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One of the primary goals for the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is to observe the first galaxies. Predictions for planned and proposed surveys have typically focused on average galaxy counts, assuming a random distribution of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-12-15 Charles L. Steinhardt , Christian Kragh Jespersen , Nora B. Linzer

We study the rest-frame optical and ultraviolet morphology of galaxies in the first billion years of the Universe. Using JWST data from the UNCOVER and MegaScience surveys targeting the lensing cluster Abell 2744 we present multi-band…

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scheduled for launch in 2014, is expected to revolutionize our understanding of the high-redshift Universe. Even so, many of the most interesting sources that may be hiding at redshifts z~10…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-17 E. Zackrisson

To understand the formation and evolution of galaxies at redshifts z < 10, one must invariably introduce specific models (e.g., for the star formation) in order to fully interpret the data. Unfortunately, this tends to render the analysis…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-19 Manoj K. Yennapureddy , Fulvio Melia

We present the deepest clustering analysis of early galaxies to date, analyzing $N_{\rm{g}} \simeq 6500$ photometrically-selected Lyman Break Galaxies from JWST's Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES) to reveal how galaxies and dark…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-01-06 Nicolò Dalmasso , Giovanni Ferrami , Nicha Leethochawalit , Emanuele M. Ventura , Michele Trenti

Early results from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) observations have hinted at two traces beyond the standard cosmological framework. One is the extraordinarily high stellar masses and their density at $z=7.5\sim9.1$, another is the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-09-13 Yi-Ying Wang , Lei Lei , Guan-Wen Yuan , Yi-Zhong Fan

One of the most exciting and pressing issues in cosmology today is the discrepancy between some measurements of the local Hubble constant and other values of the expansion rate inferred from the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-19 Wendy L. Freedman , Barry F. Madore

JWST continues to reveal an astonishing number of massive quiescent galaxies at $z>4$, with number densities $\gtrsim10\times$ higher than model predictions. NIRSpec spectra imply that many of these systems underwent intense starburst…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-12-16 Nadara Hudson , Ryan Endsley , John Chisholm

Cosmic strings, if they exist, source nonlinear and non-Gaussian perturbations all the way back to the time of equal matter and radiation (and earlier). Here, we compute the mass function of halos seeded by a scaling distribution of cosmic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-16 Hao Jiao , Robert Brandenberger , Alexandre Refregier

JWST observations confirm the existence of galaxies as early as 300Myr and at a higher number density than expected based on galaxy formation models and HST observations. Yet, sources confirmed spectroscopically in the first 500Myr have…

The extremely rapid assembly of the earliest galaxies during the first billion years of cosmic history is a major challenge for our understanding of galaxy formation physics. The advent of JWST has exacerbated this issue by confirming the…

The generation and evolution of dust in galaxies are important tracers for star formation, and can characterize the rest-frame ultraviolet to infrared emission from the galaxies. In particular understanding dust in high-redshift galaxies…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-10-05 Daichi Tsuna , Yurina Nakazato , Tilman Hartwig

In the paper, we consider two models in which dark energy is coupled with either dust matter or dark matter, and discuss the conditions that allow more time for structure formation to take place at high redshifts. These models are expected…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-08 Shulei Cao , Tong-Jie Zhang , Xinya Wang , Tingting Zhang

We present a comprehensive search and analysis of high-redshift galaxies in a suite of nine public JWST extragalactic fields taken in Cycle 1, covering a total effective search area of $\sim358{\rm arcmin^2}$. Through conservative…

The conventional picture of supermassive black-hole growth in the standard model had already been seriously challenged by the emergence of $\sim 10^9\;M_\odot$ quasars at $z\sim 7.5$, conflicting with the predicted formation of structure in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-05 Fulvio Melia

Early JWST studies reporting an unexpected abundance of massive galaxies at $z \sim 5$--$8$ challenge galaxy formation models in the $\Lambda$CDM framework. Previous stellar mass ($M_\star$) estimates suffered from large uncertainties due…

We present low-resolution near-infrared stacked spectra from the 3D-HST survey up to $z=2.0$ and fit them with commonly used stellar population synthesis models: BC03 (Bruzual & Charlot, 2003), FSPS10 (Flexible Stellar Population Synthesis,…

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

The bursty, time-variable nature of star formation in the first billion years, as revealed by JWST, drives phases of temporary quiescence in low-mass galaxies that quench after starbursts. These galaxies provide unique probes of the…