Early Results from GLASS-JWST. XVIII. A First Morphological Atlas of the 1 < z < 5 Universe in the Rest-frame Optical

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Dokumenter

  • C. Jacobs
  • K. Glazebrook
  • A. Calabro
  • T. Treu
  • T. Nannayakkara
  • T. Jones
  • E. Merlin
  • R. Abraham
  • A. R. H. Stevens
  • B. Vulcani
  • L. Yang
  • A. Bonchi
  • K. Boyett
  • M. Bradac
  • M. Castellano
  • A. Fontana
  • D. Marchesini
  • M. Malkan
  • T. Morishita
  • D. Paris
  • P. Santini
  • M. Trenti
  • X. Wang

We present a rest-frame optical morphological analysis of galaxies observed with the NIRCam imager on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) as part of the GLASS-JWST Early Release Science program. We select 388 sources at redshifts 0.8 < z < 5.4 and use the seven 0.9-5 mu m NIRCam filters to generate rest-frame gri composite color images, and conduct visual morphological classification. Compared to Hubble Space Telescope (HST)-based work we find a higher incidence of disks and bulges than expected at z > 1.5, revealed by rest-frame optical imaging. We detect 123 clear disks (58 at z > 1.5) of which 76 have bulges. No evolution of bulge fraction with redshift is evident: 61% at z < 2 (N = 110) versus 60% at z >= 2 (N = 13). A stellar mass dependence is evident, with bulges visible in 80% of all disk galaxies with mass >10(9.5) M (circle dot) (N = 41) but only 52% at M < 10(9.5) M (circle dot) (N = 82). We supplement visual morphologies with nonparametric measurements of Gini and asymmetry coefficients in the rest-frame i band. Our sources are more asymmetric than local galaxies, with slightly higher Gini values. When compared to high-z rest-frame ultraviolet measurements with HST, JWST shows more regular morphological types such as disks, bulges, and spiral arms at z > 1.5, with smoother (i.e., lower Gini) and more symmetrical light distributions.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
Artikelnummer13
TidsskriftAstrophysical Journal Letters
Vol/bind948
Udgave nummer2
Antal sider9
ISSN2041-8205
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 1 maj 2023

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