Stellar masses of optically dark galaxies: uncertainty introduced by the attenuation law and star-formation histories

arXiv:2601.08693 · astro-ph.GA · Submitted 2026-01-13 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2026-01-13

Updated: 2026-09-23

Terminology

• Dust Attenuation — 55× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Metallicity — 19× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Degeneracy — 7× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• AGN — 4× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Trace — 3× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Not Available — 2× in this paper
• Robustness — 2× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
• Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Aperture — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Bayesian Framework — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Bayesian Inference — 1× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
• Clustering — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Initial Mass Function (IMF) — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• James Webb Space Telescope — 1× in this paper
• Little Red Dots — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Simple Stellar Population — 1× in this paper
• Uncertainty Quantification — 1× in this paper · explained in 8 episodes

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• Galaxy Mergers in the Epoch of Reionization II: Major Merger-Triggered Star Formation and AGN Activities at $z =$ 4.5-8.5
• Overview of the JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES)
• A "Black Hole Star" Reveals the Remarkable Gas-Enshrouded Hearts of the Little Red Dots
• Mergers lighting the early Universe: enhanced star formation, AGN triggering, and Ly$\alpha$ emission in close pairs at $z=3-9$
• From Grism to IFU: Revising the Redshift and Nature of the Massive Dusty Galaxy S1 with JWST and ALMA
• RUBIES spectroscopically confirms the high number density of quiescent galaxies from $\mathbf{2<z<5}$

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