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astro-ph.GA2026

Constraining reionization-era Ly escape with JELS-MUSE: a highly complete H-selected sample at

A. L. Patrick, K. J. Duncan, Z. Li +16

The Ly escape fraction, , probes both the interstellar medium (ISM) conditions governing ionizing photon escape and the rising neutral fraction of the I…

astro-ph.GA2026

The gradual decline of Ly visibility in the CANDELS fields: evidence for the combined effects of galaxy evolution and reionization

L. Napolitano, L. Pentericci, A. Ferrara +35

We investigate the evolution of Ly visibility and the physical properties of Ly emitters (LAEs) across the five CANDELS fields using publicly available JWST/NIRSpec PRISM spe…

astro-ph.GA2026

A clear detection of proper motion confirms that the claimed galaxy candidate, "Capotauro'', is a Y-type brown dwarf

F. -Y. F. Liu, D. J. McLeod, B. J. Sutlieff +13

The compact red source ``Capotauro'', discovered in deep JWST imaging in 2025, has been suggested as a possible galaxy candidate at redshift on account of its extreme N…

astro-ph.GA2026

Unprecedented Constraints on Gas Flows at High Redshift Using Deep JWST/NIRSpec Observations from the LyC22, EXCELS, and AURORA Surveys

Emily Kehoe, Alice E. Shapley, Adam C. Carnall +25

We investigate how low-ionization gas flows in typical star-forming galaxies at depend on galaxy intrinsic properties and viewing angle. For this analysis we use JWST/NIRS…

astro-ph.GA2026★ 1 cited

The JWST EXCELS survey: The ages and abundances of massive quiescent galaxies show that downsizing was already in place by

Ho-Hin Leung, Adam C. Carnall, Elizabeth Taylor +21

We present deep, medium-resolution m JWST/NIRSpec spectroscopy for 14 quiescent galaxies at with , obtained as part of t…

astro-ph.GA2026★ 2 cited

Spectroscopic confirmation of a large and luminous galaxy with weak emission lines at

Callum T. Donnan, Derek J. McLeod, Ross J. McLure +15

We present JWST/NIRSpec PRISM observations of a robust galaxy candidate at , selected from pure-parallel NIRCam imaging; PAN-z14-1. The NIRSpec spectrum allows confirmat…

astro-ph.GA2026

The JWST EXCELS survey: Outflows in 1.5 < z < 5 quiescent and recently quenched galaxies are likely relics from episodic AGN activity

Elizabeth Taylor, Adam C. Carnall, David Maltby +24

We investigate the presence and origin of neutral gas outflows and inflows in 13 post-starburst (PSB) and quiescent galaxies at redshifts 1.8 z 4.6, using JWST NIRSpe…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 6 cited

The JWST EXCELS Survey: gas-phase metallicity evolution at 2 < z < 8

T. M. Stanton, F. Cullen, A. C. Carnall +15

We present an analysis of the gas-phase mass-metallicity relationship (MZR) and fundamental metallicity relationship (FMR) for star-forming galaxies at from the JW…

astro-ph.GA2025

Extreme equivalent width-selected low-mass starbursts at : insights into their role in cosmic reionization

M. Llerena, L. Pentericci, R. Amorín +22

We investigate the properties of extreme emission line galaxies (EELGs) at and their role in reionization. Compact, low-mass galaxies with intense optical emission lines ar…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 4 cited

The JWST EXCELS Survey: A spectroscopic investigation of the ionizing properties of star-forming galaxies at 1<z<8

R. Begley, R. J. McLure, F. Cullen +11

Charting the Epoch of Reionization demands robust assessments of what drives the production of ionizing photons in high-redshift star-forming galaxies (SFGs), and requires better p…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 2 cited

The JWST EXCELS survey: Insights into the nature of quenching at cosmic noon

Maya Skarbinski, Kate Rowlands, Katherine Alatalo +19

We study 24 massive quiescent galaxies with at with JWST/NIRSpec medium-resolution observations from the Early eXtragalactic C…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 11 cited

PRIMER & JADES reveal an abundance of massive quiescent galaxies at 2 < z < 5

Struan D. Stevenson, Adam C. Carnall, Ho-Hin Leung +22

We select a mass-complete sample of 225 quiescent galaxies at with from PRIMER and JADES photometry spanning a total area of sq.…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 5 cited

Ly visibility from z = 4.5 to 11 in the UDS field: Evidence for a high neutral hydrogen fraction and small ionized bubbles at z 7

L. Napolitano, L. Pentericci, M. Dickinson +28

The resonant scattering nature of Ly photons interacting with neutral hydrogen makes Ly emitters (LAEs) robust tracers of the intergalactic neutral hydrogen fraction, and thu…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

Very bright, very blue, and very red: JWST CAPERS analysis of highly luminous galaxies with extreme UV slopes at

Callum T. Donnan, Mark Dickinson, Anthony J. Taylor +37

We present JWST/NIRSpec PRISM observations of three luminous () galaxies at observed with the CAPERS Cycle 3 program. These galaxies exhibit extreme UV sl…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 7 cited

JWST PRIMER: A deep JWST study of all ALMA-detected galaxies in PRIMER COSMOS -- dust-obscured star-formation history back to z 7

Feng-Yuan Liu, James S. Dunlop, Ross J. McLure +15

We use the deep NIRCam and MIRI imaging from the JWST PRIMER survey to study the properties of (sub)mm sources detected by ALMA in the centre of the COSMOS field, with the aim of b…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 2 cited

The JWST EXCELS survey: Probing strong-line diagnostics and the chemical evolution of galaxies over cosmic time using Te-metallicities

D. Scholte, F. Cullen, A. C. Carnall +13

We present an analysis of the rest-frame optical spectra of 22 [OIII]4363 detected galaxies in the redshift range (with = 4.05) from JWST/N…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 2 cited

The JWST EXCELS survey: an extremely metal-poor galaxy at hosting an unusual population of massive stars

F. Cullen, A. C. Carnall, D. Scholte +14

We present an analysis of the rest-frame optical (Å) spectrum of a star-forming galaxy at from JWST/…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 1 cited

JWST PRIMER: strong evidence for the environmental quenching of low-mass galaxies out to

M. L. Hamadouche, R. J. McLure, A. Carnall +11

We present the results of a study investigating the galaxy stellar-mass function (GSMF), size-mass relations and morphological properties of star-forming and quiescent galaxies ove…

astro-ph.GA2024

High-z stellar masses can be recovered robustly with JWST photometry

R. K. Cochrane, H. Katz, R. Begley +2

Robust inference of galaxy stellar masses from photometry is crucial for constraints on galaxy assembly across cosmic time. Here, we test a commonly-used Spectral Energy Distributi…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 1 cited

The JWST EXCELS survey: direct estimates of C, N, and O abundances in two relatively metal-rich galaxies at

K. Z. Arellano-Córdova, F. Cullen, A. C. Carnall +14

We present a spectroscopic analysis of two star-forming galaxies at observed with JWST/NIRSpec as part of the EXCELS survey. The detection of the CIII]~1906,09, [OII…

astro-ph.GA2024

The JWST EXCELS survey: tracing the chemical enrichment pathways of high-redshift star-forming galaxies with O, Ar and Ne abundances

T. M. Stanton, F. Cullen, A. C. Carnall +11

We present an analysis of eight star-forming galaxies with from the JWST EXCELS survey for which we obtain robust chemical abundance estimates for the …

astro-ph.GA2024★ 1 cited

The evolution of [OIII] equivalent width from : implications for the production and escape of ionizing photons during reionization

R. Begley, R. J. McLure, F. Cullen +11

Accurately quantifying the ionizing photon production efficiency ($ξ_\rm{ion}$) of star-forming galaxies (SFGs) is necessary to understand their contribution to reionization.…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 6 cited

Inferring the Distribution of the Ionising Photon Escape Fraction

Kimi C. Kreilgaard, Charlotte A. Mason, Fergus Cullen +2

The escape fraction of ionising photons from galaxies () is a key parameter for understanding how intergalactic hydrogen became reionised, but it remains mostly unc…

astro-ph.GA2024

Comparing the VANDELS sample to a zoom-in Radiative Hydrodynamical Simulation: using the Si II and C II line spectra as tracers of galaxy evolution and Lyman Continuum leakage

Simon Gazagnes, Fergus Cullen, Valentin Mauerhofer +8

We compare mock ultraviolet C II and Si II absorption and emission line features generated using a ~10 virtual galaxy with observations of 131 galaxies from the…