3 papers
astro-ph.GA2026
MEGA and SMILES Find Fewer Dusty Galaxies than Expected at Cosmic Noon
Bren E. Backhaus, Allison Kirkpatrick, Kurt Hamblin +10
We present infrared (IR) luminsosity functions (LFs) and resulting star formation rate densities using the JWST Mid-infrared Instrument (MIRI) observations from the MIRI EGS Galaxy…
astro-ph.GA2026
AGNBoost: A Machine Learning Approach to AGN Identification with JWST/NIRCam+MIRI Colors and Photometry
Kurt Hamblin, Allison Kirkpatrick, Bren E. Backhaus +18
We present AGNBoost, a machine learning framework utilizing XGBoostLSS to identify AGN and estimate redshifts from JWST NIRCam and MIRI photometry. AGNBoost constructs 66 input fea…
astro-ph.GA2025
MEGA Mass Assembly with JWST: The MIRI EGS Galaxy and AGN Survey
Bren E. Backhaus, Allison Kirkpatrick, Guang Yang +8
We present the MIRI EGS Galaxy and AGN (MEGA) survey, a four band MIRI survey with 25 pointing in the Extended Groth Strip (EGS) extragalactic field. Three of the pointings utilize…