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Hidden Little Monsters: Spectroscopic Identification of Low-mass, Broad-line AGNs at z > 5 with CEERS
DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ace5a0 Bibcode: 2023ApJ...954L...4K

Papovich, Casey; Yang, Guang; Finkelstein, Steven L. +38 more

We report on the discovery of two low-luminosity, broad-line active galactic nuclei (AGNs) at z > 5 identified using JWST NIRSpec spectroscopy from the Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science (CEERS) survey. We detect broad Hα emission in the spectra of both sources, with FWHM of 2060 ± 290 km s‑1 and 1800 ± 200 km s‑1, res…

2023 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST JWST 305
A CEERS Discovery of an Accreting Supermassive Black Hole 570 Myr after the Big Bang: Identifying a Progenitor of Massive z > 6 Quasars
DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ace619 Bibcode: 2023ApJ...953L..29L

Papovich, Casey; Cole, Justin W.; Yang, Guang +49 more

We report the discovery of an accreting supermassive black hole at z = 8.679. This galaxy, denoted here as CEERS_1019, was previously discovered as a Lyα-break galaxy by Hubble with a Lyα redshift from Keck. As part of the Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science (CEERS) survey, we have observed this source with JWST/NIRSpec, MIRI, NIRCam, and NIRCa…

2023 The Astrophysical Journal
Herschel eHST JWST 304
Stress testing ΛCDM with high-redshift galaxy candidates
DOI: 10.1038/s41550-023-01937-7 Bibcode: 2023NatAs...7..731B

Boylan-Kolchin, Michael

Early data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have revealed a bevy of high-redshift galaxy candidates with unexpectedly high stellar masses. An immediate concern is the consistency of these candidates with galaxy formation in the standard ΛCDM cosmological model, wherein the stellar mass (M) of a galaxy is limited by the availa…

2023 Nature Astronomy
JWST 289
Discovery and properties of ultra-high redshift galaxies (9 < z < 12) in the JWST ERO SMACS 0723 Field
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stac3347 Bibcode: 2023MNRAS.518.4755A

Verma, A.; Conselice, C. J.; Adams, N. J. +8 more

We present a reduction and analysis of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) SMACS 0723 field using new post-launch calibrations to conduct a search for ultra-high-redshift galaxies (z > 9) present within the Epoch of Reionization. We conduct this search by modelling photometric redshifts in several ways for all sources and by applying conserva…

2023 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
eHST JWST 251
Gaia Data Release 3. Properties and validation of the radial velocities
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202244220 Bibcode: 2023A&A...674A...5K

Smith, M.; Gosset, E.; Caffau, E. +47 more

Context. Gaia Data Release 3 (Gaia DR3) contains the second release of the combined radial velocities. It is based on the spectra collected during the first 34 months of the nominal mission. The longer time baseline and the improvements of the pipeline made it possible to push the processing limit from GRVS = 12 in Gaia DR2 to GRVS…

2023 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 244
The chemical enrichment in the early Universe as probed by JWST via direct metallicity measurements at z ∼ 8
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stac2737 Bibcode: 2023MNRAS.518..425C

Chevallard, Jacopo; Maseda, Michael V.; Carniani, Stefano +30 more

We analyse the chemical properties of three z~ 8 galaxies behind the galaxy cluster SMACS J0723.3-7327, observed as part of the Early Release Observations programme of the James Webb Space Telescope. Exploiting [O III]λ4363 auroral line detections in NIRSpec spectra, we robustly apply the direct Te method for the very first time at such…

2023 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
JWST 235
JWST Census for the Mass-Metallicity Star Formation Relations at z = 4-10 with Self-consistent Flux Calibration and Proper Metallicity Calibrators
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4365/acd556 Bibcode: 2023ApJS..269...33N

Ono, Yoshiaki; Ouchi, Masami; Harikane, Yuichi +5 more

We present the evolution of the mass-metallicity (MZ) relation at z = 4-10 derived with 135 galaxies identified in JWST/NIRSpec data taken from the three major public spectroscopy programs of ERO, GLASS, and CEERS. Because there are many discrepancies between the flux measurements reported by the early ERO studies, we first establish our NIRSpec d…

2023 The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
eHST JWST 232
Identification and properties of intense star-forming galaxies at redshifts z > 10
DOI: 10.1038/s41550-023-01921-1 Bibcode: 2023NatAs...7..611R

Maiolino, R.; Sun, F.; Egami, E. +53 more

Surveys with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have discovered candidate galaxies in the first 400 Myr of cosmic time. Preliminary indications have suggested these candidate galaxies may be more massive and abundant than previously thought. However, without confirmed distances, their inferred properties remain uncertain. Here we identify four …

2023 Nature Astronomy
Gaia JWST 231
Gaia Data Release 3. Stellar multiplicity, a teaser for the hidden treasure
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202243782 Bibcode: 2023A&A...674A..34G

Prusti, T.; Mazeh, T.; Zucker, S. +448 more

Context. The Gaia DR3 catalogue contains, for the first time, about 800 000 solutions with either orbital elements or trend parameters for astrometric, spectroscopic, and eclipsing binaries, and combinations of these three.
Aims: With this paper, we aim to illustrate the huge potential of this large non-single-star catalogue.
Methods: Us…

2023 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 228
CEERS Epoch 1 NIRCam Imaging: Reduction Methods and Simulations Enabling Early JWST Science Results
DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/acbb08 Bibcode: 2023ApJ...946L..12B

Papovich, Casey; Yang, Guang; Finkelstein, Steven L. +37 more

We present the data release and data reduction process for the Epoch 1 NIRCam observations for the Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science Survey (CEERS). These data consist of NIRCam imaging in six broadband filters (F115W, F150W, F200W, F277W, F356W and F444W) and one medium-band filter (F410M) over four pointings, obtained in parallel with prima…

2023 The Astrophysical Journal
Gaia eHST JWST 225