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astro-ph.GA2014

Optically selected fossil groups; X-ray observations and galaxy properties

Habib G. Khosroshahi, Ghassem Gozaliasl, Jesper Rasmussen +4

We report on the X-ray and optical observations of galaxy groups selected from the 2dfGRS group catalog, to explore the possibility that galaxy groups hosting a giant elliptical ga…

astro-ph.GA2025

Clumps as multiscale structures in cosmic noon galaxies

Boris S Kalita, Tomoko L Suzuki, Daichi Kashino +31

Star-forming clumps have been found to significantly influence the star formation of gas-rich galaxies. Using public data from JWST/NIRCam (COSMOS-Web) and ALMA (FMOS-COSMOS)…

astro-ph.GA2020

The VLA-COSMOS 3 GHz Large Project: Evolution of specific star formation rates out to

Sarah Leslie, Eva Schinnerer, Daizhong Liu +17

We provide a coherent, uniform measurement of the evolution of the logarithmic star formation rate (SFR) - stellar mass () relation, called the main sequence of star-forming g…

astro-ph.GA2021

The Isaac Newton Telescope monitoring survey of Local Group dwarf galaxies -- IV. The star formation history of Andromeda VII derived from long period variable stars

Mahdieh Navabi, Elham Saremi, Atefeh Javadi +10

We have examined the star formation history (SFH) of Andromeda VII (And VII), the brightest and most massive dwarf spheroidal (dSph) satellite of the Andromeda galaxy (M 31). Altho…

astro-ph.GA2025

COSMOS-Web: MIRI Data Reduction and Number Counts at 7.7m using JWST

Santosh Harish, Jeyhan S. Kartaltepe, Daizhong Liu +19

The COSMOS-Web survey is the largest JWST Cycle 1 General Observer program covering a contiguous ~0.54 deg area with NIRCam imaging in four broad-band filters and a non-contigu…

astro-ph.GA2025

COSMOS Spectroscopic Redshift Compilation (First Data Release): 488k Redshifts Encompassing Two Decades of Spectroscopy

Ali Ahmad Khostovan, Jeyhan S. Kartaltepe, Mara Salvato +54

We present the COSMOS Spectroscopic Redshift Compilation encompassing ~ 20 years of spectroscopic redshifts within a 10 deg area centered on the 2 deg COSMOS legacy field.…

astro-ph.GA2025

The COSMOS-Web deep galaxy group catalog up to

Greta Toni, Ghassem Gozaliasl, Matteo Maturi +41

Galaxy groups with and up to a few tens of members are the most common galaxy environment, marking the transition between field and massive clu…

astro-ph.IM2025

The X-ray Integral Field Unit at the end of the Athena reformulation phase

Philippe Peille, Didier Barret, Edoardo Cucchetti +279

The Athena mission entered a redefinition phase in July 2022, driven by the imperative to reduce the mission cost at completion for the European Space Agency below an acceptable ta…

astro-ph.GA2024

JWST and ALMA discern the assembly of structural and obscured components in a high-redshift starburst galaxy

Zhaoxuan Liu, John D. Silverman, Emanuele Daddi +27

We present observations and analysis of the starburst, PACS-819, at z=1.45 ( M), using high-resolution (; 0.8 kpc) ALMA and multi-wav…

astro-ph.GA2024

Tracing the rise of supermassive black holes: A panchromatic search for faint, unobscured quasars at z > 6 with COSMOS-Web and other surveys

Irham T. Andika, Knud Jahnke, Masafusa Onoue +20

We report the identification of 64 new candidates of compact galaxies, potentially hosting faint quasars with bolometric luminosities of --10 erg s…

astro-ph.GA2025

COSMOS Web: Morphological quenching and size-mass evolution of brightest group galaxies from z = 3.7

Ghassem Gozaliasl, Lilan Yang, Jeyhan Kartaltepe +47

We present a comprehensive study of the structural evolution of Brightest Group Galaxies (BGGs) from redshift to using the \textit{James Webb Space Telesc…

astro-ph.GA2023

COSMOS-Web: An Overview of the JWST Cosmic Origins Survey

Caitlin M. Casey, Jeyhan S. Kartaltepe, Nicole E. Drakos +82

We present the survey design, implementation, and outlook for COSMOS-Web, a 255 hour treasury program conducted by the James Webb Space Telescope in its first cycle of observations…

astro-ph.GA2024

Crimson Behemoth: a Massive Clumpy Structure Hosting a Dusty AGN at

Takumi S. Tanaka, John D. Silverman, Yurina Nakazato +40

The current paradigm for the co-evolution of galaxies and their supermassive black holes postulates that dust-obscured active galactic nuclei (AGNs) represent a transitional phase…

astro-ph.GA2024

The relation up to through decomposition of COSMOS-Web NIRCam images

Takumi S. Tanaka, John D. Silverman, Xuheng Ding +25

Our knowledge of relations between supermassive black holes and their host galaxies at is still limited, even though being actively sought out to . Here, we use…

astro-ph.GA2016

Brightest Group Galaxies: Stellar Mass and Star Formation Rate (paper I)

Ghassem Gozaliasl, Alexis Finoguenov, Habib G. Khosroshahi +3

We study the distribution and evolution of the stellar mass and the star formation rate (SFR) of the brightest group galaxies (BGGs) over using a large sample of $ 4…

astro-ph.CO2024

The HYENAS project: a prediction for the X-ray undetected galaxy groups

Weiguang Cui, Fred Jennings, Romeel Dave +2

Galaxy groups contain the majority of bound mass with a significant portion of baryons due to the combination of halo mass and abundance (Cui 2024). Hence they serve as a crucial m…

astro-ph.GA2025

The COSMOS-Web Lens Survey (COWLS) I: Discovery of >100 high redshift strong lenses in contiguous JWST imaging

James Nightingale, Guillaume Mahler, Jacqueline McCleary +27

We present the COSMOS-Web Lens Survey (COWLS), a sample of over 100 strong lens candidates from the \,deg COSMOS-Web survey, discovered using exquisite James Webb Space T…

astro-ph.GA2026

Dust in the Average Galaxy: Attenuation, Emission, and Opacity from 0<z<7

Caitlin M. Casey, Hollis B. Akins, Andrew J. Battisti +43

We present constraints on the dust emission and attenuation properties of galaxies across 0<z<7 using JWST imaging from the COSMOS-Web Survey combined with deep FIR/(sub)millimeter…

astro-ph.GA2025

COSMOS-Web: Unraveling the Evolution of Galaxy Size and Related Properties at

Lilan Yang, Jeyhan S. Kartaltepe, Maximilien Franco +26

We measure galaxy sizes from using COSMOS-Web, the largest-area JWST imaging survey to date, covering 0.54 deg. We analyze the rest-frame optical (~5000A) si…

astro-ph.GA2024

COSMOS-Web: The over-abundance and physical nature of "little red dots"--Implications for early galaxy and SMBH assembly

Hollis B. Akins, Caitlin M. Casey, Erini Lambrides +38

JWST has revealed a population of compact and extremely red galaxies at , which likely host active galactic nuclei (AGN). We present a sample of 434 ``little red dots'' (LRDs)…

astro-ph.IM2016

The design strategy of scientific data quality control software for Euclid mission

Massimo Brescia, Stefano Cavuoti, Terje Fredvik +7

The most valuable asset of a space mission like Euclid are the data. Due to their huge volume, the automatic quality control becomes a crucial aspect over the entire lifetime of th…

astro-ph.GA2026

COSMOS-Web: does halo mass alone shape the clustering of star-forming and quiescent galaxies?

Louise Paquereau, Clotilde Laigle, Henry Joy McCracken +29

While stellar mass correlates strongly with halo mass, it remains unclear whether halo mass alone governs galaxy star-formation activity, or whether secondary halo properties and e…

astro-ph.GA2019

Hot WHIM counterparts of FUV OVI absorbers: Evidence in the line-of-sight towards quasar 3C 273

Jussi Ahoranta, Jukka Nevalainen, Nastasha Wijers +7

We explore the high spectral resolution X-ray data towards the quasar 3C273 to search for signals of hot ( K) X-ray-absorbing gas co-located with two established inte…

astro-ph.GA2026

Through Thick and Thin: The Cosmic Evolution of Disk Scale Height

Si-Yue Yu, Luis C. Ho, Takafumi Tsukui +16

To investigate the formation and evolution of vertical structures in disk galaxies, we measure global scale heights, averaging thin and thick components whe…

astro-ph.GA2025

Large-Scale Structure in COSMOS-Web: Tracing Galaxy Evolution in the Cosmic Web up to with the Largest JWST Survey

Hossein Hatamnia, Bahram Mobasher, Sina Taamoli +31

We present a reconstruction of the large-scale structure using the James Webb Space Telescope's (JWST) COSMOS-Web program to trace environmentally driven galaxy evolution up to $z\…

astro-ph.GA2025

ALMA and JWST Identification of Faint Dusty Star-Forming Galaxies up to z~8

Jorge A. Zavala, Andreas L. Faisst, Manuel Aravena +44

We exploit a new sample of around 400 bright dusty galaxies from the ALMA CHAMPS Large Program, together with the rich JWST multi-band data products in the COSMOS field, to explore…

astro-ph.GA2026

Forged by Feedback: Stellar Properties of Brightest Group Galaxies in Cosmological Simulations

Ruxin Barré, Arif Babul, Ghassem Gozaliasl +7

We investigate how different galaxy formation models impact the stellar properties of brightest group galaxies (BGGs) in four cosmological simulations: ROMULUS, SIMBA, SIMBA-C, and…

astro-ph.GA2024

COSMOS2020: Disentangling the Role of Mass and Environment in Star Formation Activity of Galaxies at

Sina Taamoli, Negin Nezhad, Bahram Mobasher +14

The role of internal and environmental factors in the star formation activity of galaxies is still a matter of debate, particularly at higher redshifts. Leveraging the most recent…

astro-ph.EP2023

Revisiting mass-radius relationships for exoplanet populations: a machine learning insight

Mahdiyar Mousavi-Sadr, Davood M. Jassur, Ghassem Gozaliasl

The growing number of exoplanet discoveries and advances in machine learning techniques have opened new avenues for exploring and understanding the characteristics of worlds beyond…

astro-ph.GA2025

The stellar mass function of quiescent and star-forming galaxies and its dependence on morphology in COSMOS-Web

Marko Shuntov, Olivier Ilbert, Claudia del P. Lagos +33

We study the stellar mass function (SMF) of quiescent and star-forming galaxies and its dependence on morphology in 10 redshift bins at using the COSMOS2025 catalog bui…

astro-ph.GA2026

COSMOS-Web: Estimating Physical Parameters of Galaxies Using Self-Organizing Maps

Fatemeh Abedini, Ghassem Gozaliasl, Akram Hasani Zonoozi +38

The COSMOS-Web survey, with its unparalleled combination of multiband data, notably, near-infrared imaging from JWST's NIRCam (F115W, F150W, F277W, and F444W), provides a transform…

astro-ph.IM2025

On Soft Clustering For Correlation Estimators

Edward Berman, Sneh Pandya, Jacqueline McCleary +14

Properly estimating correlations between objects at different spatial scales necessitates distance calculations. For this reason, most widely adopted packages fo…

astro-ph.GA2025

Machine Learning Classification of COSMOS2020 Galaxies: Quiescent vs. Star-Forming

Vahid Asadi, Nima Chartab, Akram Hasani Zonoozi +4

Accurately distinguishing between quiescent and star-forming galaxies is essential for understanding galaxy evolution. Traditional methods, such as spectral energy distribution (SE…

astro-ph.GA2025

The COSMOS-Web Lens Survey (COWLS) III: forecasts versus data

Natalie B. Hogg, James W. Nightingale, Quihan He +25

We compare forecasts for the abundance and properties of strong gravitational lenses in the COSMOS-Web survey, a deg survey of the COSMOS field using the NIRCam and MIRI…

astro-ph.GA2023

Unveiling the distant Universe: Characterizing Galaxies in the first epoch of COSMOS-Web

Maximilien Franco, Hollis B. Akins, Caitlin M. Casey +47

We report the identification of 15 galaxy candidates at using the initial COSMOS-Web JWST observations over 77 arcmin through four NIRCam filters (F115W, F150W, F277W,…

astro-ph.GA2026

COSMOS-Web galaxy groups: Evolution of red sequence and quiescent galaxy fraction

Greta Toni, Matteo Maturi, Gianluca Castignani +33

We investigate the redshift and group richness dependence of the quiescent fraction and red-sequence (RS) parameters in COSMOS galaxy groups from z=0 to z=3.7. We analyzed the deep…

astro-ph.CO2025

A multiwavelength study of an early galaxy group merger in COSMOS revealed by two tailed radio galaxies at z = 0.35

Paula Vulić, Vernesa Smolčić, Ghassem Gozaliasl +2

We report the discovery of two tailed radio galaxies in the COSMOS field, associated with a massive, dynamically unrelaxed galaxy group detected in X-rays at z = 0.349. One of them…

astro-ph.CO2026

Radio spectral properties and aging of two tailed radio galaxies in a galaxy group at z=0.35

Paula Vulić, Vernesa Smolčić, Alexis Finoguenov +3

The paper analyzes two tailed radio galaxies in a galaxy group at redshift 0.35 using multi‑frequency VLA, MeerKAT, and GMRT data to measure their radio spectra, estimate spectral…

#tailed radio galaxies#spectral aging#intrgroup medium interaction#wide-angle tail
astro-ph.IM2025

COSMOS-Web: Comprehensive Data Reduction for Wide-Area JWST NIRCam Imaging

Maximilien Franco, Caitlin M. Casey, Anton M. Koekemoer +37

We present the data reduction methodology used for the COSMOS-Web survey JWST NIRCam data. Covering 0.54 deg^2 with four broadband filters (F115W, F150W, F277W, F444W) and a total…

astro-ph.GA2024

Not-so-little Red Dots: Two massive and dusty starbursts at z~5-7 pushing the limits of star formation discovered by JWST in the COSMOS-Web survey

Fabrizio Gentile, Caitlin M. Casey, Hollis B. Akins +24

We present the properties of two candidate massive () and dusty ( mag) galaxies at in the first 0.28 deg of the COSMOS-Web sur…

astro-ph.GA2023

A Near-Infrared Faint, Far-Infrared-Luminous Dusty Galaxy at z~5 in COSMOS-Web

Jed McKinney, Sinclaire M. Manning, Olivia R. Cooper +32

A growing number of far-infrared bright sources completely invisible in deep extragalactic optical surveys hint at an elusive population of z>4 dusty, star-forming galaxies. Cycle…

astro-ph.GA2021

The M*-Mhalo relation at 0.08 < z < 1.53 in COSMOS: the role of AGN radio-mode feedback

Eleni Vardoulaki, Ghassem Gozaliasl, Alexis Finoguenov +2

In the current picture of cosmology and astrophysics, the formation and evolution of galaxies is closely linked to that of their dark matter haloes. The best representation of this…

astro-ph.GA2021

Bent it like FRs: extended radio AGN in the COSMOS field and their large-scale environment

Eleni Vardoulaki, Franco Vazza, Eric F. Jiménez-Andrade +3

One of the fascinating topics in radio astronomy is how to associate the complexity of observed radio structures to their environment, in order to understand their interplay and th…

astro-ph.GA2018

Chandra centres for COSMOS X-ray galaxy groups: Differences in stellar properties between central dominant and offset brightest group galaxies

Ghassem Gozaliasl, Alexis Finoguenov, Masayuki Tanaka +24

We present the results of a search for galaxy clusters and groups in the square degree of the COSMOS field using all available X-ray observations from the XMM-Newton and Ch…

astro-ph.GA2024

Behind the dust veil: A panchromatic view of an optically dark galaxy at z=4.82

Nikolaj B. Sillassen, Shuowen Jin, Georgios E. Magdis +30

Optically dark dusty star-forming galaxies (DSFGs) play an essential role in massive galaxy formation at early cosmic time, however their nature remains elusive. Here we present a…

astro-ph.EP2021

Exoplanets Prediction in Multiplanetary Systems

Mahdiyar Mousavi-Sadr, Ghassem Gozaliasl, Davood M. Jassur

We present the results of a search for additional exoplanets in all multiplanetary systems discovered to date, employing a logarithmic spacing between planets in our Solar System k…

astro-ph.GA2025

Unveiling Extended Components of 'Little Red Dots' in Rest-Frame Optical

Yiyang Zhang, Xuheng Ding, Lilan Yang +26

Recent JWST observations have revealed a population of red, compact, high-redshift objects called 'Little Red Dots'(LRD), whose host components have remained largely unconstrained,…

astro-ph.HE2025

JWST Discovery of a High-Redshift Tidal Disruption Event Candidate in COSMOS-Web

Mitchell Karmen, Suvi Gezari, Erini Lambrides +26

The rates and properties of tidal disruption events (TDEs) provide valuable insights into their host galaxy central stellar densities and the demographics of their central supermas…

astro-ph.GA2023

The Web Epoch of Reionization Lyman- Survey (WERLS) I. MOSFIRE Spectroscopy of Lyman- Emitters

Olivia R. Cooper, Caitlin M. Casey, Hollis B. Akins +33

We present the first results from the Web Epoch of Reionization Lyman- Survey (WERLS), a spectroscopic survey of Lyman- emission using Keck I/MOSFIRE and LRIS. WERLS target…

astro-ph.GA2025

Clumpiness of galaxies revealed in the near-infrared with COSMOS-Web

Wilfried Mercier, Boris Sindhu Kalita, Marko Shuntov +30

Clumps in the rest-frame UV emission of galaxies have been observed for decades. Since the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a large population is detected in the re…

astro-ph.GA2024

SCUBADive I: JWST+ALMA Analysis of 289 sub-millimeter galaxies in COSMOS-Web

Jed McKinney, Caitlin M. Casey, Arianna S. Long +36

JWST has enabled detecting and spatially resolving the heavily dust-attenuated stellar populations of sub-millimeter galaxies, revealing detail that was previously inaccessible. In…

astro-ph.GA2023

Resolving galactic-scale obscuration of X-ray AGN at with COSMOS-Web

John D. Silverman, Vincenzo Mainieri, Xuheng Ding +25

A large fraction of the accreting supermassive black hole population is shrouded by copious amounts of gas and dust, particularly in the distant () Universe. While much…

astro-ph.GA2025

A PAH deficit in the starburst core of a distant spiral galaxy

Zhaoxuan Liu, John D. Silverman, Emanuele Daddi +32

We present high-resolution and spatially-matched observations with JWST and ALMA of a starburst galaxy (PACS-830) at . The NIRCam observations mainly trace the stellar ligh…

astro-ph.GA2025

Discovery of a Little Red Dot candidate at in COSMOS-Web based on MIRI-NIRCam selection

Takumi S. Tanaka, Hollis B. Akins, Yuichi Harikane +64

JWST has revealed a new high-redshift population called little red dots (LRDs). Since LRDs may be in the early phase of black hole growth, identifying them in the early universe is…

astro-ph.GA2025

Core to Cosmic Edge: SIMBA-C's New Take on Abundance Profiles in the Intragroup Medium at z = 0

Aviv Padawer-Blatt, Zhiwei Shao, Renier T. Hough +9

We employ the SIMBA-C cosmological simulation to study the impact of its upgraded chemical enrichment model (Chem5) on the distribution of metals in the intragroup medium (IGrM). W…

astro-ph.GA2026

Hidden in Pixels I: Discovery of dual "little red dots" indicates excess clustering on kilo-parsec scales

Takumi S. Tanaka, John D. Silverman, Kazuhiro Shimasaku +56

``Little Red Dots'' (LRDs) are an abundant high-redshift population newly discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and considered to be an early growth phase of supermas…

astro-ph.CO2026

An ultra-high-resolution map of (dark) matter

Diana Scognamiglio, Gavin Leroy, David Harvey +38

Ordinary matter-including particles such as protons and neutrons-accounts for only about one sixth of all matter in the Universe. The rest is dark matter, which does not emit or ab…

astro-ph.GA2025

Physical properties of galaxies and the UV Luminosity Function from to in COSMOS-Web

Maximilien Franco, Caitlin M. Casey, Hollis B. Akins +37

We present measurements of the rest-frame ultraviolet luminosity function (UVLF) in three redshift bins over -14 from the JWST COSMOS-Web survey. Our samples, selected us…

astro-ph.GA2025

SCUBADive II: Searching for Dust-Obscured Galaxies via F150W-Dropouts in COSMOS-Web

Sinclaire M. Manning, Jed McKinney, Katherine E. Whitaker +24

The relative fraction of obscured galaxies at compared to lower redshifts remains highly uncertain as accurate bookkeeping of the dust-obscured component proves difficult. We…

astro-ph.GA2018

Brightest group galaxies-II: the relative contribution of BGGs to the total baryon content of groups at z<1.3

Ghassem Gozaliasl, Alexis Finoguenov, Habib G. Khosroshahi +6

We performed a detailed study of the evolution of the star formation rate (SFR) and stellar mass of the brightest group galaxies (BGGs) and their relative contribution to the total…

astro-ph.GA2023

Two massive, compact, and dust-obscured candidate galaxies discovered by JWST

Hollis B. Akins, Caitlin M. Casey, Natalie Allen +56

We present a search for extremely red, dust-obscured, galaxies with /NIRCam+MIRI imaging over the first 20 arcmin of publicly-available Cycle 1 data from t…

astro-ph.EP2025

Exoplanetary radio emission predictions and detectability in the SKA era

Mahdiyar Mousavi-Sadr, Fatemeh S. Tabatabaei, Alexander Wolszczan +1

Radio observations provide a window into a planet's interior and play a crucial role in studying its atmosphere and surface, key factors to find potential habitability. The discove…

astro-ph.GA2020

The Isaac Newton Telescope monitoring survey of Local Group dwarf galaxies. I. Survey overview and first results for Andromeda I

Elham Saremi, Atefeh Javadi, Jacco Th. van Loon +10

An optical monitoring survey in the nearby dwarf galaxies was carried out with the 2.5-m Isaac Newton Telescope (INT). 55 dwarf galaxies and four isolated globular clusters in the…

astro-ph.GA2023

Uncovering a Massive z~7.7 Galaxy Hosting a Heavily Obscured Radio-Loud QSO Candidate in COSMOS-Web

Erini Lambrides, Marco Chiaberge, Arianna Long +47

In this letter, we report the discovery of the highest redshift, heavily obscured, radio-loud AGN candidate selected using JWST NIRCam/MIRI, mid-IR, sub-mm, and radio imaging in th…

astro-ph.GA2025

COSMOS2025: The COSMOS-Web galaxy catalog of photometry, morphology, redshifts, and physical parameters from JWST, HST, and ground-based imaging

Marko Shuntov, Hollis B. Akins, Louise Paquereau +55

We present COSMOS2025, the COSMOS-Web catalog of photometry, morphology, photometric redshifts and physical parameters for more than 700,000 galaxies in the Cosmic Evolution Survey…

astro-ph.GA2020

On the reliability of photometric and spectroscopic tracers of halo relaxation

Mohammad H. Zhoolideh Haghighi, Mojtaba Raouf, Habib. G. Khosroshahi +2

We characterize the relaxation state of galaxy systems by providing an assessment of the reliability of the photometric and spectroscopic probe via the semi-analytic galaxy evoluti…

astro-ph.GA2025

EELG1002: A Record-Breaking [OIII]+H EW Ã ~Galaxy at -- Analog of Early Galaxies?

Ali Ahmad Khostovan, Jeyhan S. Kartaltepe, Malte Brinch +6

We present a detailed analysis of EELG1002: a EELG identified within archival Gemini/GMOS spectroscopy as part of the on-going COSMOS Spectroscopic Archive. We find EE…

astro-ph.GA2025

The COSMOS-Web Lens Survey (COWLS) II: depth, resolution, and NIR coverage from JWST reveal 17 spectacular lenses

Guillaume Mahler, James W. Nightingale, Natalie B. Hogg +27

The COSMOS-Web Lens Survey (COWLS) presents the first systematic search for strong gravitational lenses in the COSMOS-Web field using data from the \textit{James Webb} Space Telesc…