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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has unveiled unexpectedly massive galaxy candidates at high redshifts, challenging standard $\Lambda$CDM cosmological predictions. In this work, we study the predictions of more realistic dark matter…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-03-17 Saeed Fakhry , Reyhaneh Vojoudi Salmani , Javad T. Firouzjaee

Using four different suites of cosmological simulations, we generate synthetic spectra for galaxies with different Lyman continuum escape fractions (fesc) at redshifts z=7-9, in the rest-frame wavelength range relevant for the James Webb…

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is expected to revolutionize our understanding of the high-redshift Universe, and may be able to test the prediction that the first, chemically pristine (population III) stars formed with very high…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 E. Zackrisson , C. -E. Rydberg , D. Schaerer , G. Ostlin , M. Tuli

We present the first James Webb Space Telescope/NIRCam-led determination of $7<z<9$ galaxy properties based on broadband imaging from 0.8 to 5~$\mathrm{\mu m}$ as part of the GLASS-JWST Early Release Science program. This is the deepest…

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a large, infrared space telescope that has recently started its science program which will enable breakthroughs in astrophysics and planetary science. Notably, JWST will provide the very first…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-31 Michael W. McElwain , Lee D. Feinberg , Marshall D. Perrin , Mark Clampin , C. Matt Mountain , Matthew D. Lallo , Charles-Philippe Lajoie , Randy A. Kimble , Charles W. Bowers , Christopher C. Stark , D. Scott Acton , Ken Aiello , Charles Atkinson , Beth Barinek , Allison Barto , Scott Basinger , Tracy Beck , Matthew D. Bergkoetter , Marcel Bluth , Rene A. Boucarut , Gregory R. Brady , Keira J. Brooks , Bob Brown , John Byard , Larkin Carey , Maria Carrasquilla , Sid Celeste , Dan Chae , David Chaney , Pierre Chayer , Taylor Chonis , Lester Cohen , Helen J. Cole , Thomas M. Comeau , Matthew Coon , Eric Coppock , Laura Coyle , Rick Davis , Bruce H. Dean , Kenneth J. Dziak , Michael Eisenhower , Nicolas Flagey , Randy Franck , Benjamin Gallagher , Larry Gilman , Tiffany Glassman , Gary Golnik , Joseph J. Green , John Grieco , Shari Haase , Theodore J. Hadjimichael , John G. Hagopian , Walter G. Hahn , George F. Hartig , Keith A. Havey , William L. Hayden , Robert Hellekson , Brian Hicks , Sherie T. Holfeltz , Joseph M. Howard , Jesse A. Huguet , Brian Jahne , Leslie A. Johnson , John D. Johnston , Alden S. Jurling , Jeffrey R. Kegley , Scott Kennard , Ritva A. Keski-Kuha , J. Scott Knight , Bernard A. Kulp , Joshua S. Levi , Marie B. Levine , Paul Lightsey , Robert A. Luetgens , John C. Mather , Gary W. Matthews , Andrew G. McKay , Kimberly I. Mehalick , Marcio Meléndez , Ted Messer , Gary E. Mosier , Jess Murphy , Edmund P. Nelan , Malcolm B. Niedner , Darin M. Noël , Catherine M. Ohara , Raymond G. Ohl , Eugene Olczak , Shannon B. Osborne , Sang Park , Kevin Patton , Charles Perrygo , Laurent Pueyo , Lisbeth Quesnel , Dale Ranck , David C. Redding , Michael W. Regan , Paul Reynolds , Rich Rifelli , Jane R. Rigby , Derek Sabatke , Babak N. Saif , Thomas R. Scorse , Byoung-Joon Seo , Fang Shi , Norbert Sigrist , Koby Smith , J. Scott Smith , Erin C. Smith , Sangmo Tony Sohn , John Spina , H. Philip Stahl , Randal Telfer , Todd Terlecki , Scott C. Texter , David Van Buren , Julie M. Van Campen , Begoña Vila , Mark F. Voyton , Mark Waldman , Chanda B. Walker , Nick Weiser , Conrad Wells , Garrett West , Tony L. Whitman , Eric Wick , Erin Wolf , Greg Young , Thomas P. Zielinski

We introduce the First Light And Reionisation Epoch Simulations (FLARES), a suite of zoom simulations using the EAGLE model. We resimulate a range of overdensities during the Epoch of Reionisation (EoR) in order to build composite…

Studies of the distant Universe are providing key insights into our understanding of the formation of galaxies. The advent of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has significantly enhanced our observational capabilities, leading to an…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-11-13 Jorryt Matthee

Isolated population III stars are postulated to exist at approximately z=10-30 and may attain masses up to a few hundred solar masses. The James Webb Space telescope (JWST) is the next large space based infrared telescope and is scheduled…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-03-08 C. -E. Rydberg , E. Zackrisson , P. Scott

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which has recently become operational, is capable of detecting objects at record-breaking redshifts, $z \gtrsim 15$. This is a crucial advance for observational cosmology, as at these redshifts the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-14 Nikita Lovyagin , Alexander. Raikov , Vladimir Yershov , Yuri Lovyagin

In anticipation of the upcoming deployment of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), we present high-redshift predictions by the well-established Santa Cruz semi-analytic model. We update the models by re-calibrating them after adopting…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-11-30 L. Y. Aaron Yung , Rachel S. Somerville , Steven L. Finkelstein , Gergö Popping , Romeel Davé

We present a new prospective analysis of deep multi-band imaging with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). In this work, we investigate the recovery of high-redshift $5<z<12$ galaxies through extensive image simulations of accepted JWST…

The James Webb Space Telescope will provide observational capabilities that far exceed those of current ground- or space-based instrumentation. In particular, the NIRSpec instrument will take highly sensitive spectroscopic data for hundreds…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-04-10 Michael V. Maseda , Marijn Franx , Jacopo Chevallard , Emma Curtis-Lake

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has discovered a surprising abundance of bright galaxy candidates in the very early Universe ($< 500$ Myrs after the Big Bang), calling into question current galaxy formation models. Spectroscopy is…

We analyze 347 galaxies at redshift $4<z<9.5$ using JWST observations from the CEERS program by fitting a two-dimensional parametric model simultaneously to the seven-filter NIRCam images to measure the overall structural parameters and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-09-28 Wen Sun , Luis C. Ho , Ming-Yang Zhuang , Chao Ma , Changhao Chen , Ruancun Li

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has extended the frontier of galaxy detection to redshifts z>11, finding a high abundance of UV-bright sources that challenge theoretical models. However, most current results come from just a few…

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has enabled the discovery of a significant population of galaxies at z > 10. Our understanding of the astrophysical properties of these galaxies relies on fitting templates developed using models…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-09 Thorbjørn Clausen , Charles L. Steinhardt , Arden Shao , Gaurav Senthil Kumar

We analyse the photometric and spectroscopic properties of four galaxies in the epoch of reionisation (EoR) within the SMACS 0723 JWST Early Release Observations field. Given the known spectroscopic redshifts of these sources, we…

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has spectroscopically confirmed galaxies up to $z\sim14$, 300 Myr after the Big Bang, and several candidates have been discovered at $z\sim15-25$, with one candidate as high as $z\sim30$, only 100 Myr…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-03-12 Junehyoung Jeon , Volker Bromm , Alessandra Venditti , Steven L. Finkelstein , Tiger Yu-Yang Hsiao

With the advent of JWST, we can probe the rest-frame optical emission of galaxies at $z>3$ with high sensitivity and spatial resolution, making it possible to accurately characterise red, optically-faint galaxies and thus move towards a…