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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…
OCEANS of Absorption: High-resolution NIRSpec Spectroscopy Reveals Diverse Balmer-line Absorption in Little Red Dots
Kelcey Davis, Madisyn Brooks, Raymond C. Simons +24
The ``Little Red Dots' (LRDs) that appeared in JWST deep field images have been the subject of significant study since their discovery. In this work, we present high-resolution fol…
Cold molecular gas distribution and kinematics in the low-metallicity dusty starburst of Mrk 996 resolved with ALMA
R. Slater, R. Amorín, J. A. Fernández-Ontiveros +10
Detecting cold molecular gas in metal-poor starbursts remains a major challenge. Low carbon and oxygen abundances hinder CO formation, while low dust content reduces shielding agai…
The k-MENDEL sample of local analogs to reionization galaxies. Spectral identification of EELGs and properties of green peas in DESI
L. Bonatto, R. Amorín, A. Giménez-Alcázar +7
Low-mass galaxies with intense starbursts exhibit spectra dominated by extreme nebular emission and faint stellar continua. These extreme emission-line galaxies (EELGs) are key lab…
Extreme Emission Line Galaxies in CEERS Are Powered by Star Formation, not AGN
Kelcey Davis, Madisyn Brooks, Jonathan R. Trump +28
We present a spectroscopic study of photometrically identified extreme emission-line galaxies (EELGs) with observed-frame equivalent widths (EWs) >5000 A of either H alpha or H bet…
Investigating the role of mergers in galaxy assembly in the early Universe (z > 5)
A. Calabrò, L. Pentericci, M. Llerena +20
Galaxy mergers play a crucial role in shaping the morphology, the star formation, and the mass growth of galaxies across cosmic time. While mergers have been extensively investigat…
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…
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…
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…
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…
A Lyman continuum analysis for galaxies at in the Abell 2744 Cluster Field
Y. Liu, S. Mascia, L. Pentericci +17
Identifying Lyman continuum (LyC) leakers at intermediate redshifts is crucial for understanding the properties of cosmic reionizers, as the opacity of the intergalactic medium (IG…
CAPERS-LRD-z9: A Gas Enshrouded Little Red Dot Hosting a Broad-line AGN at z=9.288
Anthony J. Taylor, Vasily Kokorev, Dale D. Kocevski +49
We present CAPERS-LRD-z9, a little red dot (LRD) which we confirm to be a broad-line AGN (BLAGN). First identified as a high-redshift LRD candidate from PRIMER NIRCam pho…
Redshift evolution of Lyman continuum escape fraction after JWST
A. Ferrara, M. Giavalisco, L. Pentericci +3
The LyC escape fraction from galaxies, , is strongly boosted by galactic outflows. In the Attenuation-Free Model (AFM) accounting for the properties of galaxies…
Galaxies in the Epoch of Reionization Are All Bark and No Bite -- Plenty of Ionizing Photons, Low Escape Fractions
Casey Papovich, Justin W. Cole, Weida Hu +27
Early results from JWST suggest that epoch-of-reionization (EoR) galaxies produce copious ionizing photons, which, if they escape efficiently, could cause reionization to occur too…
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…
Emission-Line Diagnostics at z>4: [OIII]λ4363/Hγ
Bren E. Backhaus, Nikko J. Cleri, Jonathan R. Trump +17
We use JWST Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) observations from the the Cosmic Evolution Early Release survey (CEERS), GLASS-JWST ERS (GLASS), and JWST Advanced Deep Extragalact…
Little impact of mergers and galaxy morphology on the production and escape of ionizing photons in the early Universe
S. Mascia, L. Pentericci, M. Llerena +28
Compact, star-forming galaxies with high star formation rate surface densities () are often efficient Lyman continuum (LyC) emitters at , likely as inten…
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…
The ionizing photon production efficiency of star-forming galaxies at
M. Llerena, L. Pentericci, L. Napolitano +27
Investigating the ionizing emission of star-forming galaxies is critical to understanding their contribution to reionization and their impact on the surrounding environment. The nu…
Seven wonders of Cosmic Dawn: JWST confirms a high abundance of galaxies and AGNs at z 9-11 in the GLASS field
L. Napolitano, M. Castellano, L. Pentericci +24
We present JWST/NIRSpec PRISM follow-up of candidate galaxies at z=9-11 selected from deep JWST/NIRCam photometry in GLASS-JWST Early Release Science data. We spectroscopically con…
The Dual Nature of GHZ9: Coexisting Active Galactic Nuclei and Star Formation Activity in a Remote X-ray Source at z = 10.145
Lorenzo Napolitano, Marco Castellano, Laura Pentericci +33
We present James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)/NIRSpec PRISM spectroscopic characterization of GHZ9 at z= 10.145 0.010, currently the most distant source detected by the Chandr…
Spectroscopic confirmation of a dust-obscured, metal-rich dwarf galaxy at z~5
L. Bisigello, G. Gandolfi, A. Feltre +24
We present the first spectroscopic confirmation of a dust-obscured dwarf galaxy, CEERS-14821. The analysis is performed combining JWST NIRCam broad-band photometry and NIRSpec/PRIS…
Evidence of extreme ionization conditions and low metallicity in GHZ2/GLASS-z12 from a combined analysis of NIRSpec and MIRI observations
Antonello Calabro, Marco Castellano, Jorge A. Zavala +19
GHZ2/GLASS-z12 has been recently observed by JWST with both NIRSpec and MIRI spectrographs, making it the most distant galaxy () with complete spectroscopic coverag…
JWST NIRSpec Spectroscopy of the Remarkable Bright Galaxy GHZ2/GLASS-z12 at Redshift 12.34
Marco Castellano, Lorenzo Napolitano, Adriano Fontana +28
We spectroscopically confirm the mag galaxy GHZ2/GLASS-z12 to be at redshift . The source was selected via NIRCam photometry in GLASS-JWST ERS data, p…