Early galaxy formation and its large-scale effects

P Dayal, A Ferrara - Physics Reports, 2018 - Elsevier
Galaxy formation is at the heart of our understanding of cosmic evolution. Although there is a
consensus that galaxies emerged from the expanding matter background by gravitational …

Theoretical challenges in galaxy formation

T Naab, JP Ostriker - Annual review of astronomy and …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Numerical simulations have become a major tool for understanding galaxy formation and
evolution. Over the decades the field has made significant progress. It is now possible to …

Rapid reionization by the oligarchs: the case for massive, UV-bright, star-forming galaxies with high escape fractions

RP Naidu, S Tacchella, CA Mason, S Bose… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The protagonists of the last great phase transition of the universe—cosmic reionization—
remain elusive. Faint star-forming galaxies are leading candidates because they are found …

The ALMA Spectroscopic Survey Large Program: The Infrared Excess of z= 1.5–10 UV-selected Galaxies and the Implied High-redshift Star Formation History

R Bouwens, J González-López… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We make use of sensitive (9.3 μJy beam− 1 rms) 1.2 mm continuum observations from the
Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) Spectroscopic Survey in the Hubble …

The Frontier Fields: survey design and initial results

JM Lotz, A Koekemoer, D Coe, N Grogin… - The Astrophysical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
What are the faintest distant galaxies we can see with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
now, before the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope? This is the challenge taken …

The ALMA REBELS Survey: specific star formation rates in the reionization era

MW Topping, DP Stark, R Endsley… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
We present specific star formation rates (sSFRs) for 40 ultraviolet (UV)-bright galaxies at z∼
7–8 observed as part of the Reionization Era Bright Emission Line Survey (REBELS) …

COSMOS2020: The galaxy stellar mass function-The assembly and star formation cessation of galaxies at 0.2< z≤ 7.5

JR Weaver, I Davidzon, S Toft, O Ilbert… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
Context. How galaxies form, assemble, and cease their star formation is a central question
within the modern landscape of galaxy evolution studies. These processes are indelibly …

CEERS key paper. V. Galaxies at 4< z< 9 are bluer than they appear–characterizing galaxy stellar populations from rest-frame∼ 1 μm imaging

C Papovich, JW Cole, G Yang… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We present results from the Cosmic Evolution Early Release Survey on the stellar
population parameters for 28 galaxies with redshifts 4< z< 9 using imaging data from the …

The universe is reionizing at z∼ 7: bayesian inference of the IGM neutral fraction using Lyα emission from galaxies

CA Mason, T Treu, M Dijkstra, A Mesinger… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a new flexible Bayesian framework for directly inferring the fraction of neutral
hydrogen in the intergalactic medium (IGM) during the Epoch of Reionization (EoR, z∼ 6 …

The Herschel view of the dominant mode of galaxy growth from z= 4 to the present day

C Schreiber, M Pannella, D Elbaz, M Béthermin… - Astronomy & …, 2015 - aanda.org
We present an analysis of the deepest Herschel images in four major extragalactic fields
GOODS–North, GOODS–South, UDS, and COSMOS obtained within the GOODS–Herschel …