Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies

Two Distinct Classes of Quiescent Galaxies at Cosmic Noon Revealed by JWST PRIMER and UNCOVER
We present a measurement of the low-mass quiescent size–mass relation at cosmic noon (1 < z < 3) from the JWST PRIMER and UNCOVER …
Sam E. Cutler, Katherine E. Whitaker, John R. Weaver, Bingjie Wang, Richard Pan, Rachel Bezanson, Lukas J. Furtak, Ivo Labbé, Joel Leja, Sedona H. Price, Yingjie Cheng, Maike Clausen, Fergus Cullen, Pratika Dayal, Anna de Graaff, Mark Dickinson, James S. Dunlop, Robert Feldmann, Marijn Franx, Mauro Giavalisco, Karl Glazebrook, Jenny E. Greene, Norman A. Grogin, Garth Illingworth, Anton M. Koekemoer, Vasily Kokorev, Danilo Marchesini, Michael V. Maseda, Tim B. Miller, Themiya Nanayakkara, Erica J. Nelson, David J. Setton, Heath Shipley, Katherine A. Suess
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3D-DASH: The Evolution of Size, Shape, and Intrinsic Scatter in Populations of Young and Old Quiescent Galaxies at 0.5 < z < 3
We present a study of the growth of the quiescent galaxy population between 0.5 < z < 3 by tracing the number density and …
Maike Clausen, Katherine E. Whitaker, Ivelina Momcheva, Sam E. Cutler, Katherine A. Suess, John R. Weaver, Tim Miller, Arjen van der Wel, Stijn Wuyts, David Wake, Pieter van Dokkum, Rachel S. Bezanson, Gabriel Brammer, Marijn Franx, Erica J. Nelson, Natasha M. Foerster Schreiber
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The Heavy Metal Survey: Star Formation Constraints and Dynamical Masses of 21 Massive Quiescent Galaxies at z = 1.3–2.3
In this paper, we present the Heavy Metal Survey, which obtained ultradeep medium-resolution spectra of 21 massive quiescent galaxies …
Mariska Kriek, Aliza G. Beverage, Sedona H. Price, Katherine A. Suess, Guillermo Barro, Rachel S. Bezanson, Charlie Conroy, Sam E. Cutler, Marijn Franx, Jamie Lin, Brian Lorenz, Yilun Ma, Ivelina G. Momcheva, Lamiya A. Mowla, Imad Pasha, Pieter van Dokkum, Katherine E. Whitaker
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A high black-hole-to-host mass ratio in a lensed AGN in the early Universe
Early JWST observations have uncovered a population of red sources that might represent a previously overlooked phase of supermassive …
Lukas J. Furtak, Ivo Labbé, Adi Zitrin, Jenny E. Greene, Pratika Dayal, Iryna Chemerynska, Vasily Kokorev, Tim B. Miller, Andy D. Goulding, Anna de Graaff, Rachel Bezanson, Gabriel B. Brammer, Sam E. Cutler, Joel Leja, Richard Pan, Sedona H. Price, Bingjie Wang, John R. Weaver, Katherine E. Whitaker, Hakim Atek, Ákos Bogdán, Stéphane Charlot, Emma Curtis-Lake, Pieter van Dokkum, Ryan Endsley, Robert Feldmann, Yoshinobu Fudamoto, Seiji Fujimoto, Karl Glazebrook, Stephanie Juneau, Danilo Marchesini, Micheal V. Maseda, Erica Nelson, Pascal A. Oesch, Adèle Plat, David J. Setton, Daniel P. Stark, Christina C. Williams
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Efficient formation of a massive quiescent galaxy at redshift 4.9
Within the established framework of structure formation, galaxies start as systems of low stellar mass and gradually grow into far more …
Anna de Graaff, David J. Setton, Gabriel Brammer, Sam Cutler, Katherine A. Suess, Ivo Labbé, Joel Leja, Andrea Weibel, Michael V. Maseda, Katherine E. Whitaker, Rachel Bezanson, Leindert A. Boogaard, Nikko J. Cleri, Gabriella De Lucia, Marijn Franx, Jenny E. Greene, Michaela Hirschmann, Jorryt Matthee, Ian McConachie, Rohan P. Naidu, Pascal A. Oesch, Sedona H. Price, Hans-Walter Rix, Francesco Valentino, Bingjie Wang, Christina C. Williams
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Medium Bands, Mega Science: a JWST/NIRCam Medium-Band Imaging Survey of Abell 2744
In this paper, we describe the “Medium Bands, Mega Science” JWST Cycle 2 survey (JWST-GO-4111) and demonstrate the power of these data …
Katherine A. Suess, John R. Weaver, Sedona H. Price, Richard Pan, Bingjie Wang, Rachel Bezanson, Gabriel Brammer, Sam E. Cutler, Ivo Labbé, Joel Leja, Christina C. Williams, Katherine E. Whitaker, Pratika Dayal, Anna de Graaff, Robert Feldmann, Marijn Franx, Yoshinobu Fudamoto, Seiji Fujimoto, Lukas J. Furtak, Andy D. Goulding, Jenny E. Greene, Gourav Khullar, Vasily Kokorev, Mariska Kriek, Brian Lorenz, Danilo Marchesini, Michael V. Maseda, Jorryt Matthee, Tim B. Miller, Ikki Mitsuhashi, Lamiya A. Mowla, Adam Muzzin, Rohan P. Naidu, Themiya Nanayakkara, Erica J. Nelson, Pascal A. Oesch, David J. Setton, Heath Shipley, Renske Smit, Justin S. Spilker, Pieter van Dokkum, Adi Zitrin
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Quantifying the Effects of Known Unknowns on Inferred High-redshift Galaxy Properties: Burstiness, IMF, and Nebular Physics
The era of the James Webb Space Telescope ushers stellar population models into uncharted territories, particularly at the …
Bingjie Wang, Joel Leja, Hakim Atek, Ivo Labbé, Yijia Li, Rachel Bezanson, Gabriel Brammer, Sam E. Cutler, Pratika Dayal, Lukas J. Furtak, Jenny E. Greene, Vasily Kokorev, Richard Pan, Sedona H. Price, Katherine A. Suess, John R. Weaver, Katherine E. Whitaker, Christina C. Williams
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Remarkably Compact Quiescent Candidates at 3 < z < 5 in JWST-CEERS
In this Letter, we measure the rest-frame optical and near-infrared sizes of 10 quiescent candidates at 3 < z < 5, first reported …
Lillian Wright, Katherine E. Whitaker, John R. Weaver, Sam E. Cutler, Bingjie Wang, Adam Carnall, Katherine A. Suess, Rachel Bezanson, Erica Nelson, Tim B. Miller, Kei Ito, Francesco Valentino
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UNCOVER Spectroscopy Confirms the Surprising Ubiquity of Active Galactic Nuclei in Red Sources at z > 5
The James Webb Space Telescope is revealing a new population of dust-reddened broad-line active galactic nuclei (AGN) at redshifts z ≳ …
Jenny E. Greene, Ivo Labbé, Andy D. Goulding, Lukas J. Furtak, Iryna Chemerynska, Vasily Kokorev, Pratika Dayal, Marta Volonteri, Christina C. Williams, Bingjie Wang, David J. Setton, Adam J. Burgasser, Rachel Bezanson, Hakim Atek, Gabriel Brammer, Sam E. Cutler, Robert Feldmann, Seiji Fujimoto, Karl Glazebrook, Anna de Graaff, Gourav Khullar, Joel Leja, Danilo Marchesini, Michael V. Maseda, Jorryt Matthee, Tim B. Miller, Rohan P. Naidu, Themiya Nanayakkara, Pascal A. Oesch, Richard Pan, Casey Papovich, Sedona H. Price, Pieter van Dokkum, John R. Weaver, Katherine E. Whitaker, Adi Zitrin
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Most of the photons that reionized the Universe came from dwarf galaxies
The identification of sources driving cosmic reionization, a major phase transition from neutral hydrogen to ionized plasma around …
Hakim Atek, Ivo Labbé, Lukas J. Furtak, Iryna Chemerynska, Seiji Fujimoto, David J. Setton, Tim B. Miller, Pascal Oesch, Rachel Bezanson, Sedona H. Price, Pratika Dayal, Adi Zitrin, Vasily Kokorev, John R. Weaver, Gabriel Brammer, Pieter van Dokkum, Christina C. Williams, Sam E. Cutler, Robert Feldmann, Yoshinobu Fudamoto, Jenny E. Greene, Joel Leja, Michael V. Maseda, Adam Muzzin, Richard Pan, Casey Papovich, Erica J. Nelson, Themiya Nanayakkara, Daniel P. Stark, Mauro Stefanon, Katherine A. Suess, Bingjie Wang, Katherine E. Whitaker
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