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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…
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…
JWST's PEARLS: resolved study of the stellar and dust components in starburst galaxies at cosmic noon
M. Polletta, B. L. Frye, N. Garuda +35
Dusty star-forming galaxies (DSFGs) contribute significantly to the stellar buildup at cosmic noon. Major mergers and gas accretion are often invoked to explain DSFGs' prodigious s…
Lensed Type Ia Supernova "Encore" at z=2: The First Instance of Two Multiply-Imaged Supernovae in the Same Host Galaxy
J. D. R. Pierel, A. B. Newman, S. Dhawan +60
A bright (=24 mag), supernova (SN) candidate was discovered in JWST/NIRCam imaging acquired on 2023 November 17. The SN is quintuply-imaged as a result o…
A Lens Finder Map to check claimed High-z Galaxies behind SMACS J0723.3-7327
Alex Chow, Sung Kei Li, Tom Broadhurst +5
The first science image released by the JWST reveals numerous galaxies in the distant background of the galaxy cluster SMACS J0723.3-7327. Some have claimed redshifts of up to $z \…
PEARLS: JWST counterparts of micro-Jy radio sources in the Time Domain Field
S. P. Willner, H. B. Gim, M. del Carmen Polletta +38
The Time Domain Field (TDF) near the North Ecliptic Pole in JWST's continuous-viewing zone will become a premier "blank field" for extragalactic science. JWST/NIRCam data in a 16 a…
PEARLS: A Potentially Isolated Quiescent Dwarf Galaxy with a TRGB Distance of 30 Mpc
Timothy Carleton, Timothy Ellsworth-Bowers, Rogier A. Windhorst +25
A wealth of observations have long suggested that the vast majority of isolated classical dwarf galaxies (- M) are currently star-forming. However, recent o…
The JWST Discovery of the Triply-imaged Type Ia "Supernova H0pe" and Observations of the Galaxy Cluster PLCK G165.7+67.0
Brenda L. Frye, Massimo Pascale, Justin Pierel +39
A Type Ia supernova (SN) at was discovered in James Webb Space Telescope Near Infrared Camera imaging of the galaxy cluster PLCK G165.7+67.0 (G165; ). The SN is…
EPOCHS VII: Discovery of high redshift () AGN candidates in JWST ERO and PEARLS data
Ignas Juodžbalis, Christopher J. Conselice, Maitrayee Singh +24
We present an analysis of a sample of robust high redshift galaxies selected photometrically from the `blank' fields of the Prime Extragalactic Areas for Reionization Science (PEAR…
EPOCHS IX. When cosmic dawn breaks: Evidence for evolved stellar populations in galaxies from PEARLS GTO and public NIRCam imaging
James A. A. Trussler, Christopher J. Conselice, Nathan Adams +28
The presence of evolved stars in high-redshift galaxies can place valuable indirect constraints on the onset of star formation in the Universe. Thus we use PEARLS GTO and public NI…
A search for high-redshift direct-collapse black hole candidates in the PEARLS north ecliptic pole field
Armin Nabizadeh, Erik Zackrisson, Fabio Pacucci +31
Direct-collapse black holes (DCBHs) of mass - that form in HI-cooling halos in the early Universe are promising progenitors of the $\gtrsim 10^9 {M}_\odo…
JWST's PEARLS: Mothra, a new kaiju star at z=2.091 extremely magnified by MACS0416, and implications for dark matter models
J. M. Diego, Bangzheng Sun, Haojing Yan +28
We report the discovery of Mothra, an extremely magnified monster star, likely a binary system of two supergiant stars, in one of the strongly lensed galaxies behind the galaxy clu…
JWST's PEARLS: Transients in the MACS J0416.1-2403 Field
Haojing Yan, Zhiyuan Ma, Bangzheng Sun +27
With its unprecedented sensitivity and spatial resolution, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has opened a new window for time-domain discoveries in the infrared. Here we report…
Hidden giants in JWST's PEARLS: An ultra-massive z=4.26 sub-millimeter galaxy that is invisible to HST
Ian Smail, Ugne Dudzeviciute, Mark Gurwell +32
We present a multi-wavelength analysis using SMA, JCMT, NOEMA, JWST, HST, and SST of two dusty strongly star-forming galaxies, 850.1 and 850.2, seen through the massive cluster len…
Spectroscopy of the Supernova H0pe Host Galaxy at Redshift 1.78
M. Polletta, M. Nonino, B. Frye +42
Supernova (SN) H0pe was discovered as a new transient in James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) NIRCam images of the galaxy cluster PLCK G165.7+67.0 taken as part of the "Prime Extragal…
Dynamic Wisp Removal in JWST NIRCam Images
A. S. G. Robotham, J. C. J. D'Silva, R. A. Windhorst +5
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) near-infrared camera (NIRCam) has been found to exhibit serious wisp-like structures in four of its eight short-wavelength detectors. The exac…
PEARLS: Low Stellar Density Galaxies in the El Gordo Cluster Observed with JWST
Timothy Carleton, Seth H. Cohen, Brenda Frye +23
A full understanding of how unusually large "Ultra Diffuse Galaxies" (UDGs) fit into our conventional understanding of dwarf galaxies remains elusive, despite the large number of o…
Paper 1: The JWST PEARLS View of the El Gordo Galaxy Cluster and of the Structure It Magnifies
Brenda L. Frye, Massimo Pascale, Nicholas Foo +41
The massive galaxy cluster El Gordo (z=0.87) imprints multitudes of gravitationally lensed arcs onto James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) images. Eight b…
JWST's PEARLS: TN J1338-1942 -- I. Extreme jet triggered star-formation in a luminous radio galaxy
Kenneth J. Duncan, Rogier A. Windhorst, Anton M. Koekemoer +25
We present the first JWST observations of the luminous radio galaxy TN J1338-1942, obtained as part of the ``Prime Extragalactic Areas for Reionization and Lensing Science…
JWST's PEARLS: a new lens model for ACT-CL J01024915, "EL Gordo'', and the first red supergiant star at cosmological distances discovered by JWST
Jose M. Diego, Ashish K. Meena, Nathan J. Adams +27
The first JWST data on the massive colliding cluster El Gordo confirm 23 known families of multiply lensed images and identify 8 new members of these families. Based on these famil…
JWST's PEARLS: A JWST/NIRCam view of ALMA sources
Cheng Cheng, Jia-Sheng Huang, Ian Smail +33
We report the results of James Webb Space Telescope/NIRCam observations of 19 (sub)millimeter (submm/mm) sources detected by the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA). The accurate…
JWST's PEARLS: Prime Extragalactic Areas for Reionization and Lensing Science: Project Overview and First Results
Rogier A. Windhorst, Seth H. Cohen, Rolf A. Jansen +82
We give an overview and describe the rationale, methods, and first results from NIRCam images of the JWST "Prime Extragalactic Areas for Reionization and Lensing Science" ("PEARLS"…
Webb's PEARLS: Bright 1.5--2.0 micron Dropouts in the Spitzer/IRAC Dark Field
Haojing Yan, Seth H. Cohen, Rogier A. Windhorst +35
Using the first epoch of four-band NIRCam observations obtained by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Prime Extragalactic Areas for Reionization and Lensing Science Program in t…
JWST's PEARLS: dust attenuation and gravitational lensing in the backlit-galaxy system VV 191
William C. Keel, Rogier A. Windhorst, Rolf A. Jansen +28
We derive the spatial and wavelength behavior of dust attenuation in the multiple-armed spiral galaxy VV191b using backlighting by the superimposed elliptical system VV191a in a pa…