Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies

UNCOVER: Illuminating the Early Universe-JWST/NIRSpec Confirmation of z > 12 Galaxies
Observations of high-redshift galaxies provide a critical direct test to the theories of early galaxy formation, yet to date, only …
Bingjie Wang, Seiji Fujimoto, Ivo Labbé, Lukas J. Furtak, Tim B. Miller, David J. Setton, Adi Zitrin, Hakim Atek, Rachel Bezanson, Gabriel Brammer, Joel Leja, Pascal A. Oesch, Sedona H. Price, Iryna Chemerynska, Sam E. Cutler, Pratika Dayal, Pieter van Dokkum, Andy D. Goulding, Jenny E. Greene, Y. Fudamoto, Gourav Khullar, Vasily Kokorev, Danilo Marchesini, Richard Pan, John R. Weaver, Katherine E. Whitaker, Christina C. Williams
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Quantifying the Effects of Known Unknowns on Inferred High-redshift Galaxy Properties: Burstiness, the 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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UNCOVER: The rest ultraviolet to near infrared multiwavelength structures and dust distributions of sub-millimeter-detected galaxies in Abell 2744
With the wavelength coverage, sensitivity, and high spatial resolution of JWST, it is now possible to peer through the dust attenuation …
Sedona H. Price, Katherine A. Suess, Christina C. Williams, Rachel Bezanson, Gourav Khullar, Erica J. Nelson, Bingjie Wang, John R. Weaver, Seiji Fujimoto, Vasily Kokorev, Jenny E. Greene, Gabriel Brammer, Sam E. Cutler, Pratika Dayal, Lukas J. Furtak, Ivo Labbé, Joel Leja, Tim B. Miller, Themiya Nanayakkara, Richard Pan, Katherine E. Whitaker
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DUALZ: Deep UNCOVER-ALMA Legacy High-Z Survey
We present the survey design and initial results of the ALMA Cycle 9 program of DUALZ, which aims to establish a joint ALMA and JWST …
Seiji Fujimoto, Rachel Bezanson, Ivo Labbé, Gabriel Brammer, Sedona H. Price, Bingjie Wang, John R. Weaver, Yoshinobu Fudamoto, Pascal A. Oesch, Christina C. Williams, Pratika Dayal, Robert Feldmann, Jenny E. Greene, Joel Leja, Katherine E. Whitaker, Adi Zitrin, Sam E. Cutler, Lukas J. Furtak, Richard Pan, Iryna Chemerynska, Vasily Kokorev, Tim B. Miller, Hakim Atek, Pieter van Dokkum, Stephanie Juneau, Susan Kassin, Gourav Khullar, Danilo Marchesini, Michael Maseda, Erica J. Nelson, David J. Setton, Renske Smit
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Dust attenuation, dust content, and geometry of star-forming galaxies
We analyse the joint distribution of dust attenuation and projected axis ratios, together with galaxy size and surface brightness …
Junkai Zhang, Stijn Wuyts, Sam E. Cutler, Lamiya A. Mowla, Gabriel B. Brammer, Ivelina G. Momcheva, Katherine E. Whitaker, Pieter van Dokkum, Natascha M. Förster Schreiber, Erica J. Nelson, Patricia Schady, Carolin Villforth, David Wake, Arjen van der Wel
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UNCOVER spectroscopy confirms a surprising ubiquity of AGN in red galaxies at z>5
JWST is revealing a new population of dust-reddened broad-line active galactic nuclei (AGN) at redshifts zrsim5. Here we present deep …
Jenny E. Greene, Ivo Labbé, Andy D. Goulding, Lukas J. Furtak, Iryna Chemerynska, Vasily Kokorev, Pratika Dayal, 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, 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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UNCOVER: The Growth of the First Massive Black Holes from JWST/NIRSpec-Spectroscopic Redshift Confirmation of an X-Ray Luminous AGN at z = 10.1
The James Webb Space Telescope is now detecting early black holes (BHs) as they transition from “seeds” to supermassive BHs. Recently, …
Andy D. Goulding, Jenny E. Greene, David J. Setton, Ivo Labbé, Rachel Bezanson, Tim B. Miller, Hakim Atek, Ákos Bogdán, Gabriel Brammer, Iryna Chemerynska, Sam E. Cutler, Pratika Dayal, Yoshinobu Fudamoto, Seiji Fujimoto, Lukas J. Furtak, Vasily Kokorev, Gourav Khullar, Joel Leja, Danilo Marchesini, Priyamvada Natarajan, Erica Nelson, Pascal A. Oesch, Richard Pan, Casey Papovich, Sedona H. Price, Pieter van Dokkum, Bingjie Wang, John R. Weaver, Katherine E. Whitaker, Adi Zitrin
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A supermassive black hole in the early universe growing in the shadows
Early JWST observations have uncovered a new, substantial population of red sources that might represent a previously overlooked phase …
Lukas J. Furtak, Ivo Labbé, Adi Zitrin, Jenny E. Greene, Pratika Dayal, Iryna Chemerynska, Vasily Kokorev, Tim B. Miller, Andy D. Goulding, 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, Yoshinobu Fudamoto, Seiji Fujimoto, Anna de Graaff, Karl Glazebrook, Stephanie Juneau, Danilo Marchesini, Michael V. Maseda, Erica Nelson, Pascal A. Oesch, Adèle Plat, David J. Setton, Daniel P. Stark, Christina C. Williams
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First spectroscopic observations of the galaxies that reionized the Universe
Low-mass galaxies in the early universe are believed to be the building blocks of present-day galaxies. These fledgling systems likely …
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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Rapid Quenching of Galaxies at Cosmic Noon
The existence of massive quiescent galaxies at high redshift seems to require rapid quenching, but it is unclear whether all quiescent …
Minjung Park, Sirio Belli, Charlie Conroy, Sandro Tacchella, Joel Leja, Sam E. Cutler, Benjamin D. Johnson, Erica J. Nelson, Razieh Emami
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