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JWST NIRSpec Spectroscopy of the Remarkable Bright Galaxy GHZ2/GLASS-z12 at Redshift 12.34
Santini, Paola; Arrabal Haro, Pablo; Calabrò, Antonello +28 more
We spectroscopically confirm the M UV = ‑20.5 mag galaxy GHZ2/GLASS-z12 to be at redshift z = 12.34. The source was selected via NIRCam photometry in GLASS-JWST Early Release Science data, providing the first evidence of a surprising abundance of bright galaxies at z ≳ 10. The NIRSpec PRISM spectrum shows detections of N IV, C IV, He II…
EPOCHS. II. The Ultraviolet Luminosity Function from 7.5 < z < 13.5 Using 180 arcmin2 of Deep, Blank Fields from the PEARLS Survey and Public JWST Data
Grogin, Norman A.; Hathi, Nimish P.; Koekemoer, Anton M. +34 more
We present an analysis of the ultraviolet luminosity function (UV LF) and star formation rate density of distant galaxies (7.5 < z < 13.5) in the "blank" fields of the Prime Extragalactic Areas for Reionization and Lensing Science (PEARLS) survey combined with Early Release Science data from the CEERS, GLASS, and NGDEEP surveys/fields and th…
The Galaxies Missed by Hubble and ALMA: The Contribution of Extremely Red Galaxies to the Cosmic Census at 3 < z < 8
Pérez-González, Pablo G.; Maseda, Michael V.; Carniani, Stefano +35 more
Using deep JWST imaging from JADES, JEMS, and SMILES, we characterize optically faint and extremely red galaxies at z > 3 that were previously missing from galaxy census estimates. The data indicate the existence of abundant, dusty, and poststarburst-like galaxies down to 108 M ⊙, below the sensitivity limit of Spitzer an…
An Updated Mass-Radius Analysis of the 2017-2018 NICER Data Set of PSR J0030+0451
Chakrabarty, Deepto; Bogdanov, Slavko; Salmi, Tuomo +12 more
In 2019 the NICER collaboration published the first mass and radius inferred for PSR J0030+0451, thanks to NICER observations, and consequent constraints on the equation of state characterizing dense matter. Two independent analyses found a mass of ~1.3-1.4 M ⊙ and a radius of ~13 km. They also both found that the hot spots were all loc…
JWST NIRSpec Spectroscopy of the Triply Lensed z = 10.17 Galaxy MACS0647–JD
Hutchison, Taylor A.; Larson, Rebecca L.; Wilkins, Stephen M. +38 more
We present JWST/NIRSpec prism spectroscopy of MACS0647‑JD, a triply lensed z ∼ 11 candidate discovered in Hubble Space Telescope imaging and spatially resolved by JWST imaging into two components, A and B. Spectroscopy of component A yields a spectroscopic redshift z = 10.17 based on seven detected emission lines: C III] λ λ1907, 1909, [O II] λ372…
A NICER View of the Nearest and Brightest Millisecond Pulsar: PSR J0437–4715
Remillard, Ronald A.; Bogdanov, Slavko; Salmi, Tuomo +17 more
We report Bayesian inference of the mass, radius, and hot X-ray emitting region properties—using data from the Neutron Star Interior Composition ExploreR (NICER)—for the brightest rotation-powered millisecond X-ray pulsar, PSR J0437‑4715. Our modeling is conditional on informative tight priors on mass, distance, and binary inclination obtained fro…
COSMOS-Web: Intrinsically Luminous z ≳ 10 Galaxy Candidates Test Early Stellar Mass Assembly
Finkelstein, Steven L.; Casey, Caitlin M.; Kartaltepe, Jeyhan S. +39 more
We report the discovery of 15 exceptionally luminous 10 ≲ z ≲ 14 candidate galaxies discovered in the first 0.28 deg2 of JWST/NIRCam imaging from the COSMOS-Web survey. These sources span rest-frame UV magnitudes of ‑20.5 > M UV > ‑22, and thus constitute the most intrinsically luminous z ≳ 10 candidates identified by J…
JWST Measurements of Neutral Hydrogen Fractions and Ionized Bubble Sizes at z = 7–12 Obtained with Lyα Damping Wing Absorptions in 27 Bright Continuum Galaxies
Ono, Yoshiaki; Ouchi, Masami; Harikane, Yuichi +5 more
We present volume-averaged neutral hydrogen fractions x H I and ionized bubble radii R b measured with Lyα damping wing absorption of galaxies at the epoch of reionization. We combine JWST/NIRSpec spectra taken by the CEERS, GO-1433, DDT-2750, and JADES programs and obtain a sample containing 27 bright UV-continuum (M UV…
Earliest Galaxies in the JADES Origins Field: Luminosity Function and Cosmic Star Formation Rate Density 300 Myr after the Big Bang
Pérez-González, Pablo G.; Chevallard, Jacopo; Maseda, Michael V. +33 more
We characterize the earliest galaxy population in the JADES Origins Field, the deepest imaging field observed with JWST. We make use of ancillary Hubble Space Telescope optical images (five filters spanning 0.4–0.9 µm) and novel JWST images with 14 filters spanning 0.8‑5 µm, including seven medium-band filters, and reaching total expos…
ULTRASAT: A Wide-field Time-domain UV Space Telescope
Mazeh, T.; Gal-Yam, A.; Tal-Or, L. +41 more
The Ultraviolet Transient Astronomy Satellite (ULTRASAT) is scheduled to be launched to geostationary orbit in 2027. It will carry a telescope with an unprecedentedly large field of view (204 deg2) and near-ultraviolet (NUV; 230–290 nm) sensitivity (22.5 mag, 5σ, at 900 s). ULTRASAT will conduct the first wide-field survey of transient …