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1. 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. 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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

Published
2023

2. Dusty Starbursts Masquerading as Ultra-high Redshift Galaxies in JWST CEERS Observations

Author

Zavala, JA, Buat, V, Casey, CM, Finkelstein, SL, Burgarella, D, Bagley, MB, Ciesla, L, Daddi, E, Dickinson, M, Ferguson, HC, Franco, M, Jiménez-Andrade, EF, Kartaltepe, JS, Koekemoer, AM, Bail, AL, Murphy, EJ, Papovich, C, Tacchella, S, Wilkins, SM, Aretxaga, I, Behroozi, P, Champagne, JB, Fontana, A, Giavalisco, M, Grazian, A, Grogin, NA, Kewley, LJ, Kocevski, DD, Kirkpatrick, A, Lotz, JM, Pentericci, L, Pérez-González, PG, Pirzkal, N, Ravindranath, S, Somerville, RS, Trump, Yang, G, Aaron Yung, LY, Almaini, O, Amorín, RO, Annunziatella, M, Haro, PA, Backhaus, BE, Barro, G, Bell, EF, Bhatawdekar, R, Bisigello, L, Buitrago, F, Calabrò, A, Castellano, M, Chávez Ortiz, ÓA, Chworowsky, K, Cleri, NJ, Cohen, SH, Cole, JW, Cooke, KC, Cooper, MC, Cooray, AR, Costantin, L, Cox, IG, Croton, D, Davé, R, Vega, ADL, Dekel, A, Elbaz, D, Estrada-Carpenter, V, Fernández, V, Finkelstein, KD, Freundlich, J, Fujimoto, S, García-Argumánez, Á, Gardner, JP, Gawiser, E, Gómez-Guijarro, C, Guo, Y, Hamilton, TS, Hathi, NP, Holwerda, BW, Hirschmann, M, Huertas-Company, M, Hutchison, TA, Iyer, KG, Jaskot, AE, Jha, SW, Jogee, S, Juneau, S, Jung, I, Kassin, SA, Kurczynski, P, Larson, RL, Leung, GCK, Long, AS, Lucas, RA, Magnelli, B, Mantha, KB, Matharu, J, McGrath, EJ, McIntosh, DH, Medrano, A, Merlin, E, Zavala, JA [0000-0002-7051-1100], Buat, V [0000-0003-3441-903X], Casey, CM [0000-0002-0930-6466], Finkelstein, SL [0000-0001-8519-1130], Burgarella, D [0000-0002-4193-2539], Bagley, MB [0000-0002-9921-9218], Ciesla, L [0000-0003-0541-2891], Daddi, E [0000-0002-3331-9590], Dickinson, M [0000-0001-5414-5131], Ferguson, HC [0000-0001-7113-2738], Franco, M [0000-0002-3560-8599], Jiménez-Andrade, EF [0000-0002-2640-5917], Kartaltepe, JS [0000-0001-9187-3605], Koekemoer, AM [0000-0002-6610-2048], Bail, AL [0000-0002-9466-2763], Murphy, EJ [0000-0001-7089-7325], Papovich, C [0000-0001-7503-8482], Tacchella, S [0000-0002-8224-4505], Wilkins, SM [0000-0003-3903-6935], Aretxaga, I [0000-0002-6590-3994], Behroozi, P [0000-0002-2517-6446], Champagne, JB [0000-0002-6184-9097], Fontana, A [0000-0003-3820-2823], Giavalisco, M [0000-0002-7831-8751], Grazian, A [0000-0002-5688-0663], Grogin, NA [0000-0001-9440-8872], Kewley, LJ [0000-0001-8152-3943], Kocevski, DD [0000-0002-8360-3880], Kirkpatrick, A [0000-0002-5537-8110], Lotz, JM [0000-0003-3130-5643], Pentericci, L [0000-0001-8940-6768], Pérez-González, PG [0000-0003-4528-5639], Pirzkal, N [0000-0003-3382-5941], Ravindranath, S [0000-0002-5269-6527], Somerville, RS [0000-0002-6748-6821], Trump, JR [0000-0002-1410-0470], Yang, G [0000-0001-8835-7722], Aaron Yung, LY [0000-0003-3466-035X], Almaini, O [0000-0001-9328-3991], Amorín, RO [0000-0001-5758-1000], Annunziatella, M [0000-0002-8053-8040], Haro, PA [0000-0002-7959-8783], Backhaus, BE [0000-0001-8534-7502], Barro, G [0000-0001-6813-875X], Bell, EF [0000-0002-5564-9873], Bhatawdekar, R [0000-0003-0883-2226], Bisigello, L [0000-0003-0492-4924], Buitrago, F [0000-0002-2861-9812], Calabrò, A [0000-0003-2536-1614], Castellano, M [0000-0001-9875-8263], Chávez Ortiz, ÓA [0000-0003-2332-5505], Chworowsky, K [0000-0003-4922-0613], Cleri, NJ [0000-0001-7151-009X], Cohen, SH [0000-0003-3329-1337], Cole, JW [0000-0002-6348-1900], Cooke, KC [0000-0002-2200-9845], Cooper, MC [0000-0003-1371-6019], Cooray, AR [0000-0002-3892-0190], Costantin, L [0000-0001-6820-0015], Cox, IG [0000-0002-1803-794X], Croton, D [0000-0002-5009-512X], Davé, R [0000-0003-2842-9434], Vega, ADL [0000-0002-6219-5558], Dekel, A [0000-0003-4174-0374], Elbaz, D [0000-0002-7631-647X], Estrada-Carpenter, V [0000-0001-8489-2349], Fernández, V [0000-0003-0531-5450], Finkelstein, KD [0000-0003-0792-5877], Freundlich, J [0000-0002-5245-7796], Fujimoto, S [0000-0001-7201-5066], García-Argumánez, Á [0000-0002-8365-5525], Gardner, JP [0000-0003-2098-9568], Gawiser, E [0000-0003-1530-8713], Gómez-Guijarro, C [0000-0002-4085-9165], Guo, Y [0000-0002-4162-6523], Hamilton, TS [0000-0002-9753-1769], Hathi, NP [0000-0001-6145-5090], Holwerda, BW [0000-0002-4884-6756], Hirschmann, M [0000-0002-3301-3321], Huertas-Company, M [0000-0002-1416-8483], Hutchison, TA [0000-0001-6251-4988], Iyer, KG [0000-0001-9298-3523], Jaskot, AE [0000-0002-6790-5125], Jha, SW [0000-0001-8738-6011], Jogee, S [0000-0002-1590-0568], Juneau, S [0000-0002-0000-2394], Jung, I [0000-0003-1187-4240], Kassin, SA [0000-0002-3838-8093], Kurczynski, P [0000-0002-8816-5146], Larson, RL [0000-0003-2366-8858], Leung, GCK [0000-0002-9393-6507], Long, AS [0000-0002-7530-8857], Lucas, RA [0000-0003-1581-7825], Magnelli, B [0000-0002-6777-6490], Matharu, J [0000-0002-7547-3385], McGrath, EJ [0000-0001-8688-2443], Merlin, E [0000-0001-6870-8900], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository

Subjects
5101 Astronomical Sciences, 5109 Space Sciences, 51 Physical Sciences, Galaxies and Cosmology
Abstract

Lyman-break galaxy (LBG) candidates at z ≳ 10 are rapidly being identified in James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)/NIRCam observations. Due to the (redshifted) break produced by neutral hydrogen absorption of rest-frame UV photons, these sources are expected to drop out in the bluer filters while being well detected in redder filters. However, here we show that dust-enshrouded star-forming galaxies at lower redshifts (z ≲ 7) may also mimic the near-infrared (near-IR) colors of z > 10 LBGs, representing potential contaminants in LBG candidate samples. First, we analyze CEERS-DSFG-1, a NIRCam dropout undetected in the F115W and F150W filters but detected at longer wavelengths. Combining the JWST data with (sub)millimeter constraints, including deep NOEMA interferometric observations, we show that this source is a dusty star-forming galaxy (DSFG) at z ≈ 5.1. We also present a tentative 2.6σ SCUBA-2 detection at 850 μm around a recently identified z ≈ 16 LBG candidate in the same field and show that, if the emission is real and associated with this candidate, the available photometry is consistent with a z ∼ 5 dusty galaxy with strong nebular emission lines despite its blue near-IR colors. Further observations on this candidate are imperative to mitigate the low confidence of this tentative submillimeter emission and its positional uncertainty. Our analysis shows that robust (sub)millimeter detections of NIRCam dropout galaxies likely imply z ∼ 4–6 redshift solutions, where the observed near-IR break would be the result of a strong rest-frame optical Balmer break combined with high dust attenuation and strong nebular line emission, rather than the rest-frame UV Lyman break. This provides evidence that DSFGs may contaminate searches for ultra-high redshift LBG candidates from JWST observations.

Published
2023

3. A Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far, Far Away: A Candidate z ~ 12 Galaxy in Early JWST CEERS Imaging

Author

Finkelstein, SL, Bagley, MB, Haro, PA, Dickinson, M, Ferguson, HC, Kartaltepe, JS, Papovich, C, Burgarella, D, Kocevski, DD, Huertas-Company, M, Iyer, KG, Koekemoer, AM, Larson, RL, Pérez-González, PG, Rose, C, Tacchella, S, Wilkins, SM, Chworowsky, K, Medrano, A, Morales, AM, Somerville, RS, Aaron Yung, LY, Fontana, A, Giavalisco, M, Grazian, A, Grogin, NA, Kewley, LJ, Kirkpatrick, A, Kurczynski, P, Lotz, JM, Pentericci, L, Pirzkal, N, Ravindranath, S, Ryan, RE, Trump, Yang, G, Almaini, O, Amorín, RO, Annunziatella, M, Backhaus, BE, Barro, G, Behroozi, P, Bell, EF, Bhatawdekar, R, Bisigello, L, Bromm, V, Buat, V, Buitrago, F, Calabrò, A, Casey, CM, Castellano, M, Chávez Ortiz, ÓA, Ciesla, L, Cleri, NJ, Cohen, SH, Cole, JW, Cooke, KC, Cooper, MC, Cooray, AR, Costantin, L, Cox, IG, Croton, D, Daddi, E, Davé, R, De La Vega, A, Dekel, A, Elbaz, D, Estrada-Carpenter, V, Faber, SM, Fernández, V, Finkelstein, KD, Freundlich, J, Fujimoto, S, García-Argumánez, Á, Gardner, JP, Gawiser, E, Gómez-Guijarro, C, Guo, Y, Hamblin, K, Hamilton, TS, Hathi, NP, Holwerda, BW, Hirschmann, M, Hutchison, TA, Jaskot, AE, Jha, SW, Jogee, S, Juneau, S, Jung, I, Kassin, SA, Le Bail, A, Leung, GCK, Lucas, RA, Magnelli, B, Mantha, KB, Matharu, J, McGrath, EJ, McIntosh, DH, Merlin, E, Mobasher, B, Finkelstein, SL [0000-0001-8519-1130], Bagley, MB [0000-0002-9921-9218], Haro, PA [0000-0002-7959-8783], Dickinson, M [0000-0001-5414-5131], Ferguson, HC [0000-0001-7113-2738], Kartaltepe, JS [0000-0001-9187-3605], Papovich, C [0000-0001-7503-8482], Burgarella, D [0000-0002-4193-2539], Kocevski, DD [0000-0002-8360-3880], Huertas-Company, M [0000-0002-1416-8483], Iyer, KG [0000-0001-9298-3523], Koekemoer, AM [0000-0002-6610-2048], Larson, RL [0000-0003-2366-8858], Pérez-González, PG [0000-0003-4528-5639], Rose, C [0000-0002-8018-3219], Tacchella, S [0000-0002-8224-4505], Wilkins, SM [0000-0003-3903-6935], Chworowsky, K [0000-0003-4922-0613], Morales, AM [0000-0003-4965-0402], Somerville, RS [0000-0002-6748-6821], Aaron Yung, LY [0000-0003-3466-035X], Fontana, A [0000-0003-3820-2823], Giavalisco, M [0000-0002-7831-8751], Grazian, A [0000-0002-5688-0663], Grogin, NA [0000-0001-9440-8872], Kewley, LJ [0000-0001-8152-3943], Kirkpatrick, A [0000-0002-1306-1545], Kurczynski, P [0000-0002-8816-5146], Lotz, JM [0000-0003-3130-5643], Pentericci, L [0000-0001-8940-6768], 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], Almaini, O [0000-0001-9328-3991], Amorín, RO [0000-0001-5758-1000], Annunziatella, M [0000-0002-8053-8040], Backhaus, BE [0000-0001-8534-7502], Behroozi, P [0000-0002-2517-6446], Bell, EF [0000-0002-5564-9873], Bhatawdekar, R [0000-0003-0883-2226], Bisigello, L [0000-0003-0492-4924], Bromm, V [0000-0003-0212-2979], Buat, V [0000-0003-3441-903X], Buitrago, F [0000-0002-2861-9812], Calabrò, A [0000-0003-2536-1614], Casey, CM [0000-0002-0930-6466], Castellano, M [0000-0001-9875-8263], Chávez Ortiz, ÓA [0000-0003-2332-5505], Ciesla, L [0000-0003-0541-2891], Cleri, NJ [0000-0001-7151-009X], Cohen, SH [0000-0003-3329-1337], Cole, JW [0000-0002-6348-1900], Cooke, KC [0000-0002-2200-9845], Cooper, MC [0000-0003-1371-6019], Cooray, AR [0000-0002-3892-0190], Costantin, L [0000-0001-6820-0015], Cox, IG [0000-0002-1803-794X], Croton, D [0000-0002-5009-512X], Daddi, E [0000-0002-3331-9590], Davé, R [0000-0003-2842-9434], De La Vega, A [0000-0002-6219-5558], Dekel, A [0000-0003-4174-0374], Elbaz, D [0000-0002-7631-647X], Estrada-Carpenter, V [0000-0001-8489-2349], Fernández, V [0000-0003-0531-5450], Finkelstein, KD [0000-0003-0792-5877], Freundlich, J [0000-0002-5245-7796], Fujimoto, S [0000-0001-7201-5066], García-Argumánez, Á [0000-0002-8365-5525], Gardner, JP [0000-0003-2098-9568], Gawiser, E [0000-0003-1530-8713], Gómez-Guijarro, C [0000-0002-4085-9165], Guo, Y [0000-0002-4162-6523], Hamblin, K [0000-0002-6292-4589], Hamilton, TS [0000-0002-9753-1769], Hathi, NP [0000-0001-6145-5090], Holwerda, BW [0000-0002-4884-6756], Hirschmann, M [0000-0002-3301-3321], Hutchison, TA [0000-0001-6251-4988], Jaskot, AE [0000-0002-6790-5125], Jha, SW [0000-0001-8738-6011], Jogee, S [0000-0002-1590-0568], Juneau, S [0000-0002-0000-2394], Jung, I [0000-0003-1187-4240], Kassin, SA [0000-0002-3838-8093], Le Bail, A [0000-0002-9466-2763], Leung, GCK [0000-0002-9393-6507], Lucas, RA [0000-0003-1581-7825], Magnelli, B [0000-0002-6777-6490], Matharu, J [0000-0002-7547-3385], McGrath, EJ [0000-0001-8688-2443], Merlin, E [0000-0001-6870-8900], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository

Subjects
5101 Astronomical Sciences, 5109 Space Sciences, 51 Physical Sciences, Galaxies and Cosmology
Abstract

We report the discovery of a candidate galaxy with a photo-z of z ∼ 12 in the first epoch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science Survey. Following conservative selection criteria, we identify a source with a robust z phot = 11.8 − 0.2 + 0.3 (1σ uncertainty) with m F200W = 27.3 and ≳7σ detections in five filters. The source is not detected at λ < 1.4 μm in deep imaging from both Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and JWST and has faint ∼3σ detections in JWST F150W and HST F160W, which signal a Lyα break near the red edge of both filters, implying z ∼ 12. This object (Maisie’s Galaxy) exhibits F115W − F200W > 1.9 mag (2σ lower limit) with a blue continuum slope, resulting in 99.6% of the photo-z probability distribution function favoring z > 11. All data-quality images show no artifacts at the candidate’s position, and independent analyses consistently find a strong preference for z > 11. Its colors are inconsistent with Galactic stars, and it is resolved (r h = 340 ± 14 pc). Maisie’s Galaxy has log M */M ⊙ ∼ 8.5 and is highly star-forming (log sSFR ∼ −8.2 yr−1), with a blue rest-UV color (β ∼ −2.5) indicating little dust, though not extremely low metallicity. While the presence of this source is in tension with most predictions, it agrees with empirical extrapolations assuming UV luminosity functions that smoothly decline with increasing redshift. Should follow-up spectroscopy validate this redshift, our universe was already aglow with galaxies less than 400 Myr after the Big Bang.

Published
2022
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