New insights into the evolution of massive stars and their effects on our understanding of early galaxies

JJ Eldridge, ER Stanway - Annual Review of Astronomy and …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
The observable characteristics and subsequent evolution of young stellar populations is
dominated by their massive stars. As our understanding of those massive stars and the …

EIGER. II. First Spectroscopic Characterization of the Young Stars and Ionized Gas Associated with Strong Hβ and [O iii] Line Emission in Galaxies at z= 5–7 with …

J Matthee, R Mackenzie, RA Simcoe… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We present emission-line measurements and physical interpretations for a sample of 117 [O
iii] emitting galaxies at z= 5.33–6.93, using the first deep JWST/NIRCam wide-field slitless …

The low-redshift Lyman continuum survey. I. New, diverse local Lyman continuum emitters

SR Flury, AE Jaskot, HC Ferguson… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The origins of Lyman continuum (LyC) photons responsible for the reionization of the
universe are as of yet unknown and highly contested. Detecting LyC photons from the Epoch …

Early Results from GLASS-JWST. XIV. A spectroscopically confirmed protocluster 650 million years after the Big Bang

T Morishita, G Roberts-Borsani, T Treu… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the spectroscopic confirmation of a protocluster at z= 7.88 behind the galaxy
cluster Abell 2744 (hereafter A2744-z7p9OD). Using JWST NIRSpec, we find seven …

The ionizing photon production efficiency at z ∼ 6 for Lyman-alpha emitters using JEMS and MUSE

C Simmonds, S Tacchella, M Maseda… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We study the ionizing photon production efficiency at the end of the Epoch of Reionization
(z∼ 5.4− 6.6) for a sample of 30 Ly α emitters. This is a crucial quantity to infer the ionizing …

Low-redshift Lyman continuum leaking galaxies with high [O iii]/[O ii] ratios

YI Izotov, G Worseck, D Schaerer… - Monthly Notices of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
We present observations with the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) onboard the Hubble
Space Telescope of five star-forming galaxies at redshifts in the range 0.2993–0.4317 and …

J1154+ 2443: a low-redshift compact star-forming galaxy with a 46 per cent leakage of Lyman continuum photons

YI Izotov, D Schaerer, G Worseck… - Monthly Notices of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
We report the detection of the Lyman continuum (LyC) radiation of the compact star-forming
galaxy (SFG) J1154+ 2443 observed with the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) onboard …

Strong Lyman continuum emitting galaxies show intense C IV λ1550 emission

D Schaerer, YI Izotov, G Worseck, D Berg… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
Using the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph, we have obtained ultraviolet spectra
from∼ 1200 to 2000 Å of known Lyman continuum (LyC) emitting galaxies at low redshift …

The GREATS H β + [O iii] luminosity function and galaxy properties at z ∼ 8: walking the way of JWST

S De Barros, PA Oesch, I Labbé… - Monthly Notices of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT The James Webb Space Telescope will allow to spectroscopically study an
unprecedented number of galaxies deep into the reionization era, notably by detecting [O iii] …

An extreme blue nugget, UV-bright starburst at z = 3.613 with 90 per cent of Lyman continuum photon escape

R Marques-Chaves, D Schaerer… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
We present the discovery and analysis of J1316+ 2614 at z= 3.6130, a UV-bright star-
forming galaxy (M UV≃− 24.7) with large escape of Lyman continuum (LyC) radiation …