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GA-NIFS: sRMS, a new method for disentangling resolved and unresolved emission in integral field spectroscopy. Application to distant quasars
Michele Perna, Santiago Arribas, Carlota Prieto-Jiménez +28
The interpretation of AGN emission-line profiles in type1 AGN is often complicated by the dominance of bright, spatially unresolved nuclear continuum and broad-line region (BLR) em…
GA-NIFS view of LAP1: Assembly of Pop~III stellar clusters during EoR
J. Scholtz, R. Maiolino, S. Carniani +28
Lensed and Pristine 1 (LAP1) is one of the most promising candidates for the detection of so-called Pop~III stars at . In this work, we present new high-spectral-resoluti…
JWST Reveals Compact Nuclear Starbursts Masquerading as AGNs in Metal-Poor Dwarfs: Where Are the Accreting Intermediate-Mass Black Holes?
William Matzko, Shobita Satyapal, Jeffrey D. Mckaig +19
We present JWST/NIRSpec spectroscopy of the low-mass, metal-poor galaxy SDSS~J160135.95+311353.7 (J1601), selected for its extreme mid-infrared colors and compact nuclear emission,…
MICONIC: The multiphase circumnuclear region of Centaurus A as seen with JWST/MIRI MRS observations. I. Spectral inventory and properties of the warm molecular disk
L. Evangelista, P. Guillard, J. Martin +21
Supermassive black holes power Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN), injecting energy that regulates accretion and shapes host galaxies. We investigate the morphology, excitation, and kine…
The search for Population III: Confirmation of a HeII emitter with no metal lines at z=10.6
Roberto Maiolino, Hannah Übler, Michele Perna +49
We report the confirmation of a HeII1640 emitter located at 3 pkpc from the galaxy GN-z11, at z=10.6. The detection, based on JWST NIRSpec-IFU high-resolution spectroscopy, conf…
GA-NIFS: Dissecting The Alchemised: JWST reveals turbulent metal-poor gas fuelling a co-spatial starburst in a complex system at
Robert G. Pascalau, Francesco D'Eugenio, Roberto Maiolino +25
Recent observations revealed that distant galaxies have bursty star formation histories, regulated by stellar or active galactic nuclei (AGN) feedback and gas inflows. According to…
GA-NIFS: high prevalence of dusty and metal-enriched outflows in massive and luminous star-forming galaxies at
B. Rodríguez Del Pino, S. Arribas, M. Perna +16
We present a search for and characterization of ionized outflows in 15 star-forming systems at with no evidence of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN), observed with JWST/NIRSp…
GA-NIFS: the highest-redshift ring galaxy candidate from a head-on collision
Michele Perna, Santiago Arribas, Luca Costantin +18
Collisional ring galaxies are a rare class of interacting systems, making up only ~0.01% of galaxies in the local Universe. Their formation is typically attributed to a head-on col…
GA-NIFS: Understanding the ionization nature of EGSY8p7/CEERS-1019. Evidence for a star formation-driven outflow at z = 8.6
Sandra Zamora, Stefano Carniani, Elena Bertola +16
Understanding the physical conditions and feedback mechanisms in early massive galaxies is essential to uncover how they formed and evolved during the first billion years of the Un…
GA-NIFS: A smouldering disk galaxy undergoing ordered rotation at z=4.26
Gareth C. Jones, Roberto Maiolino, Francesco D'Eugenio +13
Rotating galaxies with relaxed gaseous disks have been discovered across cosmic time, from the local Universe to high redshift (z>4). But few such sources have been confirmed at z>…
GA-NIFS: an extended [OIII] halo around the sub-Eddington quasar J1342+0928 at z=7.54
Bartolomeo Trefoloni, Stefano Carniani, Elena Bertola +18
The James Webb Space Telescope (\textit{JWST}) opened a new observational window on the primordial Universe. Here we present new JWST NIRSpec integral field spectroscopy (IFS) obse…
Evolution of JWST Contingency Payload Operations for Mitigating NIRSpec Micro-shutter Array Electrical Shorts
Katie Bechtold, Torsten Böker, David E. Franz +6
The Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) is one of four science instruments on board the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which began routine operations in July 2022. As JWST's p…
GA-NIFS: Mapping AGN-driven ionized outflows in the COSMOS field
E. Bertola, G. Cresci, G. Venturi +17
Active galactic nuclei (AGNi) are a key ingredient in galaxy evolution and possibly shape galaxy growth through the generation of powerful outflows. Little is known regarding AGN-d…
WIggle Corrector Kit for NIRSpEc Data: WICKED
Antoine Dumont, Nadine Neumayer, Anil C. Seth +8
The point-spread function of the integral-field unit (IFU) mode of the JWST's NIRSpec is heavily under-sampled, creating resampling noise seen as low-frequency sinusoidal-like arti…
MICONIC: Dual active galactic nuclei, star formation, and ionised gas outflows in NGC 6240 seen with MIRI/JWST
L. Hermosa Muñoz, A. Alonso-Herrero, A. Labiano +19
As part of the guaranteed time observations program Mid-Infrared Characterization Of Nearby Iconic galaxy Centers (MICONIC), we used the medium-resolution spectrometer (MRS) of the…
The JWST/NIRSpec view of the nuclear region in the prototypical merging galaxy NGC 6240
Matteo Ceci, Giovanni Cresci, Santiago Arribas +9
Merger events are thought to be an important phase in the assembly of massive galaxies. At the same time, Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) play a fundamental role in the evolution of t…
GA-NIFS: A galaxy-wide outflow in a Compton-thick mini-BAL quasar at z = 3.5 probed in emission and absorption
Michele Perna, Santiago Arribas, Xihan Ji +17
Studying the distribution and properties of ionised gas in outflows driven by AGN is crucial for understanding the feedback mechanisms at play in extragalactic environments. In thi…
GA-NIFS: Dissecting the multiple sub-structures and probing their complex interactions in the \Lyalpha emitter galaxy CR7 at z = 6.6 with JWST/NIRSpec
C. Marconcini, F. D'Eugenio, R. Maiolino +16
We present JWST/NIRSpec integral field spectroscopic (IFS) observations of the \Lyalpha emitter CR7 at z ~ 6.6, observed as part of the GA-NIFS program. Using low-resolution PRISM…
GA-NIFS: ISM properties and metal enrichment in a merger-driven starburst during the Epoch of Reionisation probed with JWST and ALMA
J. Scholtz, M. Curti, F. D'Eugenio +17
We present deep JWST/NIRSpec integral-field spectroscopy (IFS) and ALMA [CII]158m observations of COS-3018, a star-forming galaxy at z6.85, as part of the GA-NIFS progr…
Local Analogs of Primordial Galaxies: In Search of Intermediate Mass Black Holes with JWST NIRSpec
Sara Doan, Shobita Satyapal, William Matzko +15
Local low metallicity galaxies with signatures of possible accretion activity are ideal laboratories in which to search for the lowest mass black holes and study their impact on th…
MICONIC: JWST/MIRI MRS observations of the nuclear and circumnuclear regions of Mrk231
A. Alonso-Herrero, L. Hermosa Muñoz, A. Labiano +22
We present JWST/MIRI MRS spatially resolved m observations of the central ~4-8kpc of the ultraluminous infrared galaxy and broad absorption line quasar Mrk231. These…
Growing a nuclear star cluster from star formation and cluster mergers: The JWST NIRSpec view of NGC 4654
Katja Fahrion, Torsten Böker, Michele Perna +10
We present a detailed study of the centre of NGC4654, a Milky Way-like spiral galaxy in the Virgo cluster that has been reported to host a double stellar nucleus, thus promising a…
GA-NIFS: JWST discovers an offset AGN 740 million years after the Big Bang
Hannah Übler, Roberto Maiolino, Pablo G. Pérez-González +24
A surprising finding of recent studies is the large number of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) associated with moderately massive black holes (), i…
GOALS-JWST: Mid-Infrared Molecular Gas Excitation Probes the Local Conditions of Nuclear Star Clusters and the AGN in the LIRG VV 114
Victorine A. Buiten, Paul P. van der Werf, Serena Viti +19
The enormous increase in mid-IR sensitivity and spatial and spectral resolution provided by the JWST spectrographs enables, for the first time, detailed extragalactic studies of mo…