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most citedCANDELS Multiwavelength Catalogs: Source Identification and Photometry in the CANDELS COSMOS Survey Field

155 citations · 582 across the 28 of their papers we have counts for

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29 papers

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

Massive Galaxies Form Early and Gray: Stellar Assembly and Dust Attenuation at from CAPERS

Katherine Chworowsky, Steven L. Finkelstein, Anthony J. Taylor +27

The stellar mass assembly of massive galaxies in the first few billion years of cosmic history remains a central challenge in galaxy formation. Galaxies with $M_\star \gtrsim 10^{1…

astro-ph.GA2026

Stardust Galaxies at z>9: A Dust-Origin Transition Behind the Excess of UV-Bright Galaxies

D. Burgarella, V. Buat, A. K. Inoue +9

Recent JWST observations suggest that galaxies at z > 9 may be dominated by low-opacity SNe-produced dust before efficient ISM grain growth is established. This transition in dust…

astro-ph.GA2026

A search for the first galaxies across deg of JWST imaging: new evidence for a rapid decline in star-formation activity at

D. J. McLeod, J. S. Dunlop, R. J. McLure +20

We present a new determination of the evolving galaxy UV luminosity function (LF) over the extreme redshift range , based on a wide-area search of 0.6 deg of JW…

astro-ph.GA2026

The Collective Voice of Ly Emitters: Insights from JWST Stacked Spectroscopy

R. Tripodi, L. Napolitano, L. Pentericci +20

We present a spatially resolved stacked analysis of 287 LAEs at observed with JWST/NIRSpec prism spectroscopy. By constructing a two-dimensional stack from public surveys (CA…

astro-ph.GA2026

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…

astro-ph.GA2026

3D-Herschel: Constraining Dust Emission with Panchromatic Modeling of 3D-HST Galaxies

Seamus McNulty, Mimi Song, Katherine E. Whitaker +9

We present 3D-Herschel, a new publicly released 0.3-350m photometric catalog that combines deblended Herschel far-infrared (FIR) imaging with the CANDELS/3D-HST legacy fields to…

astro-ph.GA2026★ 1 cited

Little Red Dots: One Photometric Tag Concealing Diverse Spectroscopic Flavors of Massive Star Formation and Black Hole Activity

Pablo G. Pérez-González, Guillermo Barro, Stefano Carniani +61

We compile JWST/NIRSpec prism and MIRI data for 249 Little Red Dots (LRDs) at 2.3<z<9.3, forming a representative spectroscopic subset of NIRCam-selected LRDs. We derive a median s…

astro-ph.GA2025

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…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

HELM's deep: Highly Extincted Low-Mass galaxies seen by JWST

L. Bisigello, G. Gandolfi, A. Grazian +25

The dust content of star-forming galaxies is generally positively correlated with their stellar mass. However, some recent JWST studies have shown the existence of a population of…

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

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★ 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★ 2 cited

Ultra High-Redshift or Closer-by, Dust-Obscured Galaxies? Deciphering the Nature of Faint, Previously Missed F200W-Dropouts in CEERS

G. Gandolfi, G. Rodighiero, L. Bisigello +42

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is revolutionizing our understanding of the Universe by unveiling faint, near-infrared dropouts previously beyond our reach, ranging from exce…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 10 cited

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…

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.…

astro-ph.GA2024

UVCANDELS: Catalogs of photometric redshifts and galaxy physical properties

Vihang Mehta, Marc Rafelski, Ben Sunnquist +76

The UltraViolet imaging of the Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey Fields (UVCANDELS) program provides deep HST F275W and F435W imaging over four CANDELS…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 49 cited

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…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 7 cited

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…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 18 cited

Extreme Ionizing Properties of Metal-Poor, Muv ~ -12 Star Complex in the first Gyr

E. Vanzella, F. Loiacono, M. Messa +38

We report the serendipitous discovery of a faint (M_UV > -12.2), low-metallicity (Z ~ 0.02 Zsun), ionizing source (dubbed T2c) with a spectroscopic redshift of z=6.146. T2c is part…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 27 cited

Anatomy of a z=6 Lyman-α emitter down to parsec scales: extreme UV slopes, metal-poor regions and possibly leaking star clusters

Matteo Messa, E. Vanzella, F. Loiacono +31

We present a detailed JWST/NIRSpec and NIRCam analysis of a gravitationally-lensed galaxy () at redshift 6.14 magnified by the Hubble Frontier Field galaxy cluster MAC…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 8 cited

Physical properties of strong 1 < z < 3 Balmer and Paschen lines emitters observed with JWST

L. -M. Seillé, V. Buat, V. Fernández +16

The ultraviolet continuum traces young stars while the near-infrared unveils older stellar populations and dust-obscured regions. Balmer emission lines provide insights on gas prop…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 26 cited

Physical properties of extreme emission-line galaxies at from the JWST CEERS survey

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

Extreme emission line galaxies (EELGs) are typically characterized by high equivalent widths (EWs) which are driven by elevated specific star formation rates (sSFR) in low-mass gal…