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The James Webb Space Telescope reveals anomalous nitrogen enrichment (high N/O ratios) in compact, star-forming galaxies, such as GN-z11 at $z\sim10$. The origin of this chemical signature provides an insight into the early star and galaxy…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-12-01 Takayuki R. Saitoh , Yutaka Hirai , Michiko S. Fujii , Yuki Isobe

We conduct a systematic search for high-redshift galaxy overdensities at $4.9 < z_{\,\mathrm{spec}} < 8.9$ in both the GOODS-N and GOODS-S fields using JWST/NIRCam imaging from JADES and JEMS in addition to JWST/NIRCam wide field slitless…

Recent JWST observations suggest an excess of $z\gtrsim10$ galaxy candidates above most theoretical models. Here, we explore how the interplay between halo formation timescales, star formation efficiency and dust attenuation affects the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-01-12 Charlotte A. Mason , Michele Trenti , Tommaso Treu

The discovery of high-redshift galaxies exhibiting a steep spectral UV downturn potentially indicative of two-photon continuum emission marks a turning point in our search for signatures of top-heavy star formation in the early Universe. We…

We characterize the JWST spectra of $61$ galaxies at $z=9-14$, including $30$ newly-confirmed galaxies. We directly compare the $z>9$ spectroscopic properties against $401$ galaxies at $6<z<9$, with the goal of identifying evolution in the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-03-10 Mengtao Tang , Daniel P. Stark , Charlotte A. Mason , Viola Gelli , Zuyi Chen , Michael W. Topping

Measurements of the UV-continuum slopes provide valuable information on the physical properties of galaxies forming in the early universe, probing the dust reddening, age, metal content, and even the escape fraction. While constraints on…

We present HeI/H$\beta$-flux and He/H-abundance ratios in three JWST galaxies with significant constraints on N/O-abundance ratios, GS-NDG-9422, RXCJ2248-ID, and GLASS150008 at $z\sim 6$ mostly with the spectroscopic coverage from…

Utilizing the observational data of 55,318 star-forming galaxies (SFGs) selected from the catalog of MPA-JHU emission-line measurements for the SDSS DR8, we investigate the galaxy downsizing effect of their O and N enrichments, and the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-12-12 Yu-Zhong Wu , Shuang-Nan Zhang

We report the detection of diffuse Ly$\alpha$ emission, or Ly$\alpha$ halos (LAHs), around star-forming galaxies at $z\approx3.78$ and $2.66$ in the NOAO Deep Wide-Field Survey Bo\"otes field. Our samples consist of a total of $\sim$1400…

Measurements of the galaxy UV luminosity function at z>6 suggest that young stars hosted in low-mass star-forming galaxies produced the bulk of hydrogen-ionizing photons necessary to reionize the intergalactic medium (IGM) by redshift z~6.…

Recent studies have shown that massive quiescent galaxies at high redshift are much more compact than present-day galaxies of the same mass. Here we compare the radial stellar density profiles and the number density of a sample of massive…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-01-15 Rachel Bezanson , Pieter G. van Dokkum , Tomer Tal , Danilo Marchesini , Mariska Kriek , Marijn Franx , Paolo Coppi

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…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-11-13 Abhijnan Kar , Shadab Alam , Joseph Silk

We investigate the evolution of the galaxy stellar mass function at high-redshift ($z\ge 5$) using a pair of large cosmological hydrodynamical simulations: {\em MassiveBlack} and {\em MassiveBlack-II}. By combining these simulations we can…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Stephen M. Wilkins , Tiziana Di Matteo , Rupert Croft , Nishikanta Khandai , Yu Feng , Andrew Bunker , William Coulton

(Abridged) We examine standard methods of measuring nebular chemical abundances, including estimates based on direct T_e measurements, and also bright-line diagnostics. We use observations of 4 LMC HII regions whose ionizing stars have…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 M. S. Oey , J. C. Shields

Extreme nitrogen enhancement relative to oxygen, recently found in very high-redshift galaxies, has been seen in local star-forming galaxies displaying high log(N/O) values ($\geq\!-1.1$) at relatively low O abundances, 12+log(O/H)$\leq$8.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-04-08 Souradeep Bhattacharya , Chiaki Kobayashi

We present an analysis of the ultraviolet (UV) continuum slopes ($\beta$) for a sample of $172$ galaxy candidates at $8 < z_{\mathrm{phot}} < 16$ selected from a combination of JWST NIRCam imaging and COSMOS/UltraVISTA ground-based…

JWST observations have revealed a population of galaxies bright enough that potentially challenge standard galaxy formation models in the $\Lambda$CDM cosmology. Using a minimal empirical framework, we investigate the influence of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-08-30 Xuejian Shen , Mark Vogelsberger , Michael Boylan-Kolchin , Sandro Tacchella , Rahul Kannan

A substantial fraction of the light emitted from young or star-forming galaxies at ultraviolet to near-infrared wavelengths comes from the ionized interstellar medium in the form of emission lines and a nebular continuum. At high redshifts,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 E. Zackrisson , N. Bergvall , E. Leitet

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…