Publications (58)
UV to IR Luminosities and Dust Attenuation Determined from ~4000 K-Selected Galaxies at 1<z<3 in the ZFOURGE Survey
Ben Forrest, Kim-Vy H. Tran, Adam R. Tomczak +22
We build a set of composite galaxy SEDs by de-redshifting and scaling multi-wavelength photometry from galaxies in the ZFOURGE survey, covering the CDFS, COSMOS, and UDS fields. Fr…
The Massive Ancient Galaxies At NEar-infrared (MAGAZ3NE) Survey: Confirmation of Extremely Rapid Star-Formation and Quenching Timescales for Massive Galaxies in the Early Universe
Ben Forrest, Z. Cemile Marsan, Marianna Annunziatella +15
We present near-infrared spectroscopic confirmations of a sample of 16 photometrically-selected galaxies with stellar masses log(M_star/M_sun) > 11 at redshift z > 3 from the XMM-V…
The HST-Hyperion Survey: Grism Observations of a Proto-Supercluster
Ben Forrest, Lu Shen, Brian C. Lemaux +19
We present first results and catalogs from the HST-Hyperion survey. This survey has collected 50 orbits of WFC3/F160W imaging and WFC3/G141 grism spectroscopy in the most overdense…
Environmental Effects on the Stellar Mass Function in a z~3.3 Overdensity of Galaxies in the COSMOS Field
Ben Forrest, Brian C. Lemaux, Ekta A. Shah +17
We present an analysis of the number density of galaxies as a function of stellar mass (i.e., the stellar mass function, SMF) in the COSMOS field at z~3.3, making a comparison betw…
A Low Lyman Continuum Escape Fraction of for Extreme [OIII] Emitters in an Overdensity at z
Rohan P. Naidu, Ben Forrest, Pascal A. Oesch +2
Recent work has suggested extreme [OIII] emitting star-forming galaxies are important to reionization. Relatedly, [OIII]/[OII] has been put forward as an indirect estimator of the…
CANUCS/Technicolor Data Release 1: Imaging, Photometry, Slit Spectroscopy, and Stellar Population Parameters
Ghassan T. E. Sarrouh, Yoshihisa Asada, Nicholas S. Martis +44
We present the first data release of the CAnadian NIRISS Unbiased Cluster Survey (CANUCS), a JWST Cycle 1 GTO program targeting 5 lensing clusters and flanking fields in parallel (…
MOSEL survey: Spatially offset Lyman-continuum emission in a new emitter at z=3.088
Anshu Gupta, Cathryn M. Trott, Ravi Jaiswar +9
We present the discovery of a unique Lyman-continuum (LyC) emitter at z=3.088. The LyC emission were detected using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) WFC3/UVIS F336W filter, coverin…
MOSEL: Strong [OIII]5007 Ã Emitting Galaxies at (3<z<4) from the ZFOURGE Survey
Kim-Vy H. Tran, Ben Forrest, Leo Y. Alcorn +13
To understand how strong emission line galaxies (ELGs) contribute to the overall growth of galaxies and star formation history of the universe, we target Strong ELGs (SELGs) from t…
Distinct origins of environmentally quenched galaxies in the core and outer virialised regions of massive clusters at
Guillaume Hewitt, Florian Sarron, Michael L. Balogh +15
High-redshift () galaxy clusters are the domain where environmental quenching mechanisms are expected to emerge as important factors in the evolution of the quiescent galax…
MAGAZ3NE: High Stellar Velocity Dispersions for Ultra-Massive Quiescent Galaxies at
Ben Forrest, Gillian Wilson, Adam Muzzin +17
In this work we publish stellar velocity dispersions, sizes, and dynamical masses for 8 ultra-massive galaxies (UMGs; log(/M, ) from the Massive Ancient Ga…
Decoupled Black Hole Accretion and Quenching: The Relationship Between BHAR, SFR, and Quenching in Milky Way and Andromeda-mass Progenitors Since z = 2.5
Michael J. Cowley, Lee R. Spitler, Ryan F. Quadri +13
We investigate the relationship between the black hole accretion rate (BHAR) and star-formation rate (SFR) for Milky Way (MW) and Andromeda (M31)-mass progenitors from z = 0.2 - 2.…
Spectroscopic Confirmation of an Ultra-Massive Galaxy in a Protocluster at
Stephanie M. Urbano Stawinski, M. C. Cooper, Ben Forrest +8
We present spectroscopic confirmation of an ultra-massive galaxy (UMG) with at in the Extended Groth Strip (EGS)…
An Extremely Massive Quiescent Galaxy at : Evidence of Insufficiently Rapid Quenching Mechanisms in Theoretical Models
Ben Forrest, Marianna Annunziatella, Gillian Wilson +17
We present spectra of the most massive quiescent galaxy yet discovered at , spectroscopically confirmed via the detection of Balmer absorption features in the and ban…
Discovery of Extreme [OIII]+H Emitting Galaxies Tracing an Overdensity at z~3.5 in CDF-South
Ben Forrest, Kim-Vy H. Tran, Adam Broussard +12
Using deep multi-wavelength photometry of galaxies from ZFOURGE, we group galaxies at by the shape of their spectral energy distributions (SEDs). We identify a populati…
MAGAZ3NE: Spatially Resolved Ages and Chemical Abundances of Ultra-Massive Quiescent Galaxies at z 3.5 using JWST/NIRSpec IFU
Adit H. Edward, Jacqueline Antwi-Danso, Adam Muzzin +14
We present spatially-resolved measurements of stellar age, [Fe/H], and [/Fe] in three ultra-massive (), compact ( kpc) qui…
Metal-Poor Gas Accretion Drives Giant Clump Formation at 0.6 < z < 2.6
Visal Sok, Adam Muzzin, Ben Forrest +20
The physical properties of kiloparsec-scale clumps in high-redshift star-forming galaxies (SFGs) contain crucial constraints on how they assemble. Building on recent work that indi…
The GOGREEN Survey: A deep stellar mass function of cluster galaxies at 1.0<z<1.4 and the complex nature of satellite quenching
Remco F. J. van der Burg, Gregory Rudnick, Michael L. Balogh +28
We study the stellar mass functions (SMFs) of star-forming and quiescent galaxies in 11 galaxy clusters at 1.0<z<1.4, drawn from the Gemini Observations of Galaxies in Rich Early E…
The GOGREEN survey: Post-infall environmental quenching fails to predict the observed age difference between quiescent field and cluster galaxies at z>1
Kristi Webb, Michael L. Balogh, Joel Leja +29
We study the star formation histories (SFHs) and mass-weighted ages of 331 UVJ-selected quiescent galaxies in 11 galaxy clusters and in the field at 1<z<1.5 from the Gemini Observa…
MOSEL survey: JWST reveals major mergers/strong interactions drive the extreme emission lines in the early universe
Anshu Gupta, Ravi Jaiswar, Vicente Rodriguez-Gomez +7
Extreme emission line galaxies (EELGs), where nebular emissions contribute 30-40% of the flux in certain photometric bands, are ubiquitous in the early universe (z>6). We utilise d…
The first quenched galaxies, when and how?
Lizhi Xie, Gabriella De Lucia, Fabio Fontanot +11
Many quiescent galaxies discovered in the early Universe by \textit{JWST} raise fundamental questions on when and how these galaxies became and stayed quenched. Making use of the l…
ZFOURGE: Extreme 5007 emission may be a common early-lifetime phase for star-forming galaxies at
Jonathan H. Cohn, Joel Leja, Kim-Vy H. Tran +12
Using the \prospector\ spectral energy distribution (SED) fitting code, we analyze the properties of 19 Extreme Emission Line Galaxies (EELGs) identified in the bluest composite SE…
Towards Unbreaking the Universe: MINERVA Measurements of Color Gradients in Massive Quiescent Galaxies Can Help Ease Too-Early Star Formation Tensions
Sam E. Cutler, Luke Robbins, Danilo Marchesini +41
The discovery of a population of massive, ancient quiescent galaxies within the first 2 Gyr of the Universe's history has led to significant tensions with models of galaxy formatio…
MAGAZ3NE: Dust Deficiency in Ultramassive Quiescent Galaxies at with ALMA Observations
Wenjun Chang, Gillian Wilson, Ben Forrest +14
A major challenge in identifying massive quiescent galaxies at is distinguishing truly passive systems from dust-obscured star-forming galaxies, as both populations exhibit s…
Excavating The Ruins: an Ancient Galaxy Which Formed in the First 500 Myr
Ian McConachie, Jacqueline Antwi-Danso, Wenjun Chang +14
We present the analysis of an ancient galaxy at which we dub ``Eridu.'' Simultaneously modeling the JWST/NIRSpec G140M and G235M spectra from the SMILES program and $0.4-…
Discovering Large-Scale Structure at in the C3VO Survey
Denise Hung, Brian C. Lemaux, Olga Cucciati +23
The Charting Cluster Construction with VUDS and ORELSE (C3VO) survey is an ongoing imaging and spectroscopic campaign aiming to map out the growth of structure up to and w…
Spatial Correlation Between Dust and H Emission in Dwarf Irregular Galaxies
Jimmy, Kim-Vy Tran, Amélie Saintonge +5
Using a sample of dwarf irregular galaxies selected from the ALFALFA blind HI-survey and observed using the VIMOS IFU, we investigate the relationship between H emission and Ba…
Cluster vs Field: Clear Evidence for a Morphology-Density Relation in All Environments at
Westley Brown, Adam Muzzin, Jasleen Matharu +6
We explore the relationship between galaxy structure, stellar mass, and local galaxy density in three SpARCS clusters at and compare with field galaxies from the 3D-HST…
Insights into environmental quenching at : an enhancement of faint, low-mass passive galaxies in clusters
Harry Gully, Nina Hatch, Syeda Lammim Ahad +11
Understanding the processes that transform star-forming galaxies into quiescent ones is key to unraveling the role of environment in galaxy evolution. We present measurements of th…
MOSEL Survey: Extremely weak outflows in EoR analogues at z=3-4
Anshu Gupta, Kim-Vy Tran, Trevor Mendel +7
This paper presents deep K-band spectroscopic observations of galaxies at z=3-4 with composite photometric rest-frame Hb+[OIII] equivalent widths EW_0>600A, comparable to the EW of…
The HST-Hyperion Survey: Environmental Imprints on the Stellar-Mass Function at z~2.5
Derek Sikorski, Ben Forrest, Brian C. Lemaux +19
Not all galaxies at Cosmic Noon evolve in the same way. It remains unclear how the local environment -- especially the extreme overdensities of protoclusters -- affects stellar mas…
The stellar mass function of quiescent galaxies in 2 < z < 2.5 protoclusters
Adit H. Edward, Michael L. Balogh, Yannick M. Bahe +21
We present an analysis of the galaxy stellar mass function (SMF) of 14 known protoclusters between in the COSMOS field, down to a mass limit of M$_{\odot…
MINERVA: A NIRCam Medium Band and MIRI Imaging Survey to Unlock the Hidden Gems of the Distant Universe
Adam Muzzin, Katherine A. Suess, Danilo Marchesini +81
We present an overview of the MINERVA survey, a 259.8 hour (prime) and 127 hour (parallel) Cycle 4 treasury program on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). MINERVA is obtaining 8…
ZFIRE: 3D Modeling of Rotation, Dispersion, and Angular Momentum of Star-Forming Galaxies at z~2
Leo Y. Alcorn, Kim-Vy Tran, Karl Glazebrook +10
We perform a kinematic and morphological analysis of 44 star-forming galaxies at in the COSMOS legacy field using near-infrared spectroscopy from Keck/MOSFIRE and F160W im…
MOSEL Survey: Tracking the Growth of Massive Galaxies at 2<z<4 using Kinematics and the IllustrisTNG Simulation
Anshu Gupta, Kim-Vy Tran, Jonathan Cohn +13
We use K-band spectroscopic data from the Multi-Object Spectroscopic Emission Line (MOSEL) survey to analyze the kinematic properties of galaxies at z>3. Our sample consists of 34…
The H star formation main sequence in cluster and field galaxies at
Julie Nantais, Gillian Wilson, Adam Muzzin +16
We calculate H-based star formation rates and determine the star formation rate-stellar mass relation for members of three SpARCS clusters at and serendipitously i…
The FourStar Galaxy Evolution Survey (ZFOURGE): ultraviolet to far-infrared catalogs, medium-bandwidth photometric redshifts with improved accuracy, stellar masses, and confirmation of quiescent galaxies to z~3.5
Caroline M. S. Straatman, Lee R. Spitler, Ryan F. Quadri +26
The FourStar galaxy evolution survey (ZFOURGE) is a 45 night legacy program with the FourStar near-infrared camera on Magellan and one of the most sensitive surveys to date. ZFOURG…
Effect of local environment and stellar mass on galaxy quenching and morphology at
Lalitwadee Kawinwanichakij, Casey Papovich, Ryan F. Quadri +20
We study galactic star-formation activity as a function of environment and stellar mass over 0.5<z<2.0 using the FourStar Galaxy Evolution (ZFOURGE) survey. We estimate the galaxy…
The Effects of Environment on the Evolution of the Galaxy Stellar Mass Function
Casey Papovich, Lalitwadee Kawinwanichakij, Ryan Quadri +8
We study the effects of galaxy environment on the evolution of the stellar-mass function (SMF) over 0.2 < z < 2.0 using the FourStar Galaxy Evolution (ZFOURGE) survey and NEWFIRM M…
MAGAZ3NE: Far-IR and Radio Insights into the Nature and Properties of Ultramassive Galaxies at
Wenjun Chang, Gillian Wilson, Ben Forrest +12
Deep and wide-field near-infrared (NIR) surveys have recently discovered and confirmed ultramassive galaxies (UMGs; ) spectroscopically at high redsh…
Spectroscopic Confirmation of a Protocluster at with a High Fraction of Quiescent Galaxies
Ian McConachie, Gillian Wilson, Ben Forrest +10
We report the discovery of MAGAZ3NE J095924+022537, a spectroscopically-confirmed protocluster at around a spectroscopically-confirmed -quiesc…
MAGAZ3NE: Massive, Extremely Dusty Galaxies at Lead to Photometric Overestimation of Number Densities of the Most Massive Galaxies at
Ben Forrest, M. C. Cooper, Adam Muzzin +17
We present rest-frame optical spectra from Keck/MOSFIRE and Keck/NIRES of 16 candidate ultramassive galaxies targeted as part of the Massive Ancient Galaxies at Near-Infrared…
A massive and evolved slow-rotating galaxy in the early Universe
Ben Forrest, Adam Muzzin, Danilo Marchesini +15
In the contemporary Universe, most galaxies are supported by ordered rotation, yet a significant subset of the most massive and quiescent systems are dominated by random stellar mo…
Quantifying the Impact of Incompleteness on Identifying and Interpreting Galaxy Protocluster Populations with the TNG-Cluster Simulation
Devontae C. Baxter, Alison L. Coil, Ethan O. Nadler +7
We use the TNG-Cluster simulation to investigate how stellar mass and star formation rate (SFR) incompleteness affect the identification of density peaks within galaxy protocluster…
When the Well Runs Dry: Modeling Environmental Quenching of High-mass Satellites in Massive Clusters at \boldmath
Devontae C. Baxter, Michael C. Cooper, Michael L. Balogh +11
We explore models of massive () satellite quenching in massive clusters at using an MCMC framework, focusing on two primary parameters: $R_…
MOSEL survey: Unwrapping the Epoch of Reionization through mimic galaxies at Cosmic Noon
Ravi Jaiswar, Anshu Gupta, Elisabete da Cunha +4
The nature of the first galaxies that reionized the universe during the Epoch of Reionization (EoR) remains unclear. Attempts to directly determine spectral properties of these ear…
The Rapid Build-up of Massive Early-type Galaxies. Supersolar Metallicity, High Velocity Dispersion and Young Age for an ETG at z=3.35
Paolo Saracco, Danilo Marchesini, Francesco La Barbera +8
Thanks to very deep spectroscopic observations carried out at the Large Binocular Telescope, we measured simultaneously stellar age, metallicity and velocity dispersion for C1-2315…
The GOGREEN and GCLASS Surveys: First Data Release
Michael L. Balogh, Remco F. J. van der Burg, Adam Muzzin +42
We present the first public data release of the GOGREEN and GCLASS surveys of galaxies in dense environments, spanning a redshift range . The surveys consist of deep, mu…
Elentári: A Proto-Supercluster in COSMOS
Ben Forrest, Brian C. Lemaux, Ekta Shah +25
Motivated by spectroscopic confirmation of three overdense regions in the COSMOS field at , we analyze the uniquely deep multi-wavelength photometry and extensive spectr…
ZFOURGE: Using Composite Spectral Energy Distributions to Characterize Galaxy Populations at 1<z<4
Ben Forrest, Kim-Vy H. Tran, Adam Broussard +12
We investigate the properties of galaxies as they shut off star formation over the 4 billion years surrounding peak cosmic star formation. To do this we categorize galax…
Protoclusters as Drivers of Stellar Mass Growth in the Early Universe, a Case Study: Taralay -- a Massive Protocluster at z ~ 4.57
Priti Staab, Brian C. Lemaux, Ben Forrest +26
Simulations predict that the galaxy populations inhabiting protoclusters may contribute considerably to the total amount of stellar mass growth of galaxies in the early universe. I…
The Number Densities and Stellar Populations of Massive Galaxies at 3 < z < 6: A Diverse, Rapidly Forming Population in the Early Universe
Z. Cemile Marsan, Adam Muzzin, Danilo Marchesini +9
We present the census of massive (log(M/M)) galaxies at identified over the COSMOS/UltraVISTA Ultra-Deep field stripes: consisting of …
The GOGREEN survey: Transition Galaxies and The Evolution of Environmental Quenching
Karen McNab, Michael L. Balogh, Remco F. J. van der Burg +25
We measure the rate of environmentally-driven star formation quenching in galaxies at , using eleven massive () galaxy clusters…
The ALPINE-ALMA [CII] survey: The infrared-radio correlation and AGN fraction of star-forming galaxies at z 4.4-5.9
Lu Shen, Brian C. Lemaux, Lori M. Lubin +26
We present the radio properties of 66 spectroscopically-confirmed normal star-forming galaxies (SFGs) at in the COSMOS field that were [C II] detected in the Atacama La…
A Tale of Two Clusters: An Analysis of Gas-Phase Metallicity and Nebular Gas Conditions in Proto-cluster Galaxies at z~2
Leo Y. Alcorn, Anshu Gupta, Kim-Vy Tran +12
The ZFIRE survey has spectroscopically confirmed two proto-clusters using the MOSFIRE instrument on Keck 1: one at z=2.095 in COSMOS and another at z=1.62 in UDS. Here we use an up…
The GOGREEN survey: The environmental dependence of the star-forming galaxy main sequence at
Lyndsay J. Old, Michael. L. Balogh, Remco F. J van der Burg +26
We present results on the environmental dependence of the star-forming galaxy main sequence in 11 galaxy cluster fields at from the Gemini Observations of Galaxies…
MAGAZ3NE: Evidence for Galactic Conformity in Protoclusters
Ian McConachie, Gillian Wilson, Ben Forrest +16
We examine the quiescent fractions of massive galaxies in six spectroscopically-confirmed protoclusters in the COSMOS field, one of which is newly confirmed and present…
The GOGREEN Survey: Evidence of an excess of quiescent disks in clusters at
Jeffrey C. C. Chan, Gillian Wilson, Michael Balogh +21
We present results on the measured shapes of 832 galaxies in 11 galaxy clusters at 1.0 < z <1.4 from the GOGREEN survey. We measure the axis ratio (), the ratio of the minor to…
The Rest-frame -band Luminosity Function of Red Sequence Galaxies in Clusters at
Jeffrey C. C. Chan, Gillian Wilson, Gregory Rudnick +22
We present results on the rest-frame -band luminosity functions (LF) of red sequence galaxies in seven clusters at 1.0 < z < 1.3 from the Gemini Observations of Galaxies in Rich…