Nature Astronomy

, volume 7 , issue 5 , pages 611-621

Identification and properties of intense star-forming galaxies at redshifts z > 10

Brant E. Robertson ¹

Sandro Tacchella ^{2, 3}

Benjamin D. Johnson ⁴

K. Hainline ⁵

Lily Whitler ⁵

Daniel J. Eisenstein ⁴

R. Endsley ⁶

M Rieke ⁵

D. P. Stark ⁵

S Alberts ⁵

A. Dressler ⁷

Eiichi EGAMI ⁵

Ryan Hausen ⁸

G. Rieke ⁵

I. Shivaei ⁵

Christina C. Williams ⁹

Christopher N. A. Willmer ⁵

Santiago Arribas ¹⁰

N. Bonaventura ^{11, 12}

Andrew J. Bunker ¹³

Alex J. Cameron ¹³

Stefano Carniani ¹⁴

Stephane Charlot ¹⁵

J Chevallard ¹³

M. Curti ^{2, 3}

Emma Curtis-Lake ¹⁶

Francesco D’Eugenio ^{2, 3}

P. Jakobsen ^{11, 12}

T. J. Looser ^{2, 3}

Nora Luetzgendorf ¹⁷

R. Maiolino ^{2, 3, 18}

Michael Maseda ¹⁹

Timothy D. Rawle ¹⁷

Hans-Walter Rix ²⁰

Renske Smit ²¹

H. Übler ^{2, 3}

Chris J. Willott ²²

Joris Witstok ^{2, 3}

S. Baum ²³

Rachana Bhatawdekar ²⁴

Kristan N. K. Boyett ^{25, 26}

Zuyi Chen ⁵

Anna de Graaff ²⁰

M Florian ⁵

J. M. Helton ⁵

Raphael E. Hviding ⁵

Z. Ji ⁵

Nimisha Kumari ²⁷

Jianwei Lyu ⁵

E. Nelson ²⁸

L. Sandles ^{2, 3}

Aayush Saxena ^{13, 18}

Katherine A. Suess ^{1, 29}

F. Sun ⁵

M. Topping ⁵

I. E. B. Wallace ¹³

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Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA |

Kavli Institute for Cosmology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK |

Cavendish laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK |

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Center for Astrophysics, Harvard and Smithsonian, Cambridge, USA |

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Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA |

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Department of Astronomy, University of Texas, Austin, USA |

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The Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science, Pasadena, USA |

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Department of Physics and Astronomy, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA |

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NSF’s National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory, Tucson, USA |

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Centre for Astrobiology (CAB), CSIC–INTA, Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain

Spanish Astrobiology Center

National Institute for Aerospace Technology

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Cosmic Dawn Center (DAWN), Copenhagen, Denmark |

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Niels Bohr institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark |

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Department of physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK |

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Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy |

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Institute for Astrophysics of Paris, Sorbonne University, CNRS, UMR7095, Paris, France |

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Centre for Astrophysics Research, Department of Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK |

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Space Telescope Science Institute, European Space Agency, Baltimore, USA |

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Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London, UK |

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Department of Astronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, USA |

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Max-Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg, Germany |

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Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK |

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NRC Herzberg, Victoria, Canada |

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Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada |

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European Space Agency, ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands |

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School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia |

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ARC Centre of Excellence for All Sky Astrophysics in 3 Dimensions (ASTRO 3D), Parkville, Australia |

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Space Telescope Science Institute, AURA for European Space Agency, Baltimore, USA |

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Department for Astrophysical and Planetary Science, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA |

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Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology and Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, USA

Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology

Stanford University

Publication type: Journal Article

Publication date: 2023-04-04

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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 galaxies located in the JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey Near-Infrared Camera imaging with photometric redshifts z of roughly 10–13. These galaxies include the first redshift z > 12 systems discovered with distances spectroscopically confirmed by JWST in a companion paper. Using stellar population modelling, we find the galaxies typically contain 100 million solar masses in stars, in stellar populations that are less than 100 million years old. The moderate star-formation rates and compact sizes suggest elevated star-formation rate surface densities, a key indicator of their formation pathways. Taken together, these measurements show that the first galaxies contributing to cosmic reionization formed rapidly and with intense internal radiation fields. The JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey using NIRCam to find the earliest galaxies reveals the size and star formation rates of four extreme redshift (z > 10) galaxies of the distant Universe.

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DO - 10.1038/s41550-023-01921-1

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TI - Identification and properties of intense star-forming galaxies at redshifts z > 10

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AU - Robertson, Brant E.

AU - Tacchella, Sandro

AU - Johnson, Benjamin D.

AU - Hainline, K.

AU - Whitler, Lily

AU - Eisenstein, Daniel J.

AU - Endsley, R.

AU - Rieke, M

AU - Stark, D. P.

AU - Alberts, S

AU - Dressler, A.

AU - EGAMI, Eiichi

AU - Hausen, Ryan

AU - Rieke, G.

AU - Shivaei, I.

AU - Williams, Christina C.

AU - Willmer, Christopher N. A.

AU - Arribas, Santiago

AU - Bonaventura, N.

AU - Bunker, Andrew J.

AU - Cameron, Alex J.

AU - Carniani, Stefano

AU - Charlot, Stephane

AU - Chevallard, J

AU - Curti, M.

AU - Curtis-Lake, Emma

AU - D’Eugenio, Francesco

AU - Jakobsen, P.

AU - Looser, T. J.

AU - Luetzgendorf, Nora

AU - Maiolino, R.

AU - Maseda, Michael

AU - Rawle, Timothy D.

AU - Rix, Hans-Walter

AU - Smit, Renske

AU - Übler, H.

AU - Willott, Chris J.

AU - Witstok, Joris

AU - Baum, S.

AU - Bhatawdekar, Rachana

AU - Boyett, Kristan N. K.

AU - Chen, Zuyi

AU - de Graaff, Anna

AU - Florian, M

AU - Helton, J. M.

AU - Hviding, Raphael E.

AU - Ji, Z.

AU - Kumari, Nimisha

AU - Lyu, Jianwei

AU - Nelson, E.

AU - Sandles, L.

AU - Saxena, Aayush

AU - Suess, Katherine A.

AU - Sun, F.

AU - Topping, M.

AU - Wallace, I. E. B.

PY - 2023

DA - 2023/04/04

PB - Springer Nature

SP - 611-621

IS - 5

VL - 7

SN - 2397-3366

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@article{2023_Robertson,

author = {Brant E. Robertson and Sandro Tacchella and Benjamin D. Johnson and K. Hainline and Lily Whitler and Daniel J. Eisenstein and R. Endsley and M Rieke and D. P. Stark and S Alberts and A. Dressler and Eiichi EGAMI and Ryan Hausen and G. Rieke and I. Shivaei and Christina C. Williams and Christopher N. A. Willmer and Santiago Arribas and N. Bonaventura and Andrew J. Bunker and Alex J. Cameron and Stefano Carniani and Stephane Charlot and J Chevallard and M. Curti and Emma Curtis-Lake and Francesco D’Eugenio and P. Jakobsen and T. J. Looser and Nora Luetzgendorf and R. Maiolino and Michael Maseda and Timothy D. Rawle and Hans-Walter Rix and Renske Smit and H. Übler and Chris J. Willott and Joris Witstok and S. Baum and Rachana Bhatawdekar and Kristan N. K. Boyett and Zuyi Chen and Anna de Graaff and M Florian and J. M. Helton and Raphael E. Hviding and Z. Ji and Nimisha Kumari and Jianwei Lyu and E. Nelson and others},

title = {Identification and properties of intense star-forming galaxies at redshifts z > 10},

journal = {Nature Astronomy},

year = {2023},

volume = {7},

publisher = {Springer Nature},

month = {apr},

url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-023-01921-1},

number = {5},

pages = {611--621},

doi = {10.1038/s41550-023-01921-1}

}

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Robertson, Brant E., et al. “Identification and properties of intense star-forming galaxies at redshifts z > 10.” Nature Astronomy, vol. 7, no. 5, Apr. 2023, pp. 611-621. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-023-01921-1.

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