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JWST observations have revealed an overabundance of bright galaxies at $z \geq 9$, creating apparent tensions with theoretical predictions within standard $\Lambda$CDM cosmology. We address this challenge using a semi-empirical approach…

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In the current era of JWST, we continue to uncover a wealth of information about the Universe deep into the Epoch of Reionization. In this work, we use a suite of simulations with 21cmSPACE, to explore the astrophysical properties of early…

We present new measurements of the evolution of the galaxy stellar mass functions (GSMF) and UV luminosity functions (UV LF) for galaxies from $z=6-9$ within the Frontier Field cluster MACSJ0416.1-2403 and its parallel field. To obtain…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-04-10 Rachana Bhatawdekar , Christopher J. Conselice , Berta Margalef-Bentabol , Kenneth Duncan

We investigate the evolution of the galaxy Star Formation Rate Function (SFRF) and Cosmic Star Formation Rate Density (CSFRD) of $z\sim 0-8 $ galaxies in the Evolution and Assembly of GaLaxies and their Environments (EAGLE) simulations. In…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-09-20 A. Katsianis , G. Blanc , C. P. Lagos , N. Tejos , R. G. Bower , A. Alavi , V. Gonzalez , T. Theuns , M. Schaller , S. Lopez

We present the ultraviolet (UV) luminosity function of galaxies from the GALEX Medium Imaging Survey with measured spectroscopic redshifts from the first data release of the WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey. This sample selects galaxies with high…

The remarkable HST datasets from the CANDELS, HUDF09, HUDF12, ERS, and BoRG/HIPPIES programs have allowed us to map out the evolution of the UV LF from z~10 to z~4. We have identified 5859, 3001, 857, 481, 217, and 6 galaxy candidates at…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 R. J. Bouwens , G. D. Illingworth , P. A. Oesch , M. Trenti , I. Labbe' , L. Bradley , M. Carollo , P. G. van Dokkum , V. Gonzalez , B. Holwerda , M. Franx , L. Spitler , R. Smit , D. Magee

We present a new, robust measurement of the evolving rest-frame UV galaxy luminosity function (LF) over the key redshift range z = 2 - 4. Our results are based on the high dynamic range provided by combining the HUDF, CANDELS/GOODS-South,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-03-08 Shaghayegh Parsa , James S. Dunlop , Ross J. McLure , Alice Mortlock

Early results from the JWST observations have reported a surprisingly high number of UV-bright galaxies at $z \geq 10$, which appears to challenge the theoretical predictions from standard galaxy formation models in the $\Lambda$CDM…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-07-30 Anirban Chakraborty , Tirthankar Roy Choudhury

We investigate the evolution of the galaxy Star Formation Rate Function (SFRF) and Cosmic Star Formation Rate Density (CSFRD) of $z\sim 1-4 $ galaxies, using cosmological Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamic (SPH) simulations and a compilation of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-12-07 Antonios Katsianis , Edoardo Tescari , Guillermo Blanc , Mark Sargent

We study the UV luminosity functions (LFs) at $z\sim 4$, $5$, $6,$ and $7$ based on the deep large-area optical images taken by the Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) Subaru strategic program (SSP). On the 100 deg$^2$ sky of the HSC SSP data available…

Using a phenomenological approach, we self-consistently model the redshift evolution of the ultraviolet (UV) and infrared (IR) luminosity functions across cosmic time, as well as a range of observed IR properties of UV-selected galaxy…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-19 E. Bernhard , M. Béthermin , M. Sargent , V. Buat , J. R. Mullaney , M. Pannella , S. Heinis , E. Daddi

We present the results of a statistical study of the star formation rates (SFR) derived from the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) observations in the ultraviolet continuum and in the H\alpha emission line for a sample of about 800 luminous…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 S. L. Parnovsky , I. Y. Izotova , Y. I. Izotov

We characterise the rest-frame 1500 \r{A} UV luminosity Function (UVLF) from deep AstroSat/UVIT F154W and N242W imaging in the Great Observatories Origins Survey South (GOODS-S) deep field. The UVLFs are constructed and subsequently…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-04-17 Souradeep Bhattacharya , Kanak Saha

We measure the evolution of the rest-frame UV luminosity function (LF) and the stellar mass function (SMF) of Lyman-alpha (Lya) emitters (LAEs) from z~2 to z~6 by exploring ~4000 LAEs from the SC4K sample. We find a correlation between Lya…

We present an analysis of bursty star-formation histories (SFHs) of 346 star-forming galaxies at $1\lesssim z<7$, selected from JWST/NIRSpec G395M and PRISM spectroscopy provided by the CEERS and RUBIES surveys. We analyze the correlation…

We determine the bright end of the rest-frame UV luminosity function (UVLF) at $z=8-10$ by selecting bright $z\gtrsim 8$ photometric candidates from the largest systematic compilation of HST (pure-)parallel observations to date, the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-08-02 Nicha Leethochawalit , Guido Roberts-Borsani , Takahiro Morishita , Michele Trenti , Tommaso Treu

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has uncovered an abundance of $z>10$ galaxies bright in the ultraviolet (UV) that has challenged traditional theoretical models at high redshifts. Recently, various new models have emerged to address…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-02-19 Anne Hutter , Elie R Cueto , Pratika Dayal , Stefan Gottlöber , Maxime Trebitsch , Gustavo Yepes

We present a galaxy formation model to understand the evolution of stellar mass (M*) - UV luminosity relations, stellar mass functions and specific star formation rate (sSFR) of Lyman Break Galaxies (LBGs) along with their UV luminosity…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Charles Jose , Raghunathan Srianand , Kandaswamy Subramanian

We have used public JWST/NIRSpec and JWST/NIRCam observations from the CEERS and JADES surveys in order to analyze the star-forming main sequence (SFMS) over the redshift range $1.4 \leq z < 7$. We calculate the star-formation rates (SFRs)…

We present UV luminosity functions (LFs) at 1500 Angstrom derived from the HST Early Release Science WFC3/UVIS data acquired over ~50 arcmin^2 of the GOODS-South field. The LFs are determined over the entire redshift range z=0.75-2.5 using…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-01 P. A. Oesch , R. J. Bouwens , C. M. Carollo , G. D. Illingworth , D. Magee , M. Trenti , M. Stiavelli , M. Franx , I. Labbe , P. G. van Dokkum