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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has unveiled a population of unexpectedly massive and luminous galaxies at redshifts $z \gtrsim 7$, posing a significant challenge to the standard $\Lambda$CDM cosmological paradigm. In this work, we…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-03-17 Saeed Fakhry , Maryam Shiravand , Antonino Del Popolo

We study the reliability of the statistical background subtraction method for computing the Ks-band luminosity function of cluster galaxies at z~1 using mock Red-sequence Cluster Survey cluster catalogues constructed from GALFORM…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Roberto P. Muñoz , Nelson D. Padilla , Luis F. Barrientos

Recent ground-based deep observations of the Universe have discovered large populations of massive quiescent galaxies at z~3-5. With the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the on-board NIRSpec instrument will provide…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-06-22 Themiya Nanayakkara , James Esdaile , Karl Glazebrook , Juan M. Espejo Salcedo , Mark Durre , Colin Jacobs

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…

Over the coming decade, the observational samples available for studies of cluster abundance evolution will increase from tens to hundreds, or possibly to thousands, of clusters. Here we assess the power of future surveys to determine…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Zoltan Haiman , Joseph J. Mohr , Gilbert P. Holder

$K$ and evolutionary corrections are given for the E, Sa and Sc Hubble types for the $U, B, V, R, I, J, H, K$ filters of the Johnson -- Bessell \& Brett photometric system and the $gri$ filters of the modified Thuan \& Gunn system up to the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Bianca Maria Poggianti

Galaxy morphologies provide valuable insights into their formation processes, tracing the spatial distribution of ongoing star formation and encoding signatures of dynamical interactions. While such information has been extensively…

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is predicted to make great advances in the field of exoplanet atmospheres. Its 25 m2 mirror means that it can reach unprecedented levels of precision in observations of transit spectra, and can thus…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-02-10 Joanna K. Barstow , Suzanne Aigrain , Patrick G. J. Irwin , Sarah Kendrew , Leigh N. Fletcher

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has made startling discoveries regarding the early universe. It has revealed galaxies as soon as 300 million years after the Big Bang, challenging current galaxy formation models. Additionally, it has…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-04-19 Félix Llorente de Andrés

The stable environment of space makes HST an excellent astrometric tool. Its diffraction-limited resolution allows it to distinguish and measure positions and fluxes for stars all the way to the center of most globular clusters. Apart from…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-01-14 Andrea Bellini , Roeland P. van der Marel , Jay Anderson

The first deep field images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) of the galaxy cluster SMACS~J0723.3-7327 reveal a wealth of new lensed images at uncharted infrared wavelengths, with unprecedented depth and resolution. Here we…

We use data on the high-redshift evolution of the size distribution and luminosity function of galaxies to constrain the relationship between their star formation efficiency and starburst lifetime. Based on the derived scaling relations, we…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Stuart Wyithe , Abraham Loeb

The James Webb Space Telescop (JWST) promises to revolutionise our understanding of the early Universe, and contrasting its upcoming observations with predictions of the $\Lambda$CDM model requires detailed theoretical forecasts. Here, we…

Strongly lensed star clusters have recently been detected up to redshift $z\approx 10$ in galaxy cluster fields using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). When pairs of mirror images of such star clusters appear across the lensing…

The studies of the evolution of galaxies in Galaxy Clusters have as a traditional complication the difficulty in establishing cluster membership of those sources detected in the field of view. The determination of spectroscopic redshifts…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-27 Ricardo Perez-Martinez , Miguel Sanchez-Portal , Jordi Cepa , Angel Bongiovanni , Ana Perez Garcia

Photometric redshift classifiers provide a means of estimating galaxy redshifts from observations using a small number of broad-band filters. However, the accuracy with which redshifts can be determined is sensitive to the star formation…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Tadayuki Kodama , Eric F. Bell , Richard G. Bower

(abridged) The old Star Cluster (SC) systems surrounding any sofar investigated galaxy represent a powerful tool for the understanding of the cosmological evolution of their host galaxies. Phases of enhanced cluster formation can be…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. Anders , R. de Grijs , U. Fritze-v. Alvensleben

The current evidence for morphologically peculiar galaxy populations at high-redshifts is outlined. After describing various techniques which can be used to quantify the importance of ``morphological K-corrections'', and to objectively…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. G. Abraham

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 recent discovery of objects with redshift $z>10$ with the help of James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) poses serious challenges to the $\Lambda$CDM cosmological model, which has been in vogue for some time now. The new data indicate that…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-08 Moncy V. John , K. Babu Joseph