Early Results from GLASS-JWST. III. Galaxy Candidates at z similar to 9-15*

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Early Results from GLASS-JWST. III. Galaxy Candidates at z similar to 9-15*. / Castellano, Marco; Fontana, Adriano; Treu, Tommaso; Santini, Paola; Merlin, Emiliano; Leethochawalit, Nicha; Trenti, Michele; Vanzella, Eros; Mestric, Uros; Bonchi, Andrea; Belfiori, Davide; Nonino, Mario; Paris, Diego; Polenta, Gianluca; Roberts-Borsani, Guido; Boyett, Kristan; Bradac, Marusa; Calabro, Antonello; Glazebrook, Karl; Grillo, Claudio; Mascia, Sara; Mason, Charlotte; Mercurio, Amata; Morishita, Takahiro; Nanayakkara, Themiya; Pentericci, Laura; Rosati, Piero; Vulcani, Benedetta; Wang, Xin; Yang, Lilan.

In: Astrophysical Journal Letters, Vol. 938, No. 2, L15, 01.10.2022.

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Castellano, M, Fontana, A, Treu, T, Santini, P, Merlin, E, Leethochawalit, N, Trenti, M, Vanzella, E, Mestric, U, Bonchi, A, Belfiori, D, Nonino, M, Paris, D, Polenta, G, Roberts-Borsani, G, Boyett, K, Bradac, M, Calabro, A, Glazebrook, K, Grillo, C, Mascia, S, Mason, C, Mercurio, A, Morishita, T, Nanayakkara, T, Pentericci, L, Rosati, P, Vulcani, B, Wang, X & Yang, L 2022, 'Early Results from GLASS-JWST. III. Galaxy Candidates at z similar to 9-15*', Astrophysical Journal Letters, vol. 938, no. 2, L15. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ac94d0

APA

Castellano, M., Fontana, A., Treu, T., Santini, P., Merlin, E., Leethochawalit, N., Trenti, M., Vanzella, E., Mestric, U., Bonchi, A., Belfiori, D., Nonino, M., Paris, D., Polenta, G., Roberts-Borsani, G., Boyett, K., Bradac, M., Calabro, A., Glazebrook, K., ... Yang, L. (2022). Early Results from GLASS-JWST. III. Galaxy Candidates at z similar to 9-15*. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 938(2), [L15]. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ac94d0

Vancouver

Castellano M, Fontana A, Treu T, Santini P, Merlin E, Leethochawalit N et al. Early Results from GLASS-JWST. III. Galaxy Candidates at z similar to 9-15*. Astrophysical Journal Letters. 2022 Oct 1;938(2). L15. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ac94d0

Author

Castellano, Marco ; Fontana, Adriano ; Treu, Tommaso ; Santini, Paola ; Merlin, Emiliano ; Leethochawalit, Nicha ; Trenti, Michele ; Vanzella, Eros ; Mestric, Uros ; Bonchi, Andrea ; Belfiori, Davide ; Nonino, Mario ; Paris, Diego ; Polenta, Gianluca ; Roberts-Borsani, Guido ; Boyett, Kristan ; Bradac, Marusa ; Calabro, Antonello ; Glazebrook, Karl ; Grillo, Claudio ; Mascia, Sara ; Mason, Charlotte ; Mercurio, Amata ; Morishita, Takahiro ; Nanayakkara, Themiya ; Pentericci, Laura ; Rosati, Piero ; Vulcani, Benedetta ; Wang, Xin ; Yang, Lilan. / Early Results from GLASS-JWST. III. Galaxy Candidates at z similar to 9-15*. In: Astrophysical Journal Letters. 2022 ; Vol. 938, No. 2.

Bibtex

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title = "Early Results from GLASS-JWST. III. Galaxy Candidates at z similar to 9-15*",
abstract = "We present the results of a first search for galaxy candidates at z similar to 9-15 on deep seven-band NIRCam imaging acquired as part of the GLASS-James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Early Release Science Program on a flanking field of the Frontier Fields cluster A2744. Candidates are selected via two different renditions of the Lyman-break technique, isolating objects at z similar to 9-11, and z similar to 9-15, respectively, supplemented by photometric redshifts obtained with two independent codes. We find five color-selected candidates at z > 9, plus one additional candidate with photometric redshift z (phot) >= 9. In particular, we identify two bright candidates at M (UV) similar or equal to -21 that are unambiguously placed at z similar or equal to 10.6 and z similar or equal to 12.2, respectively. The total number of galaxies discovered at z > 9 is in line with the predictions of a nonevolving luminosity function. The two bright ones at z > 10 are unexpected given the survey volume, although cosmic variance and small number statistics limits general conclusions. This first search demonstrates the unique power of JWST to discover galaxies at the high-redshift frontier. The candidates are ideal targets for spectroscopic follow-up in Cycle-2.",
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author = "Marco Castellano and Adriano Fontana and Tommaso Treu and Paola Santini and Emiliano Merlin and Nicha Leethochawalit and Michele Trenti and Eros Vanzella and Uros Mestric and Andrea Bonchi and Davide Belfiori and Mario Nonino and Diego Paris and Gianluca Polenta and Guido Roberts-Borsani and Kristan Boyett and Marusa Bradac and Antonello Calabro and Karl Glazebrook and Claudio Grillo and Sara Mascia and Charlotte Mason and Amata Mercurio and Takahiro Morishita and Themiya Nanayakkara and Laura Pentericci and Piero Rosati and Benedetta Vulcani and Xin Wang and Lilan Yang",
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T1 - Early Results from GLASS-JWST. III. Galaxy Candidates at z similar to 9-15*

AU - Castellano, Marco

AU - Fontana, Adriano

AU - Treu, Tommaso

AU - Santini, Paola

AU - Merlin, Emiliano

AU - Leethochawalit, Nicha

AU - Trenti, Michele

AU - Vanzella, Eros

AU - Mestric, Uros

AU - Bonchi, Andrea

AU - Belfiori, Davide

AU - Nonino, Mario

AU - Paris, Diego

AU - Polenta, Gianluca

AU - Roberts-Borsani, Guido

AU - Boyett, Kristan

AU - Bradac, Marusa

AU - Calabro, Antonello

AU - Glazebrook, Karl

AU - Grillo, Claudio

AU - Mascia, Sara

AU - Mason, Charlotte

AU - Mercurio, Amata

AU - Morishita, Takahiro

AU - Nanayakkara, Themiya

AU - Pentericci, Laura

AU - Rosati, Piero

AU - Vulcani, Benedetta

AU - Wang, Xin

AU - Yang, Lilan

PY - 2022/10/1

Y1 - 2022/10/1

N2 - We present the results of a first search for galaxy candidates at z similar to 9-15 on deep seven-band NIRCam imaging acquired as part of the GLASS-James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Early Release Science Program on a flanking field of the Frontier Fields cluster A2744. Candidates are selected via two different renditions of the Lyman-break technique, isolating objects at z similar to 9-11, and z similar to 9-15, respectively, supplemented by photometric redshifts obtained with two independent codes. We find five color-selected candidates at z > 9, plus one additional candidate with photometric redshift z (phot) >= 9. In particular, we identify two bright candidates at M (UV) similar or equal to -21 that are unambiguously placed at z similar or equal to 10.6 and z similar or equal to 12.2, respectively. The total number of galaxies discovered at z > 9 is in line with the predictions of a nonevolving luminosity function. The two bright ones at z > 10 are unexpected given the survey volume, although cosmic variance and small number statistics limits general conclusions. This first search demonstrates the unique power of JWST to discover galaxies at the high-redshift frontier. The candidates are ideal targets for spectroscopic follow-up in Cycle-2.

AB - We present the results of a first search for galaxy candidates at z similar to 9-15 on deep seven-band NIRCam imaging acquired as part of the GLASS-James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Early Release Science Program on a flanking field of the Frontier Fields cluster A2744. Candidates are selected via two different renditions of the Lyman-break technique, isolating objects at z similar to 9-11, and z similar to 9-15, respectively, supplemented by photometric redshifts obtained with two independent codes. We find five color-selected candidates at z > 9, plus one additional candidate with photometric redshift z (phot) >= 9. In particular, we identify two bright candidates at M (UV) similar or equal to -21 that are unambiguously placed at z similar or equal to 10.6 and z similar or equal to 12.2, respectively. The total number of galaxies discovered at z > 9 is in line with the predictions of a nonevolving luminosity function. The two bright ones at z > 10 are unexpected given the survey volume, although cosmic variance and small number statistics limits general conclusions. This first search demonstrates the unique power of JWST to discover galaxies at the high-redshift frontier. The candidates are ideal targets for spectroscopic follow-up in Cycle-2.

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KW - UV LUMINOSITY FUNCTION

KW - HIGH-REDSHIFT GALAXIES

KW - PHOTOMETRIC REDSHIFTS

KW - STAR-FORMATION

KW - FAINT-END

KW - T-PHOT

KW - I.

KW - EVOLUTION

KW - POPULATION

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DO - 10.3847/2041-8213/ac94d0

M3 - Journal article

VL - 938

JO - The Astrophysical Journal Letters

JF - The Astrophysical Journal Letters

SN - 2041-8205

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ER -

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