas, RA [0000-0003-1581-7825], Magnelli, B [0000-0002-6777-6490], Matharu, J [0000-0002-7547-3385], Pérez-González, PG [0000-0003-4528-5639], Pirzkal, N [0000-0003-3382-5941], Rafelski, M [0000-0002-9946-4731], Rose, C [0000-0002-8018-3219], Seillé, LM [0000-0001-7755-4755], Somerville, RS [0000-0002-6748-6821], Straughn, AN [0000-0002-4772-7878], Tacchella, S [0000-0002-8224-4505], Vanderhoof, BN [0000-0002-8163-0172], Weiner, BJ [0000-0001-6065-7483], Wuyts, S [0000-0003-3735-1931], and Zavala, JA [0000-0002-7051-1100]

Subjects
similar-to 2, SIMILAR-TO 2, NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY, COLLISION STRENGTHS, near-infrared spectroscopy, MASS-METALLICITY RELATION, FOS: Physical sciences, CHEMICAL-COMPOSITION, Galaxies and Cosmology, collision strengths, LY-ALPHA, atomic database, STAR-FORMING GALAXIES, MOSDEF SURVEY, mosdef survey, NEBULAR EMISSION, Astronomy and Astrophysics, mass-metallicity relation, star-forming galaxies, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, ATOMIC DATABASE, ly-alpha, nebular emission, Space and Planetary Science, 5101 Astronomical Sciences, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), chemical-composition, 51 Physical Sciences
Abstract

We present rest-frame optical emission-line flux ratio measurements for five $z>5$ galaxies observed by the JWST Near-Infared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) in the SMACS 0723 Early Release Observations. We add several quality-control and post-processing steps to the NIRSpec pipeline reduction products in order to ensure reliable relative flux calibration of emission lines that are closely separated in wavelength, despite the uncertain \textit{absolute} spectrophotometry of the current version of the reductions. Compared to $z\sim3$ galaxies in the literature, the $z>5$ galaxies have similar [OIII]$\lambda$5008/H$\beta$ ratios, similar [OIII]$\lambda$4364/H$\gamma$ ratios, and higher ($\sim$0.5 dex) [NeIII]$\lambda$3870/[OII]$\lambda$3728 ratios. We compare the observations to MAPPINGS V photoionization models and find that the measured [NeIII]$\lambda$3870/[OII]$\lambda$3728, [OIII]$\lambda$4364/H$\gamma$, and [OIII]$\lambda$5008/H$\beta$ emission-line ratios are consistent with an interstellar medium that has very high ionization ($\log(Q) \simeq 8-9$, units of cm~s$^{-1}$), low metallicity ($Z/Z_\odot \lesssim 0.2$), and very high pressure ($\log(P/k) \simeq 8-9$, units of cm$^{-3}$). The combination of [OIII]$\lambda$4364/H$\gamma$ and [OIII]$\lambda$(4960+5008)/H$\beta$ line ratios indicate very high electron temperatures of $4.1, Comment: Accepted for publication in AAS Journals. 14 pages, 6 figures, 3 tables

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2023
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13. CEERS Key Paper V: A triality on the nature of HST-dark galaxies

Author

Pablo G. Pérez-González, Guillermo Barro, Marianna Annunziatella, Luca Costantin, Ángela García-Argumánez, Elizabeth J. McGrath, Rosa M. Mérida, Jorge A. Zavala, Pablo Arrabal Haro, Micaela B. Bagley, Bren E. Backhaus, Peter Behroozi, Eric F. Bell, Laura Bisigello, Véronique Buat, Antonello Calabrò, Caitlin M. Casey, Nikko J. Cleri, Rosemary T. Coogan, M. C. Cooper, Asantha R. Cooray, Avishai Dekel, Mark Dickinson, David Elbaz, Henry C. Ferguson, Steven L. Finkelstein, Adriano Fontana, Maximilien Franco, Jonathan P. Gardner, Mauro Giavalisco, Carlos Gómez-Guijarro, Andrea Grazian, Norman A. Grogin, Yuchen Guo, Marc Huertas-Company, Shardha Jogee, Jeyhan S. Kartaltepe, Lisa J. Kewley, Allison Kirkpatrick, Dale D. Kocevski, Anton M. Koekemoer, Arianna S. Long, Jennifer M. Lotz, Ray A. Lucas, Casey Papovich, Nor Pirzkal, Swara Ravindranath, Rachel S. Somerville, Sandro Tacchella, Jonathan R. Trump, Weichen Wang, Stephen M. Wilkins, Stijn Wuyts, Guang Yang, L. Y. Aaron Yung, Pérez-González, PG [0000-0003-4528-5639], Barro, G [0000-0001-6813-875X], Annunziatella, M [0000-0002-8053-8040], Costantin, L [0000-0001-6820-0015], García-Argumánez, Á [0000-0002-8365-5525], McGrath, EJ [0000-0001-8688-2443], Mérida, RM [0000-0001-8115-5845], Zavala, JA [0000-0002-7051-1100], Haro, PA [0000-0002-7959-8783], Bagley, MB [0000-0002-9921-9218], Backhaus, BE [0000-0001-8534-7502], Behroozi, P [0000-0002-2517-6446], Bell, EF [0000-0002-5564-9873], Bisigello, L [0000-0003-0492-4924], Buat, V [0000-0003-3441-903X], Calabrò, A [0000-0003-2536-1614], Casey, CM [0000-0002-0930-6466], Cleri, NJ [0000-0001-7151-009X], Coogan, RT [0000-0002-4343-0479], Cooper, MC [0000-0003-1371-6019], Cooray, AR [0000-0002-3892-0190], Dekel, A [0000-0003-4174-0374], Dickinson, M [0000-0001-5414-5131], Elbaz, D [0000-0002-7631-647X], Ferguson, HC [0000-0001-7113-2738], Finkelstein, SL [0000-0001-8519-1130], Fontana, A [0000-0003-3820-2823], Franco, M [0000-0002-3560-8599], Gardner, JP [0000-0003-2098-9568], Giavalisco, M [0000-0002-7831-8751], Gómez-Guijarro, C [0000-0002-4085-9165], Grazian, A [0000-0002-5688-0663], Grogin, NA [0000-0001-9440-8872], Guo, Y [0000-0002-4162-6523], Huertas-Company, M [0000-0002-1416-8483], Jogee, S [0000-0002-1590-0568], Kartaltepe, JS [0000-0001-9187-3605], Kewley, LJ [0000-0001-8152-3943], Kirkpatrick, A [0000-0002-1306-1545], Kocevski, DD [0000-0002-8360-3880], Koekemoer, AM [0000-0002-6610-2048], Long, AS [0000-0002-7530-8857], Lotz, JM [0000-0003-3130-5643], Lucas, RA [0000-0003-1581-7825], Papovich, C [0000-0001-7503-8482], Pirzkal, N [0000-0003-3382-5941], Ravindranath, S [0000-0002-5269-6527], Somerville, RS [0000-0002-6748-6821], Tacchella, S [0000-0002-8224-4505], Trump, JR [0000-0002-1410-0470], Wang, W [0000-0002-9593-8274], Wilkins, SM [0000-0003-3903-6935], Wuyts, S [0000-0003-3735-1931], Yang, G [0000-0001-8835-7722], Aaron Yung, LY [0000-0003-3466-035X], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository

Subjects
Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 5109 Space Sciences, 51 Physical Sciences, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
Abstract

The new capabilities that JWST offers in the near- and mid-infrared (IR) are used to investigate in unprecedented detail the nature of optical/near-IR faint, mid-IR bright sources, HST-dark galaxies among them. We gather JWST data from the CEERS survey in the EGS, jointly with HST data, and analyze spatially resolved optical-to-mid-IR spectral energy distributions (SEDs) to estimate both photometric redshifts in 2 dimensions and stellar populations properties in a pixel-by-pixel basis. We select 138 galaxies with F150W-F356W>1.5 mag, F356W100 Gyr^-1); (2) 18% are quiescent/dormant (i.e., subject to reignition and rejuvenation) galaxies at 3, Comment: Published in CEERS ApJL Focus Issue, ApJL 946, L16

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2022
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14. CEERS Key Paper I: An Early Look into the First 500 Myr of Galaxy Formation with JWST

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Steven L. Finkelstein, Micaela B. Bagley, Henry C. Ferguson, Stephen M. Wilkins, Jeyhan S. Kartaltepe, Casey Papovich, L. Y. Aaron Yung, Pablo Arrabal Haro, Peter Behroozi, Mark Dickinson, Dale D. Kocevski, Anton M. Koekemoer, Rebecca L. Larson, Aurélien Le Bail, Alexa M. Morales, Pablo G. Pérez-González, Denis Burgarella, Romeel Davé, Michaela Hirschmann, Rachel S. Somerville, Stijn Wuyts, Volker Bromm, Caitlin M. Casey, Adriano Fontana, Seiji Fujimoto, Jonathan P. Gardner, Mauro Giavalisco, Andrea Grazian, Norman A. Grogin, Nimish P. Hathi, Taylor A. Hutchison, Saurabh W. Jha, Shardha Jogee, Lisa J. Kewley, Allison Kirkpatrick, Arianna S. Long, Jennifer M. Lotz, Laura Pentericci, Justin D. R. Pierel, Nor Pirzkal, Swara Ravindranath, Russell E. Ryan, Jonathan R. Trump, Guang Yang, Rachana Bhatawdekar, Laura Bisigello, Véronique Buat, Antonello Calabrò, Marco Castellano, Nikko J. Cleri, M. C. Cooper, Darren Croton, Emanuele Daddi, Avishai Dekel, David Elbaz, Maximilien Franco, Eric Gawiser, Benne W. Holwerda, Marc Huertas-Company, Anne E. Jaskot, Gene C. K. Leung, Ray A. Lucas, Bahram Mobasher, Viraj Pandya, Sandro Tacchella, Benjamin J. Weiner, Jorge A. Zavala, Finkelstein, SL [0000-0001-8519-1130], Bagley, MB [0000-0002-9921-9218], Ferguson, HC [0000-0001-7113-2738], Wilkins, SM [0000-0003-3903-6935], Kartaltepe, JS [0000-0001-9187-3605], Papovich, C [0000-0001-7503-8482], Yung, LY [0000-0003-3466-035X], Haro, PA [0000-0002-7959-8783], Behroozi, P [0000-0002-2517-6446], Dickinson, M [0000-0001-5414-5131], Kocevski, DD [0000-0002-8360-3880], Koekemoer, AM [0000-0002-6610-2048], Larson, RL [0000-0003-2366-8858], Le Bail, A [0000-0002-9466-2763], Morales, AM [0000-0003-4965-0402], Pérez-González, PG [0000-0003-4528-5639], Burgarella, D [0000-0002-4193-2539], Davé, R [0000-0003-2842-9434], Hirschmann, M [0000-0002-3301-3321], Somerville, RS [0000-0002-6748-6821], Wuyts, S [0000-0003-3735-1931], Bromm, V [0000-0003-0212-2979], Casey, CM [0000-0002-0930-6466], Fontana, A [0000-0003-3820-2823], Fujimoto, S [0000-0001-7201-5066], Gardner, JP [0000-0003-2098-9568], Giavalisco, M [0000-0002-7831-8751], Grazian, A [0000-0002-5688-0663], Grogin, NA [0000-0001-9440-8872], Hathi, NP [0000-0001-6145-5090], Hutchison, TA [0000-0001-6251-4988], Jha, SW [0000-0001-8738-6011], Jogee, S [0000-0002-1590-0568], Kewley, LJ [0000-0001-8152-3943], Kirkpatrick, A [0000-0002-1306-1545], Long, AS [0000-0002-7530-8857], Lotz, JM [0000-0003-3130-5643], Pentericci, L [0000-0001-8940-6768], Pierel, JDR [0000-0002-2361-7201], Pirzkal, N [0000-0003-3382-5941], Ravindranath, S [0000-0002-5269-6527], Ryan, RE [0000-0003-0894-1588], Trump, JR [0000-0002-1410-0470], Yang, G [0000-0001-8835-7722], Bhatawdekar, R [0000-0003-0883-2226], Bisigello, L [0000-0003-0492-4924], Buat, V [0000-0003-3441-903X], Calabrò, A [0000-0003-2536-1614], Castellano, M [0000-0001-9875-8263], Cleri, NJ [0000-0001-7151-009X], Cooper, MC [0000-0003-1371-6019], Croton, D [0000-0002-5009-512X], Daddi, E [0000-0002-3331-9590], Dekel, A [0000-0003-4174-0374], Elbaz, D [0000-0002-7631-647X], Franco, M [0000-0002-3560-8599], Gawiser, E [0000-0003-1530-8713], Holwerda, BW [0000-0002-4884-6756], Huertas-Company, M [0000-0002-1416-8483], Jaskot, AE [0000-0002-6790-5125], Leung, GCK [0000-0002-9393-6507], Lucas, RA [0000-0003-1581-7825], Mobasher, B [0000-0001-5846-4404], Pandya, V [0000-0002-2499-9205], Tacchella, S [0000-0002-8224-4505], Weiner, BJ [0000-0001-6065-7483], Zavala, JA [0000-0002-7051-1100], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository

Subjects
epoch simulations flares, cosmology legacy survey, deblended dust emission, uv luminosity functions, ultra-deep field, hubble frontier fields, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, initial mass function, 5109 Space Sciences, space-telescope observations, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Space and Planetary Science, similar-to 10, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), 51 Physical Sciences, high-redshift galaxies
Abstract

We present an investigation into the first 500 Myr of galaxy evolution from the Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science (CEERS) survey. CEERS, one of 13 JWST ERS programs, targets galaxy formation from z~0.5 to z>10 using several imaging and spectroscopic modes. We make use of the first epoch of CEERS NIRCam imaging, spanning 35.5 sq. arcmin, to search for candidate galaxies at z>9. Following a detailed data reduction process implementing several custom steps to produce high-quality reduced images, we perform multi-band photometry across seven NIRCam broad and medium-band (and six Hubble broadband) filters focusing on robust colors and accurate total fluxes. We measure photometric redshifts and devise a robust set of selection criteria to identify a sample of 26 galaxy candidates at z~9-16. These objects are compact with a median half-light radius of ~0.5 kpc. We present an early estimate of the z~11 rest-frame ultraviolet (UV) luminosity function, finding that the number density of galaxies at M_UV ~ -20 appears to evolve very little from z~9 to z~11. We also find that the abundance (surface density [arcmin^-2]) of our candidates exceeds nearly all theoretical predictions. We explore potential implications, including that at z>10 star formation may be dominated by top-heavy initial mass functions, which would result in an increased ratio of UV light per unit halo mass, though a complete lack of dust attenuation and/or changing star-formation physics may also play a role. While spectroscopic confirmation of these sources is urgently required, our results suggest that the deeper views to come with JWST should yield prolific samples of ultra-high-redshift galaxies with which to further explore these conclusions., 41 pages, 20 figures, 6 tables, submitted to ApJL. Key results in Figures 13-15, discussed in Sections 7 and 8

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2022
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15. On the Stellar Populations of Galaxies at z=9-11: The Growth of Metals and Stellar Mass at Early Times

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Sandro Tacchella, Steven L. Finkelstein, Micaela Bagley, Mark Dickinson, Henry C. Ferguson, Mauro Giavalisco, Luca Graziani, Norman A. Grogin, Nimish Hathi, Taylor A. Hutchison, Intae Jung, Anton M. Koekemoer, Rebecca L. Larson, Casey Papovich, Norbert Pirzkal, Sofía Rojas-Ruiz, Mimi Song, Raffaella Schneider, Rachel S. Somerville, Stephen M. Wilkins, L. Y. Aaron Yung, Tacchella, S [0000-0002-8224-4505], Finkelstein, SL [0000-0001-8519-1130], Bagley, M [0000-0002-9921-9218], Dickinson, M [0000-0001-5414-5131], Ferguson, HC [0000-0001-7113-2738], Giavalisco, M [0000-0002-7831-8751], Graziani, L [0000-0002-9231-1505], Grogin, NA [0000-0001-9440-8872], Hathi, N [0000-0001-6145-5090], Hutchison, TA [0000-0001-6251-4988], Jung, I [0000-0003-1187-4240], Koekemoer, AM [0000-0002-6610-2048], Larson, RL [0000-0003-2366-8858], Papovich, C [0000-0001-7503-8482], Rojas-Ruiz, S [0000-0003-2349-9310], Song, M [0000-0002-8442-3128], Wilkins, SM [0000-0003-3903-6935], Yung, LYA [0000-0003-3466-035X], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository

Subjects
Early universe, Galaxy formation, Galaxy evolution, High-redshift galaxies, Star formation, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Space and Planetary Science, 5101 Astronomical Sciences, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, 51 Physical Sciences, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
Abstract

We present a detailed stellar population analysis of 11 bright ($H10$., Comment: 27 pages + Appendix; accepted by ApJ

Published
2021

16. Confirmation and refutation of very luminous galaxies in the early Universe.

Author

Arrabal Haro P, Dickinson M, Finkelstein SL, Kartaltepe JS, Donnan CT, Burgarella D, Carnall AC, Cullen F, Dunlop JS, Fernández V, Fujimoto S, Jung I, Krips M, Larson RL, Papovich C, Pérez-González PG, Amorín RO, Bagley MB, Buat V, Casey CM, Chworowsky K, Cohen SH, Ferguson HC, Giavalisco M, Huertas-Company M, Hutchison TA, Kocevski DD, Koekemoer AM, Lucas RA, McLeod DJ, McLure RJ, Pirzkal N, Seillé LM, Trump JR, Weiner BJ, Wilkins SM, and Zavala JA

Abstract

During the first 500 million years of cosmic history, the first stars and galaxies formed, seeding the Universe with heavy elements and eventually reionizing the intergalactic medium 1-3 . Observations with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have uncovered a surprisingly high abundance of candidates for early star-forming galaxies, with distances (redshifts, z), estimated from multiband photometry, as large as z ≈ 16, far beyond pre-JWST limits 4-9 . Although such photometric redshifts are generally robust, they can suffer from degeneracies and occasionally catastrophic errors. Spectroscopic measurements are required to validate these sources and to reliably quantify physical properties that can constrain galaxy formation models and cosmology 10 . Here we present JWST spectroscopy that confirms redshifts for two very luminous galaxies with z > 11, and also demonstrates that another candidate with suggested z ≈ 16 instead has z = 4.9, with an unusual combination of nebular line emission and dust reddening that mimics the colours expected for much more distant objects. These results reinforce evidence for the early, rapid formation of remarkably luminous galaxies while also highlighting the necessity of spectroscopic verification. The large abundance of bright, early galaxies may indicate shortcomings in current galaxy formation models or deviations from physical properties (such as the stellar initial mass function) that are generally believed to hold at later times., (© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.)

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2023
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