Early galaxy formation and its large-scale effects

P Dayal, A Ferrara - Physics Reports, 2018 - Elsevier
Galaxy formation is at the heart of our understanding of cosmic evolution. Although there is a
consensus that galaxies emerged from the expanding matter background by gravitational …

Cool gas in high-redshift galaxies

CL Carilli, F Walter - Annual Review of Astronomy and …, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Over the past decade, observations of the cool interstellar medium (ISM) in distant galaxies
via molecular and atomic fine structure line (FSL) emission have gone from a curious look …

The main sequence of star-forming galaxies across cosmic times

P Popesso, A Concas, G Cresci, S Belli… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
By compiling a comprehensive census of literature studies, we investigate the evolution of
the main sequence (MS) of star-forming galaxies (SFGs) in the widest range of redshift (0< …

A JWST/NIRCam study of key contributors to reionization: the star-forming and ionizing properties of UV-faint z ∼ 7−8 galaxies

R Endsley, DP Stark, L Whitler… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT Spitzer/Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) imaging has revealed that the brightest
z∼ 7− 8 galaxies often exhibit young ages and strong nebular line emission, hinting at high …

Evolution of the UV LF from z ∼ 15 to z ∼ 8 using new JWST NIRCam medium-band observations over the HUDF/XDF

RJ Bouwens, M Stefanon, G Brammer… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We present the first constraints on the prevalence of z> 10 galaxies in the Hubble Ultra Deep
Field (HUDF) leveraging new NIRCam observations from JEMS (JWST Extragalactic …

New Determinations of the UV Luminosity Functions from z∼ 9 to 2 Show a Remarkable Consistency with Halo Growth and a Constant Star Formation Efficiency

RJ Bouwens, PA Oesch, M Stefanon… - The Astronomical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Here we provide the most comprehensive determinations of the rest-frame UV luminosity
function (LF) available to date with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) at z∼ 2–9 …

UV luminosity density results at z > 8 from the first JWST/NIRCam fields: limitations of early data sets and the need for spectroscopy

R Bouwens, G Illingworth, P Oesch… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We have derived luminosity functions and set constraints on the UV luminosity and SFR
density from z∼ 17 to z∼ 8, using the three most-studied JWST/NIRCam data sets, the …

Reionization era bright emission line survey: selection and characterization of luminous interstellar medium reservoirs in the z> 6.5 Universe

RJ Bouwens, R Smit, S Schouws… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Reionization Era Bright Emission Line Survey (REBELS) is a cycle-7 ALMA
Large Program (LP) that is identifying and performing a first characterization of many of the …

Rapid reionization by the oligarchs: the case for massive, UV-bright, star-forming galaxies with high escape fractions

RP Naidu, S Tacchella, CA Mason, S Bose… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The protagonists of the last great phase transition of the universe—cosmic reionization—
remain elusive. Faint star-forming galaxies are leading candidates because they are found …

The dearth of z∼ 10 galaxies in all HST legacy fields—the rapid evolution of the galaxy population in the first 500 Myr

PA Oesch, RJ Bouwens, GD Illingworth… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
We present an analysis of all prime HST legacy fields spanning> 800 arcmin 2 in the search
for z∼ 10 galaxy candidates and the study of their UV luminosity function (LF). In particular …