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most citedA Comprehensive Study on Galaxies at z~9-16 Found in the Early JWST Data: UV Luminosity Functions and Cosmic Star-Formation History at the Pre-Reionization Epoch

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109 papers

astro-ph.IM2026

GREX-PLUS Science Book v2

PLUS Science Team, Shunsuke Baba, Sirio Belli +52

GREX-PLUS (Galaxy Reionization EXplorer and PLanetary Universe Spectrometer) is a mission candidate for a JAXA strategic L-class mission to be launched in the 2030s. Its primary sc…

astro-ph.GA2026

Gas-Phase Metallicity and Nitrogen Abundances in Low-Mass Galaxies Down to at -- from JWST Lensing Cluster Surveys

Hiroya Umeda, Masami Ouchi, Kimihiko Nakajima +7

We analyze 405 deep JWST/NIRSpec spectra of star-forming galaxies at -- from DREAMS and other lensing-cluster surveys to study chemical enrichment in intrinsically fai…

astro-ph.GA2026

DREAMS. JWST Spectroscopy of a Galaxy with an ALMA Dust Continuum Detection: Early Dust, Very High , and a Multi-wavelength [OIII] Ratio Discrepancy

Kana Takechi, Masami Ouchi, Kimihiko Nakajima +10

We present a deep DREAMS JWST/NIRSpec MSA medium-grating spectrum of MACS0416-Y1, a galaxy at with the highest-redshift ALMA dust continuum detection to date, in order to…

astro-ph.GA2026

A UV-Luminous Galaxy at z=11 with Surprisingly Weak Star Formation Activity

Yuichi Harikane, Pablo G. Perez-Gonzalez, Javier Alvarez-Marquez +8

One of the major discoveries by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is the identification of a large population of luminous galaxies at , challenging theoretical models for…

astro-ph.GA2026

JWST Spectroscopic Census of ALMA Faint Submillimeter Galaxies in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field

Tomokazu Kiyota, Masami Ouchi, Daisuke Iono +6

We present a JWST/NIRSpec rest-frame optical spectroscopic census of ALMA 1-mm continuum sources in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (UDF) identified by the deep ALMA UDF and ASPECS pro…

astro-ph.GA2025

DREAMS.II. Galaxy Demographics from Direct Te-Based Metallicities at z~2-10: Tracing the Evolution of the Mass-Metallicity and Fundamental Relations

Moka Nishigaki, Kimihiko Nakajima, Masami Ouchi +6

We present the statistics of line ratios and direct Te-based metallicities from JWST medium-resolution spectra of 292 galaxies at z=2-10, combining DREAMS observations with those o…

astro-ph.GA2025

EMPRESS. XV. A New Determination of the Primordial Helium Abundance Suggesting a Moderately Low Value

Hiroto Yanagisawa, Masami Ouchi, Akinori Matsumoto +18

We present a new constraint on the primordial helium abundance, , based on Subaru observations. A major source of uncertainty in previous determination…

astro-ph.GA2025

An Ultra-Faint, Chemically Primitive Galaxy Forming in the Reionization Era

Kimihiko Nakajima, Masami Ouchi, Yuichi Harikane +9

The formation of the first stars and galaxies marked the onset of chemical enrichment, yet direct observations of such primordial systems remain elusive. Here we present James Webb…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 2 cited

JWST & ALMA Joint Analysis with [OII]3726,3729, [OIII]4363, [OIII]88m, and [OIII]52m: Multi-Zone Evolution of Electron Densities at and Its Impact on Metallicity Measurements

Yuichi Harikane, Ryan L. Sanders, Richard Ellis +8

We present a JWST and ALMA detailed study of the ISM properties of high-redshift galaxies. Our JWST/NIRSpec IFU spectroscopy targeting three galaxies at detects key rest-fr…

astro-ph.GA2025

Probing the Cosmic Reionization History with JWST: Gunn-Peterson and Ly Damping Wing Absorption at

Hiroya Umeda, Masami Ouchi, Yuta Kageura +4

We present a statistical analysis of Ly absorption using 581 galaxies at --13 observed with multiple JWST/NIRSpec spectroscopy programs, including JADES, UNCOVER, CEERS,…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

Comprehensive JWST+ALMA Study on the Extended Ly Emitters, Himiko and CR7 at : Blue Major Merger Systems in Stark Contrast to Submillimeter Galaxies

Tomokazu Kiyota, Masami Ouchi, Yi Xu +14

We present various properties of two bright extended Ly objects, Himiko and CR7, at thoroughly investigated with JWST/NIRCam photometry, NIRSpec-IFU spectroscopy, and AL…

astro-ph.GA2025

ChemicalUniverseMachine I: Uncovering the Cosmic Evolution of Metals in the Galaxy-ISM-CGM Ecosystem

Moka Nishigaki, Peter Behroozi, Masami Ouchi +5

We present an empirical chemical evolution model that explains the distribution of metals in the interstellar medium (ISM) and the circumgalactic medium (CGM) of galaxies based on…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

Fe Abundances of Early Galaxies at Derived with Deep JWST Spectra

Minami Nakane, Masami Ouchi, Kimihiko Nakajima +12

We derive Fe-abundance ratios of 7 galaxies at with whose JWST/NIRSpec spectra achieve very high signal-to-noise ratios, , a…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

Morphological Demographics of Galaxies at : Log-Normal Size Distribution and Exponential Profiles Consistent with the Disk Formation Scenario

Yoshiaki Ono, Masami Ouchi, Yuichi Harikane +5

We homogeneously investigate the morphological properties of galaxies at with deep JWST NIRCam images employing our established techniques of GALFIT modeling and…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 2 cited

Census of Ly Emission from Galaxies at : Evolution of the Ly Luminosity Function and a Late Sharp Cosmic Reionization

Yuta Kageura, Masami Ouchi, Minami Nakane +6

We present the statistical properties of Ly emission in 586 galaxies at , observed by multiple JWST/NIRSpec spectroscopy projects, including JADES, GLASS, CEERS, and…

astro-ph.GA2024

EMPRESS. X. Spatially resolved mass-metallicity relation in extremely metal-poor galaxies: evidence of episodic star-formation fueled by a metal-poor gas infall

Kimihiko Nakajima, Masami Ouchi, Yuki Isobe +47

Using the Subaru/FOCAS IFU capability, we examine the spatially resolved relationships between gas-phase metallicity, stellar mass, and star-formation rate surface densities (Sigma…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 1 cited

A Galaxy with an Extremely Blue UV Slope at Identified by JWST Spectroscopy: Evidence for a Weak Nebular Continuum and Efficient Ionizing Photon Escape?

Hiroto Yanagisawa, Masami Ouchi, Kimihiko Nakajima +8

We investigate UV continuum slopes of 863 galaxies at using archival JWST/NIRSpec PRISM spectra obtained from major JWST GTO, ERS, and GO programs, including JADES, CE…

astro-ph.GA2024

The Physical Origin of Extreme Emission Line Galaxies at High redshifts: Strong {\sc [Oiii]} Emission Lines Produced by Obscured AGNs

Chenghao Zhu, Yuichi Harikane, Masami Ouchi +21

We present deep Subaru/FOCAS spectra for two extreme emission line galaxies (EELGs) at with strong {\sc[Oiii]}5007 emission lines, exhibiting equivalent widths (EWs) o…

astro-ph.GA2024

Low [O/Fe] Ratio in a Luminous Galaxy at the Early Cosmic Epoch (): Signature of Short Delay Time or Bright Hypernovae/Pair-Instability Supernovae?

Minami Nakane, Masami Ouchi, Kimihiko Nakajima +12

We present an [O/Fe] ratio of a luminous galaxy GN-z11 at derived with the deep public JWST/NIRSpec data. We fit the medium-resolution grating (G140M, G235M, and G395M) d…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 7 cited

JWST, ALMA, and Keck Spectroscopic Constraints on the UV Luminosity Functions at z~7-14: Clumpiness and Compactness of the Brightest Galaxies in the Early Universe

Yuichi Harikane, Akio K. Inoue, Richard S. Ellis +33

We present the number densities and physical properties of the bright galaxies spectroscopically confirmed at . Our sample is composed of 60 galaxies at $z_\mathrm{spec}…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 2 cited

Strong He I Emission Lines in High N/O Galaxies at Identified in JWST Spectra: High He/H Abundance Ratios or High Electron Densities?

Hiroto Yanagisawa, Masami Ouchi, Kuria Watanabe +14

We present HeI/H-flux and He/H-abundance ratios in three JWST galaxies with significant constraints on N/O-abundance ratios, GS-NDG-9422, RXCJ2248-ID, and GLASS150008 at $z\sim…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 1 cited

Dynamics of a Galaxy at z > 10 Explored by JWST Integral Field Spectroscopy: Hints of Rotating Disk Suggesting Weak Feedback

Yi Xu, Masami Ouchi, Hidenobu Yajima +9

We investigate the dynamics of GN-z11, a luminous galaxy at , carefully analyzing the public deep integral field spectroscopy (IFS) data taken with JWST NIRSpec IFU. While…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 6 cited

Towards unveiling the Cosmic Reionization: the ionizing photon production efficiency () of Low-mass H emitters at

Nuo Chen, Kentaro Motohara, Lee Spitler +2

We investigate the galaxy properties of 400 low-mass () H emitters (HAEs) at z 2.3 in the ZFOURGE survey. The selection of these HAEs is based on…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 3 cited

Balmer Decrement Anomalies in Galaxies at z ~ 6 Found by JWST Observations: Density-Bounded Nebulae or Excited H I Clouds?

Hiroto Yanagisawa, Masami Ouchi, Kimihiko Nakajima +11

We investigate the physical origins of the Balmer decrement anomalies in GS-NDG-9422 (Cameron et al. 2023) and RXCJ2248-ID (Topping et al. 2024) galaxies at whose $\mathr…