EPOCHS. II. The Ultraviolet Luminosity Function from 7.5 < z < 13.5 Using 180 arcmin2 of Deep, Blank Fields from the PEARLS Survey and Public JWST Data
We present an analysis of the ultraviolet luminosity function (UV LF) and star formation rate density of distant galaxies (7.5 < z < 13.5) in the “blank” fields of the Prime Extragalactic Areas for Reionization and Lensing Science (PEARLS) survey combined with Early Release Science data from t...
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| author | Nathan J. Adams Christopher J. Conselice Duncan Austin Thomas Harvey Leonardo Ferreira James Trussler Ignas Juodžbalis Qiong Li Rogier Windhorst Seth H. Cohen Rolf A. Jansen Jake Summers Scott Tompkins Simon P. Driver Aaron Robotham Jordan C. J. D’Silva Haojing Yan Dan Coe Brenda Frye Norman A. Grogin Anton M. Koekemoer Madeline A. Marshall Nor Pirzkal Russell E. Ryan Jr. W. Peter Maksym Michael J. Rutkowski Christopher N. A. Willmer Heidi B. Hammel Mario Nonino Rachana Bhatawdekar Stephen M. Wilkins Larry D. Bradley Tom Broadhurst Cheng Cheng Hervé Dole Nimish P. Hathi Adi Zitrin |
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| description | We present an analysis of the ultraviolet luminosity function (UV LF) and star formation rate density of distant galaxies (7.5 < z < 13.5) in the “blank” fields of the Prime Extragalactic Areas for Reionization and Lensing Science (PEARLS) survey combined with Early Release Science data from the CEERS, GLASS, and NGDEEP surveys/fields and the first data release of JADES. We use strict quality cuts on EAZY photometric redshifts to obtain a reliable selection and characterization of high-redshift ( z > 6.5) galaxies from a consistently processed set of deep, near-infrared imaging. Within an area of 180 arcmin ^2 , we identify 1046 candidate galaxies at redshifts z > 6.5 and we use this sample to study the UV LF in four redshift bins between 7.5 < z < 13.5. The measured number density of galaxies at z = 8 and z = 9 matches those of past observations undertaken by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Our z = 10.5 measurements lie between early James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) results and past HST results, indicating cosmic variance may be the cause of previous high density measurements. However, the number densities of UV-luminous galaxies at z = 12.5 are high compared to predictions from simulations. When examining the star formation rate density of galaxies at this period, our observations are still largely consistent with a constant star formation efficiency, are slightly lower than previous early estimations using JWST, and support galaxy driven reionization at z ≤ 8. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2a87324f4d764d009ba91142205fae1f2024-04-17T08:21:24ZengIOP PublishingThe Astrophysical Journal1538-43572024-01-01965216910.3847/1538-4357/ad2a7bEPOCHS. II. The Ultraviolet Luminosity Function from 7.5 < z < 13.5 Using 180 arcmin2 of Deep, Blank Fields from the PEARLS Survey and Public JWST DataNathan J. Adams0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4875-6272Christopher J. Conselice1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1949-7638Duncan Austin2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0519-9445Thomas Harvey3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4130-636XLeonardo Ferreira4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8919-079XJames Trussler5https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9081-2111Ignas Juodžbalis6https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7423-8660Qiong Li7https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3119-9003Rogier Windhorst8https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8156-6281Seth H. Cohen9https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3329-1337Rolf A. Jansen10https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1268-5230Jake Summers11https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7265-7920Scott Tompkins12https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9052-9837Simon P. Driver13https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9491-7327Aaron Robotham14https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0429-3579Jordan C. J. D’Silva15Haojing Yan16https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7592-7714Dan Coe17https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7410-7669Brenda Frye18https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1625-8009Norman A. Grogin19https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9440-8872Anton M. Koekemoer20https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6610-2048Madeline A. Marshall21https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6434-7845Nor Pirzkal22https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3382-5941Russell E. Ryan Jr.23https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0894-1588W. Peter Maksym24https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2203-7889Michael J. Rutkowski25https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7016-5220Christopher N. A. Willmer26https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9262-9997Heidi B. 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Box 653, Beer-Sheva 8410501, IsraelWe present an analysis of the ultraviolet luminosity function (UV LF) and star formation rate density of distant galaxies (7.5 < z < 13.5) in the “blank” fields of the Prime Extragalactic Areas for Reionization and Lensing Science (PEARLS) survey combined with Early Release Science data from the CEERS, GLASS, and NGDEEP surveys/fields and the first data release of JADES. We use strict quality cuts on EAZY photometric redshifts to obtain a reliable selection and characterization of high-redshift ( z > 6.5) galaxies from a consistently processed set of deep, near-infrared imaging. Within an area of 180 arcmin ^2 , we identify 1046 candidate galaxies at redshifts z > 6.5 and we use this sample to study the UV LF in four redshift bins between 7.5 < z < 13.5. The measured number density of galaxies at z = 8 and z = 9 matches those of past observations undertaken by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Our z = 10.5 measurements lie between early James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) results and past HST results, indicating cosmic variance may be the cause of previous high density measurements. However, the number densities of UV-luminous galaxies at z = 12.5 are high compared to predictions from simulations. When examining the star formation rate density of galaxies at this period, our observations are still largely consistent with a constant star formation efficiency, are slightly lower than previous early estimations using JWST, and support galaxy driven reionization at z ≤ 8.https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad2a7bHigh-redshift galaxiesLyman-break galaxiesGalaxy photometryLuminosity functionReionization |
| spellingShingle | Nathan J. Adams Christopher J. Conselice Duncan Austin Thomas Harvey Leonardo Ferreira James Trussler Ignas Juodžbalis Qiong Li Rogier Windhorst Seth H. Cohen Rolf A. Jansen Jake Summers Scott Tompkins Simon P. Driver Aaron Robotham Jordan C. J. D’Silva Haojing Yan Dan Coe Brenda Frye Norman A. Grogin Anton M. Koekemoer Madeline A. Marshall Nor Pirzkal Russell E. Ryan Jr. W. Peter Maksym Michael J. Rutkowski Christopher N. A. Willmer Heidi B. Hammel Mario Nonino Rachana Bhatawdekar Stephen M. Wilkins Larry D. Bradley Tom Broadhurst Cheng Cheng Hervé Dole Nimish P. Hathi Adi Zitrin EPOCHS. II. The Ultraviolet Luminosity Function from 7.5 < z < 13.5 Using 180 arcmin2 of Deep, Blank Fields from the PEARLS Survey and Public JWST Data The Astrophysical Journal High-redshift galaxies Lyman-break galaxies Galaxy photometry Luminosity function Reionization |
| title | EPOCHS. II. The Ultraviolet Luminosity Function from 7.5 < z < 13.5 Using 180 arcmin2 of Deep, Blank Fields from the PEARLS Survey and Public JWST Data |
| title_full | EPOCHS. II. The Ultraviolet Luminosity Function from 7.5 < z < 13.5 Using 180 arcmin2 of Deep, Blank Fields from the PEARLS Survey and Public JWST Data |
| title_fullStr | EPOCHS. II. The Ultraviolet Luminosity Function from 7.5 < z < 13.5 Using 180 arcmin2 of Deep, Blank Fields from the PEARLS Survey and Public JWST Data |
| title_full_unstemmed | EPOCHS. II. The Ultraviolet Luminosity Function from 7.5 < z < 13.5 Using 180 arcmin2 of Deep, Blank Fields from the PEARLS Survey and Public JWST Data |
| title_short | EPOCHS. II. The Ultraviolet Luminosity Function from 7.5 < z < 13.5 Using 180 arcmin2 of Deep, Blank Fields from the PEARLS Survey and Public JWST Data |
| title_sort | epochs ii the ultraviolet luminosity function from 7 5 z 13 5 using 180 arcmin2 of deep blank fields from the pearls survey and public jwst data |
| topic | High-redshift galaxies Lyman-break galaxies Galaxy photometry Luminosity function Reionization |
| url | https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad2a7b |
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