COSMOS-Web: an overview of the JWST Cosmic Origins Survey

CM Casey, JS Kartaltepe, NE Drakos… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the survey design, implementation, and outlook for COSMOS-Web, a 255 hr
treasury program conducted by the James Webb Space Telescope in its first cycle of …

Galaxy Formation and Reionization: Key Unknowns and Expected Breakthroughs by the James Webb Space Telescope

BE Robertson - Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2022 - annualreviews.org
The launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) in late 2021 marks a new start for
studies of galaxy formation at high redshift (z≳ 6) during the era of cosmic reionization …

CEERS key paper. I. An early look into the first 500 Myr of galaxy formation with JWST

SL Finkelstein, MB Bagley, HC Ferguson… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We present an investigation into the first 500 Myr of galaxy evolution from the Cosmic
Evolution Early Release Science (CEERS) survey. CEERS, one of 13 JWST ERS programs …

Spectroscopic Confirmation of CEERS NIRCam-selected Galaxies at z≃ 8–10

PA Haro, M Dickinson, SL Finkelstein… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We present JWST/NIRSpec prism spectroscopy of seven galaxies selected from Cosmic
Evolution Early Release Science (CEERS) survey NIRCam imaging with photometric …

Discovery and properties of ultra-high redshift galaxies (9 < z < 12) in the JWST ERO SMACS 0723 Field

NJ Adams, CJ Conselice, L Ferreira… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We present a reduction and analysis of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) SMACS
0723 field using new post-launch calibrations to conduct a search for ultra-high-redshift …

CEERS Epoch 1 NIRCam imaging: reduction methods and simulations enabling early JWST science results

MB Bagley, SL Finkelstein… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the data release and data reduction process for the Epoch 1 NIRCam
observations for the Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science Survey (CEERS). These data …

CEERS spectroscopic confirmation of NIRCam-selected z≳ 8 galaxy candidates with JWST/NIRSpec: initial characterization of their properties

S Fujimoto, PA Haro, M Dickinson… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We present JWST NIRSpec spectroscopy for 11 galaxy candidates with photometric
redshifts of z≃ 9− 13 and M UV∈[− 21,− 18] newly identified in NIRCam images in the …

The brightest galaxies at cosmic dawn

CA Mason, M Trenti, T Treu - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Recent JWST observations suggest an excess of z≳ 10 galaxy candidates above most
theoretical models. Here, we explore how the interplay between halo formation time-scales …

On the stunning abundance of super-early, luminous galaxies revealed by JWST

A Ferrara, A Pallottini, P Dayal - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The earliest JWST observations have revealed an unexpected abundance of super-early (z>
10), massive () galaxies at the bright-end (M UV≈− 21) of the ultraviolet luminosity function …

JWST UNCOVER: discovery of z > 9 galaxy candidates behind the lensing cluster Abell 2744

H Atek, I Chemerynska, B Wang… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We present the results of a search for high-redshift (z> 9) galaxy candidates in the JWST
UNCOVER survey, using deep NIRCam and NIRISS imaging in seven bands over∼ 45 …