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20192026
most citedA JWST/NIRCam Study of Key Contributors to Reionization: The Star-forming and Ionizing Properties of UV-faint Galaxies

199 citations · 904 across the 35 of their papers we have counts for

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37 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

Balmer Absorption Series and Broad Metal Lines in Two Luminous Little Red Dots

Bingjie Wang, Jenny E. Greene, Hanpu Liu +21

Balmer absorption is common among little red dots (LRDs), but absorbers at or redward of systemic are rare, occurring in only \% of H absorbers. In this paper, we stu…

astro-ph.GA2026

Unified modelling of broad and narrow optical-UV emission lines from massive black holes: interpreting high-redshift JWST observations

Adele Plat, Michaela Hirschmann, Emma Curtis-Lake +10

JWST is uncovering a large population of active galactic nuclei (AGN) at high redshift, motivating the extension of models calibrated on local sources to a broader range of physica…

astro-ph.GA2026

SPURS: Massive Stars, Dense Gas, and Ly Escape in GN-z11 at

Zuyi Chen, Daniel P. Stark, Charlotte A. Mason +6

We present ultra-deep {\it JWST} spectroscopy of GN-z11 () obtained through the SPURS Cycle 4 Large Program, providing the deepest rest-UV view yet obtained of a galaxy at…

astro-ph.GA2026

A Rapid Evolution in the Observed Mbh/M* Relation at z > 3 Revealed via Spectro-photometric SED-Modeling

Ansh R. Gupta, Anthony Taylor, Emma Curtis-Lake +33

Spectroscopic observations from JWST have uncovered a plethora of active galactic nuclei (AGN) at z > 4 with black hole (BH) mass (Mbh) to stellar mass (M*) ratios significantly ab…

astro-ph.GA2026

RUBIES: The Evolution of the Ionization Parameter from 0 < z < 9

Nikko J. Cleri, Zach J. Lewis, Joel Leja +10

The dimensionless ionization parameter, U=q/c, where q is the ratio of the local ionizing photon flux to the local hydrogen density, is a key metric to parameterize nebular conditi…

astro-ph.GA2026

Origins of Extreme Emission-Line Ratios in z > 3 Galaxies: Insights from the Lumen Model

Lucie Scharré, Michaela Hirschmann, Adèle Plat +10

Optical emission-line ratios in star-forming galaxies at -8, such as [OIII]/H and [OIII]/[OII], are strongly offset from those at -2, pointing to more extrem…

astro-ph.GA2026

SPURS: Bursty Star Formation in an Extremely Luminous Weak Emission Line Galaxy at

Zuyi Chen, Daniel P. Stark, Charlotte A. Mason +8

JWST has revealed a population of super-luminous early galaxies with a volume density in excess of most expectations. The spectra reveal diverse properties: while some reveal stron…

astro-ph.GA2025

The AGN nature of strong CIII emitters in the Early Universe with JWST

F. Arevalo-Gonzalez, R. Tripodi, M. Llerena +21

The semi-forbidden CIII] 1907,1909 doublet is a key tracer of high-ionization emission in the early universe. We present a study of CIII] emission in galaxies at z=5-7, using p…

astro-ph.GA2025

Rhea-RT: Dynamical impact of Central Molecular Zone conditions on the properties of the interstellar medium and stellar feedback coupling

R. G. Tress, N. Brucy, P. Girichidis +22

The Central Molecular Zone (CMZ) is an extreme star formation environment, characterized by higher density, higher turbulence, stronger orbital shear, and stronger magnetic field s…

astro-ph.GA2025

Probing the dawn of galaxies: star formation and feedback in the JWST era through the GAEA model

Sebastiano Cantarella, Gabriella De Lucia, Fabio Fontanot +4

The James Webb Space Telecope (JWST) opened a new window for the study of the highest redshift () Universe. This work presents a theoretical investigation of the very-high red…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

Significant Evidence of an AGN Contribution in GHZ2 at z = 12.34

Oscar A. Chavez Ortiz, Steven L. Finkelstein, Adele Plat +18

GHZ2 is among the highest-redshift galaxies discovered to date, exhibiting a spectrum rich with prominent emission lines in the rest-frame ultraviolet (UV) and optical. These featu…

astro-ph.GA2025

M^3D: Mosaicking M33 with MUSE datacubes I. Unveiling the diversity of HII regions in M33 with MUSE

A. Feltre, F. Belfiore, G. Cresci +23

We present new VLT/MUSE observations of a 3 8 arcmin mosaic along the southern major axis of the Local Group galaxy M33. These data provide an unprecedented view of th…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 4 cited

First Light and Reionization Epoch Simulations (FLARES) -- XVIII: the ionising emissivities and hydrogen recombination line properties of early AGN

Stephen M. Wilkins, Aswin P. Vijayan, Scott Hagen +10

One of the most remarkable results from the \emph{James Webb Space Telescope} has been the discovery of a large population of compact sources exhibiting strong broad H emission,…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 2 cited

JWST/NIRSpec Observations of High Ionization Emission Lines in Galaxies at High Redshift

Mengtao Tang, Daniel P. Stark, Adèle Plat +7

JWST spectroscopy has built large emission line samples at , but it has yet to confidently reveal many galaxies with the hard radiation fields commonly associated with A…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 3 cited

Characterising the z 7.66 Type-II AGN candidate SMACS S06355 using BEAGLE-AGN and JWST NIRSpec/NIRCam

M. S. Silcock, E. Curtis-Lake, D. J. B. Smith +9

The presence of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) in low mass (Mstar Msun) galaxies at high redshift has been established, and it is important to characterise these…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 2 cited

Deep rest-UV JWST/NIRSpec spectroscopy of early galaxies: the demographics of CIV and N-emitters in the reionization era

Michael W. Topping, Daniel P. Stark, Peter Senchyna +12

JWST has recently discovered a subset of reionization era galaxies with ionized gas that is metal poor in oxygen and carbon but heavily-enriched in nitrogen. This abundance pattern…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 1 cited

Ly Emission Line Profiles of Extreme [OIII] Emitting Galaxies at : Implications for Ly Visibility in the Reionization Era

Mengtao Tang, Daniel P. Stark, Richard S. Ellis +4

JWST observations have recently begun delivering the first samples of Ly velocity profile measurements at , opening a new window on the reionization process. Interpretation…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 5 cited

Euclid preparation. Optical emission-line predictions of intermediate-z galaxy populations in GAEA for the Euclid Deep and Wide Surveys

Euclid Collaboration, L. Scharré, M. Hirschmann +239

In anticipation of the Euclid Wide and Deep Surveys, we present optical emission-line predictions at intermediate redshifts from 0.4 to 2.5. Our approach combines a mock light cone…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 3 cited

Metal-poor star formation at with JWST: new insight into hard radiation fields and nitrogen enrichment on 20 pc scales

Michael W. Topping, Daniel P. Stark, Peter Senchyna +11

Nearly a decade ago, we began to see indications that reionization-era galaxies power hard radiation fields rarely seen at lower redshift. Most striking were detections of nebular…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 5 cited

A high black hole to host mass ratio in a lensed AGN in the early Universe

Lukas J. Furtak, Ivo Labbé, Adi Zitrin +34

Early JWST observations have uncovered a new population of red sources that might represent a previously overlooked phase of supermassive black hole growth (Kocevski et al. 2023; M…

astro-ph.GA2023

CLASSY VIII: Exploring the Source of Ionization with UV ISM diagnostics in local High- Analogs

Matilde Mingozzi, Bethan L. James, Danielle A. Berg +27

In the current JWST era, rest-frame UV spectra play a crucial role in enhancing our understanding of the interstellar medium (ISM) and stellar properties of the first galaxies in t…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 7 cited

GN-z11 in context: possible signatures of globular cluster precursors at redshift 10

Peter Senchyna, Adele Plat, Daniel P. Stark +1

The first JWST spectroscopy of the luminous galaxy GN-z11 simultaneously both established its redshift at and revealed a rest-ultraviolet spectrum dominated by signatures…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 8 cited

A variable active galactic nucleus at triply-imaged by the galaxy cluster MACS J0035.4-2015

Lukas J. Furtak, Ramesh Mainali, Adi Zitrin +32

We report the discovery of a triply imaged active galactic nucleus (AGN), lensed by the galaxy cluster MACS J0035.4-2015 (). The object is detected in Hubble…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 21 cited

Detection of He++ ion in the star-forming ring of the Cartwheel using MUSE data and ionizing mechanisms

Y. D. Mayya, A. Plat, V. M. A. Gómez-González +3

We here report the detection of the nebular HeII4686 line in 32 HII regions in the metal-poor collisional ring galaxy Cartwheel using the Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) d…