A population of faint, old, and massive quiescent galaxies at $$3<z<4$$ 3 < z < 4 revealed by JWST NIRSpec Spectroscopy

Abstract Here we present a sample of 12 massive quiescent galaxy candidates at $$z\sim 3-4$$ z ∼ 3 - 4 observed with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Near Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec). These galaxies were pre-selected from the Hubble Space Telescope imaging and 10 of our sources were unable...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Themiya Nanayakkara, Karl Glazebrook, Colin Jacobs, Lalitwadee Kawinwanichakij, Corentin Schreiber, Gabriel Brammer, James Esdaile, Glenn G. Kacprzak, Ivo Labbe, Claudia Lagos, Danilo Marchesini, Z. Cemile Marsan, Pascal A. Oesch, Casey Papovich, Rhea-Silvia Remus, Kim-Vy H. Tran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-02-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-52585-4