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most citedSpectroscopic confirmation of z~7 LBGs: probing the earliest galaxies and the epoch of reionization

295 citations · 1.5k across the 38 of their papers we have counts for

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40 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

TRICEPS. I. Tracing cold gas, dust, and stars at sub-kpc scales in massive star-forming galaxies at z = 4-5

Federico Lelli, Lingrui Lin, Zhi-Yu Zhang +11

We introduce the TRICEPS (Tracing Resolved Ionized Carbon Emission in Primeval Systems) survey. TRICEPS focuses on a sample of 16 massive galaxies at z = 4 - 5 with top-quality dat…

astro-ph.GA2026

PRISMS. GHZ1. A standard tale of galaxy evolution with atypical ionizing conditions at

Borja Pérez-Díaz, Marco Castellano, Javier Álvarez-Márquez +33

[Abridged] The first operating years of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have revealed a surprising number of UV-bright objects, many of them characterized by t…

astro-ph.GA2026

The Roman eXtreme Deep Field (RXDF)

Haojing Yan, Anton M. Koekemoer, Yue Shen +127

The Roman eXtreme Deep Field (RXDF) program is one of the five General Astrophysics Survey (GAS) programs approved for observing time with the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope in…

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

How can we finally see the first light? Status and perspective in the search for Population III stars

Alessandra Venditti, Daniel Schaerer, Erik Zackrisson +26

Finding the first (Population III or Pop III) stars is one of the fundamental quests of astronomy, aiming to deliver the missing link in how stars form at early cosmic times. Yet t…

astro-ph.CO2026

Probing the faint end of simulated galaxy counts at z>3

Flaminia Fortuni, Emiliano Merlin, Marco Castellano +2

Simulations and observations now probe comparable redshift regimes with unprecedented accuracy, enabling direct consistency tests through forward modeling. In a previous work, we i…

astro-ph.GA2026

Impact of stellar population models on the estimated physical properties of galaxies

Bozhidara Stoyanova, Médéric Boquien, Paola Santini +5

Accurate estimates of fundamental physical properties of galaxies, such as star formation rates (SFRs) or stellar masses, are essential for testing and constraining models of galax…

astro-ph.GA2026

Beyond the [OIII]4363 auroral line: [NeIII]3868 as a direct tracer of electron temperature

Borja Pérez-Díaz, José M. Vílchez, Marco Castellano +9

Auroral lines enable accurate measurements of chemical abundances in ionized gaseous nebulae thanks to their sensitivity to electron temperature. However, metal-enriched systems re…

astro-ph.CO2026

Early growth of massive black holes in dynamical dark energy models with negative cosmological constant

N. Menci, M. Castellano, P. Mukherjee +4

Recent results from combined cosmological probes indicate that the Dark Energy component of the Universe could be dynamical. The simplest explanation envisages the presence of a qu…

astro-ph.GA2026

PRISMS. UNCOVER-26185, a metal-poor SFG at z=10.05 with no evidence for a X-ray-luminous AGN

J. Álvarez-Márquez, L. Colina, A. Crespo-Gomez +31

This work presents the first results of the PRImordial galaxy Survey with MIRI Spectroscopy (PRISMS), a JWST cycle 4 program (PID 8051) aimed at the characterization of a relativel…

astro-ph.GA2026★ 1 cited

PRISMS. U37126, a very blue, ISM-naked starburst at z=10.255 with nearly 100% Lyman continuum escape fraction

R. Marques-Chaves, J. Álvarez-Márquez, L. Colina +31

We present very deep (~11h) JWST/MIRI low-resolution spectroscopy of the rest-frame optical emission of U37126, a UV-bright (M_UV ~ -20), mildly lensed () galaxy at z=…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

The Early Maturity of High-Redshift Galaxies: Insights from sSFR, M/L and SFHs at z~7-14

P. Santini, M. Castellano, A. Calabrò +23

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has revealed an unexpected excess of UV-bright galaxies at z>10, unaccounted for by extrapolations from pre-JWST observations and theoretical…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 2 cited

Investigating ionising sources and the complex interstellar medium of GHZ2 at

M. Castellano, L. Napolitano, B. Moreschini +27

An accurate characterisation of the physical properties of galaxies at cosmic dawn is key to understanding the origin of the high abundance of UV-bright galaxies at z10. W…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 4 cited

Feeding the Dead: Neutral Gas Inflow in a Long-Quenched Ancient Massive Galaxy at Observed with JWST/NIRSpec

Davide Bevacqua, Danilo Marchesini, Paolo Saracco +16

We report the spectroscopic detection of neutral gas inflow into a massive () quiescent galaxy observed at with JWST. F…

astro-ph.GA2025

Witnessing downsizing in the making: quiescent and breathing galaxies at the dawn of the Universe

Emiliano Merlin, Flaminia Fortuni, Antonello Calabrò +18

[Shortened for arXiv] We conduct a systematic search for quiescent galaxies at in six extragalactic deep fields observed with NIRCam, with t…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 5 cited

Mysteries of Capotauro: investigating the puzzling nature of an extreme F356W-dropout

Giovanni Gandolfi, Giulia Rodighiero, Marco Castellano +38

JWST has uncovered a diverse population of extreme near-infrared dropouts, including ultra high-redshift () galaxy candidates, dust-obscured galaxies challenging dust product…

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★ 13 cited

Pushing JWST to the extremes: search and scrutiny of bright galaxy candidates at z15-30

M. Castellano, A. Fontana, E. Merlin +50

We designed customized Lyman-break color selection techniques to identify galaxy candidates in the redshift ranges and . The selection was pe…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

Low dust mass and high star-formation efficiency at from deep ALMA observations

Ikki Mitsuhashi, Jorge A. Zavala, Tom J. L. C. Bakx +15

We investigate the dust mass build-up and star formation efficiency of two galaxies at , GHZ2 and GS-z14-0, by combining ALMA and JWST observations with an analytical model t…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

The Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science Survey (CEERS)

Steven L. Finkelstein, Micaela B. Bagley, Pablo Arrabal Haro +96

We present the Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science (CEERS) Survey, a 77.2 hour Director's Discretionary Early Release Science Program. CEERS demonstrates, tests, and validates e…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 1 cited

Not just PAH: why galaxies turn red in the Near-Infrared

Benedetta Vulcani, Tommaso Treu, Matthew Malkan +11

We measure the spectral properties of a sample of 20 galaxies at z~0.35 selected for having surprisingly red JWST/NIRCAM F200W-F444W colors. 19 galaxies were observed with JWST/NIR…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 2 cited

Gas dynamics in an AGN-host galaxy at : regular rotation, non-circular motions, and mass models

Lingrui Lin, Federico Lelli, Carlos De Breuck +9

The gas dynamics of galaxies provide critical insights into the evolution of both baryons and dark matter (DM) across cosmic time. In this context, galaxies at cosmic noon -- the p…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 1 cited

ALMA detection of [OIII] 88um at z=12.33: Exploring the Nature and Evolution of GHZ2 as a Massive Compact Stellar System

Jorge A. Zavala, Tom Bakx, Ikki Mitsuhashi +21

We present ALMA observations on the high-redshift galaxy GHZ2 and report a successful detection of the rest-frame 88um atomic transition from doubly-ionized Oxygen at z=12.3327+/-0…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 41 cited

ASTRODEEP-JWST: NIRCam-HST multiband photometry and redshifts for half a million sources in six extragalactic deep fields

E. Merlin, P. Santini, D. Paris +52

We present a set of photometric catalogs primarily aimed at providing the community with a comprehensive database for the study of galaxy populations in the high redshift Universe.…