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most citedThe Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) on the James Webb Space Telescope I. Overview of the instrument and its capabilities

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astro-ph.GA2023★ 11 cited

A fast-rotator post-starburst galaxy quenched by supermassive black-hole feedback at z=3

Francesco D'Eugenio, Pablo Perez-Gonzalez, Roberto Maiolino +23

There is compelling evidence that the most massive galaxies in the Universe stopped forming stars due to the time-integrated feedback from their central super-massive black holes (…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 1 cited

GA-NIFS: JWST/NIRSpec IFU observations of HFLS3 reveal a dense galaxy group at z~6.3

G. C. Jones, H. Ubler, M. Perna +19

Massive, starbursting galaxies in the early Universe represent some of the most extreme objects in the study of galaxy evolution. One such source is HFLS3 (z~6.34), which was origi…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 13 cited

Ionised gas kinematics and dynamical masses of galaxies from JADES/NIRSpec high-resolution spectroscopy

Anna de Graaff, Hans-Walter Rix, Stefano Carniani +28

We explore the kinematic gas properties of six galaxies in the JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES), using high-resolution JWST/NIRSpec multi-object spectros…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 361 cited

JADES. The diverse population of infant Black Holes at 4<z<11: merging, tiny, poor, but mighty

Roberto Maiolino, Jan Scholtz, Emma Curtis-Lake +25

We present 12 new AGN at 4<z<7 in the JADES survey (in addition to the previously identified AGN in GN-z11 at z=10.6) revealed through the detection of a Broad Line Region as seen…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 42 cited

JADES: Differing assembly histories of galaxies -- Observational evidence for bursty SFHs and (mini-)quenching in the first billion years of the Universe

Tobias J. Looser, Francesco D'Eugenio, Roberto Maiolino +32

We use deep NIRSpec spectroscopic data from the JADES survey to derive the star formation histories (SFHs) of a sample of 200 galaxies at 0.6z11 and spanning stellar masses f…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 29 cited

JADES: Balmer Decrement Measurements at redshifts 4 < z < 7

Lester Sandles, Francesco D'Eugenio, Roberto Maiolino +33

We present Balmer decrement H/ H measurements for a sample of 51 galaxies at redshifts z = 4-7 observed with the JWST/NIRSpec MSA, as part of the JADES survey. Leveraging 28-…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 89 cited

JADES: Detecting [OIII] Emitters and Testing Strong Line Calibrations in the High- Universe with Ultra-deep JWST/NIRSpec Spectroscopy up to

Isaac H. Laseter, Michael V. Maseda, Mirko Curti +32

We present 10 novel [OIII] auroral line detections up to measured from ultra-deep JWST/NIRSpec MSA spectroscopy from the JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 81 cited

JADES: The incidence rate and properties of galactic outflows in low-mass galaxies across 3 < z < 9

Stefano Carniani, Giacomo Venturi, Eleonora Parlanti +30

We investigate the incidence and properties of ionized gas outflows in a sample of 52 galaxies with stellar mass between M and M observed with ult…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 39 cited

GN-z11: The environment of an AGN at 10.603

Jan Scholtz, Callum Witten, Nicolas Laporte +23

Recent observations with the \textit{James Webb} Space Telescope (JWST) have further refined the spectroscopic redshift of GN-z11, one of the most distant galaxies identified with…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 10 cited

Inside the bubble: exploring the environments of reionisation-era Lyman- emitting galaxies with JADES and FRESCO

Joris Witstok, Renske Smit, Aayush Saxena +35

We present a study of the environments of 17 Lyman- (Ly) emitting galaxies (LAEs) in the reionisation era () identified by JWST/NIRSpec as part of the JWST Advan…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 16 cited

JADES: The production and escape of ionizing photons from faint Lyman-alpha emitters in the epoch of reionization

Aayush Saxena, Andrew J. Bunker, Gareth C. Jones +32

We present the properties of 17 faint Ly emitting galaxies (LAEs) at from the JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES) in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field/GOODS-S. The…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 6 cited

A core in a star-forming disc as evidence of inside-out growth in the early Universe

William M. Baker, Sandro Tacchella, Benjamin D. Johnson +36

The physical processes that establish the morphological evolution and the structural diversity of galaxies are key unknowns in extragalactic astrophysics. Here we report the findin…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 7 cited

JADES: The emergence and evolution of Ly emission and constraints on the IGM neutral fraction

Gareth C. Jones, Andrew J. Bunker, Aayush Saxena +32

The rest-frame UV recombination emission line Ly can be powered by ionising photons from young massive stars in star forming galaxies, but its ability to be resonantly scattered…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 174 cited

JADES NIRSpec Initial Data Release for the Hubble Ultra Deep Field: Redshifts and Line Fluxes of Distant Galaxies from the Deepest JWST Cycle 1 NIRSpec Multi-Object Spectroscopy

Andrew J. Bunker, Alex J. Cameron, Emma Curtis-Lake +63

We describe the NIRSpec component of the JWST Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES), and provide deep spectroscopy of 253 sources targeted with the NIRSpec micro-shutter assembly in th…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 106 cited

Overview of the JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES)

Daniel J. Eisenstein, Chris Willott, Stacey Alberts +75

We present an overview of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES), an ambitious program of infrared imaging and spectroscopy in the GOODS-S…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 85 cited

JWST-JADES. Possible Population III signatures at z=10.6 in the halo of GN-z11

Roberto Maiolino, Hannah Uebler, Michele Perna +32

Finding the first generation of stars formed out of pristine gas in the early Universe, known as Population III (PopIII) stars, is one of the most important goals of modern astroph…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 42 cited

A small and vigorous black hole in the early Universe

Roberto Maiolino, Jan Scholtz, Joris Witstok +36

Multiple theories have been proposed to describe the formation of black hole seeds in the early Universe and to explain the emergence of very massive black holes observed in the fi…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 6 cited

The impact of environmental effects on AGN: a decline in the incidence of ionized outflows

B. Rodríguez Del Pino, S. Arribas, A. L. Chies-Santos +3

AGN have been generally considered to be less frequent in denser environments due to the lower number of galaxy-galaxy interactions and/or the removal of their gas-rich reservoirs…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 22 cited

JADES: Insights on the low-mass end of the mass--metallicity--star-formation rate relation at from deep JWST/NIRSpec spectroscopy

Mirko Curti, Roberto Maiolino, Emma Curtis-Lake +37

We analyse the gas-phase metallicity properties of a sample of low stellar mass (log M*/M_sun <= 9) galaxies at 3 < z < 10, observed with JWST/NIRSpec as part of the JADES programm…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 111 cited

The ultra-dense, interacting environment of a dual AGN at z 3.3 revealed by JWST/NIRSpec IFS

M. Perna, S. Arribas, M. Marshall +18

LBQS 0302-0019 is a blue quasar (QSO) at z ~ 3.3, hosting powerful outflows, and residing in a complex environment consisting of an obscured AGN candidate, and multiple companions,…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 21 cited

A recently quenched galaxy 700 million years after the Big Bang

Tobias J. Looser, Francesco D'Eugenio, Roberto Maiolino +42

Local and low-redshift (<) galaxies are known to broadly follow a bimodal distribution: actively star forming galaxies with relatively stable star-formation rates, and passiv…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 68 cited

JADES: Discovery of extremely high equivalent width Lyman-alpha emission from a faint galaxy within an ionized bubble at z=7.3

Aayush Saxena, Brant E. Robertson, Andrew J. Bunker +43

We report the discovery of a remarkable Ly emitting galaxy at z = 7.2782, JADES-GS-z7-LA, with EW(Ly) Åand UV magnitude -17.0. The spectroscopic redshif…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 396 cited

JADES NIRSpec Spectroscopy of GN-z11: Lyman- emission and possible enhanced nitrogen abundance in a luminous galaxy

Andrew J. Bunker, Aayush Saxena, Alex J. Cameron +59

We present JADES JWST/NIRSpec spectroscopy of GN-z11, the most luminous candidate Lyman break galaxy in the GOODS-North field with . We derive a redshift of $z…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 291 cited

GA-NIFS: A massive black hole in a low-metallicity AGN at revealed by JWST/NIRSpec IFS

Hannah Übler, Roberto Maiolino, Emma Curtis-Lake +20

We present JWST/NIRSpec Integral Field Spectrograph rest-frame optical data of the compact galaxy GS_3073. Its prominent broad components in several hydrogen and helium li…