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most citedThe Sunburst Arc with JWST: I. Detection of Wolf-Rayet stars injecting nitrogen into a low-metallicity, proto-globular cluster leaking ionizing photons

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31 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

LEGGOS: Direct abundances of N, O, Ne, S, and Ar in five lensed galaxies at Cosmic Noon

Brian Welch, Gourav Khullar, Taylor A. Hutchison +14

We present direct chemical abundances in five strongly lensed galaxies at Cosmic Noon () using JWST/NIRSpec data from the LEGGOS survey. We measure g…

astro-ph.GA2026

LEGGOS: A Shocking Lack of Evidence for Shocks at sub-kiloparsec Scales at 2 < z < 4

Nikko J. Cleri, Taylor A. Hutchison, Brian Welch +11

Here we present the first systematic search for shocks in six gravitationally lensed galaxies at 2.37 < z < 3.625 with JWST/NIRSpec integral field spectroscopy from the LEnsing and…

astro-ph.GA2026

Ubiquitous Interstellar Neutral Helium Detected with JWST

Jane R. Rigby, D. Koutroumpa, M. Galeazzi +8

We report the discovery of ubiquitous neutral helium emission in sky spectra taken with JWST's NIRSpec instrument. The emission, with a wavelength of 1.0833 micron, resembles one o…

astro-ph.GA2026

LEGGOS I: The JWST LEGGOS Survey -- LEnsing and Galaxy Growth: Observing Substructures -- Unpacks the Nature of Clumpy Star Formation and Quenching in Gravitationally Lensed Galaxies beyond Cosmic Noon

Gourav Khullar, Michael Florian, Matthew B. Bayliss +34

We present first results from the JWST LEGGOS Survey (LEnsing and Galaxy Growth: Observing Substructures), aimed at studying the physics of clumpy star formation and quenching in e…

astro-ph.GA2026

LEGGOS II: A Strong Lens Model and Source-Plane Projection of the Clumpy Star-Forming Galaxy SGASJ111020.0+645950.8 at z=2.48

Pedram Abedi, Keren Sharon, Taylor A. Hutchison +18

Strong gravitational lensing by galaxy clusters combined with the resolution of JWST enables studies of star formation on ~10-100 pc scales in galaxies at z~2-4. As part of the LEn…

astro-ph.GA2026

LEGGOS III: Mapping Star Formation and Dust in Gravitationally Lensed Galaxies with , a UMAP and Clustering Framework

Alex Ross, Gourav Khullar, Taylor Hutchison +10

Strong gravitational lensing combined with JWST's spatio-spectral resolution enables resolved studies of star-forming regions in 2-4 galaxies, but identifying and character…

astro-ph.GA2026

COOL-LAMPS IX: A Rare Duo of Quasars Each Lensed by a Single Massive Galaxy Cluster

Erik Solhaug, Michael D. Gladders, Andi M. Kisare +20

Wide-separation lensed quasars (WSLQs) are rare systems that arise from the chance alignment of two objects: a galaxy cluster and a background quasar. After two decades, only seven…

astro-ph.CO2026★ 1 cited

VENUS: Strong-lensing model of MACS J1931.8-2635 -- revealing the farthest multiply imaged supernova

Joseph F. V. Allingham, Adi Zitrin, Vasily Kokorev +42

We present a parametric strong-lensing model for the galaxy cluster MACS J1931.8-2635 (), accompanying the detection of the spectroscopically confirmed SN Eos at $z = 5…

astro-ph.GA2025

THRILS -- The High-(Redshift+Ionization) Line Search: Program Description & Redshift Catalog

Taylor A. Hutchison, Rebecca L. Larson, Pablo Arrabal Haro +46

To date, many spectroscopic confirmations of z>7 galaxies have been obtained using JWST/NIRSpec prism observations, with most of their physical properties inferred from these obser…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 2 cited

Spatially Resolved Physical Properties of Young Star Clusters and Star-forming Clumps in the Brightest z>6 Galaxy, the Strongly Lensed Cosmic Spear at z=6.2

Abdurro'uf, Dan Coe, Tom Resseguier +49

We present spatially resolved analysis of stellar populations in the brightest galaxy known to date (AB mag 23), the strongly lensed MACS0308zD1 (dubbed the ``Cosmic Spear…

astro-ph.GA2025

Lyman Continuum escaping from in-situ formed stars in a tidal bridge at z = 3

T. E. Rivera-Thorsen, A. Le Reste, M. J. Hayes +11

We present an analysis of archival JWST NIRSpec IFS and HST imaging observations of the z = 3 Lyman-Continuum Emitter (LCE) candidate LACES104037. We show that a nearby galaxy, den…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

JWST & the Waz Arc I: Spatially Resolving the Physical Conditions within a Post-Starburst Galaxy at Redshift 5 with NIRSpec IFS

Taylor A. Hutchison, Gourav Khullar, Jane R. Rigby +22

We present NIRSpec/IFS observations of a rest-frame UV-bright, massive ( M, ) galaxy highly magnified by gravitational-lensing observed just…

astro-ph.GA2025

The Sunburst Arc with JWST. IV. The importance of interaction, turbulence, and feedback for Lyman-continuum escape

T. Emil Rivera-Thorsen, Brian Welch, Taylor Hutchison +13

At present, the best opportunity for detailed Lyman Continuum escape studies is in gravitationally lensed galaxies at z >~ 2. Only one such galaxy currently exists in the literatur…

astro-ph.GA2025

JWST Catches a Strongly Gravitationally Lensed AGN In Transition from Type II to Type I

Michael K Florian, Michael D Gladders, Gourav Khullar +10

JWST has enabled the discovery of a statistical sample of obscured (type II) active galactic nuclei (AGN) at cosmic noon. Studies comparing those type II AGN with type I AGN at tha…

astro-ph.GA2025

Discovery of Multiply Ionized Iron Emission Powered by an Active Galactic Nucleus in a z~7 Little Red Dot

Erini Lambrides, Rebecca Larson, Taylor Hutchison +50

Some of the most puzzling discoveries of NASA's JWST in the early Universe surround the surprising abundance of compact red sources, which show peculiar continuum shapes and broad…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 9 cited

JWST spectroscopic confirmation of the Cosmic Gems arc at z=9.625 -- Insights into the small scale structure of a post-burst system

M. Messa, E. Vanzella, F. Loiacono +30

We present JWST/NIRSpec integral field spectroscopy of the Cosmic Gems arc, strongly magnified by the galaxy cluster SPT-CL J06155746. Six-hour integration using NIRSpec prism s…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 9 cited

The z = 9.625 Cosmic Gems Galaxy was a "Compact Blue Monster" Propelled by Massive Star Clusters

E. Vanzella, M. Messa, A. Adamo +36

The recent discovery of five massive stellar clusters at z=9.625 in the Cosmic Gems has raised the question about the formation mechanism of star clusters in the first half Gyr aft…

astro-ph.GA2024

Connecting Lyman- and ionizing photon escape in the Sunburst Arc

M. Riley Owens, Keunho J. Kim, Matthew B. Bayliss +17

We investigate the Lyman- (Ly) and Lyman continuum (LyC) properties of the Sunburst Arc, a gravitationally lensed galaxy with a multiply-imaged, compact region leaki…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 2 cited

Explanations for the two-component spectral energy distributions of gravitationally lensed stars at high redshifts

Armin Nabizadeh, Erik Zackrisson, Emma Lundqvist +4

Observations of gravitationally lensed, high-mass stars at redshifts occasionally reveal spectral energy distributions that contain two components with different effecti…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 8 cited

The Sunburst Arc with JWST: II. Observations of an Eta Carinae Analog at

S. Choe, T. Emil Rivera-Thorsen, H. Dahle +11

"Godzilla" is a peculiar object within the gravitationally lensed Sunburst Arc at . Despite being very bright, it appears in only one of the twelve lensed images of the sou…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 3 cited

The Sunburst Arc with JWST: III. An Abundance of Direct Chemical Abundances

Brian Welch, T. Emil Rivera-Thorsen, Jane Rigby +11

We measure the gas-phase abundances of the elements He, N, O, Ne, S, Ar, and Fe in an individual H\textsc{ii} region known to be leaking Lyman-continuum photons in the Sunburst Arc…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 2 cited

JWST NIRSpec High-resolution Spectroscopy of MACS0647-JD at z=10.167: Resolved [OII] Doublet and Electron Density in an Early Galaxy

Abdurro'uf, Rebecca L. Larson, Dan Coe +26

We present JWST/NIRSpec high-resolution spectroscopy G395H/F290LP of MACS0647-JD, a gravitationally lensed galaxy merger at . The new spectroscopy, which is acquired for…

astro-ph.GA2024

JWST MIRI detections of H and [O III] and direct metallicity measurement of the lensed galaxy MACS0647JD

Tiger Yu-Yang Hsiao, Javier Álvarez-Márquez, Dan Coe +30

JWST spectroscopy has revolutionized our understanding of galaxies in the early universe. Covering wavelengths up to , NIRSpec can detect rest-frame optical emission…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 3 cited

Spectroscopic characterisation of gravitationally lensed stars at high redshifts

Emma Lundqvist, Erik Zackrisson, Calum Hawcroft +2

Deep imaging of galaxy cluster fields have in recent years revealed tens of candidates for gravitationally lensed stars at redshifts 1-6, and future searches are expecte…