JWST CAPERS: Spectroscopic evaluation of very high redshift galaxy candidates

arXiv:2610.12322 · astro-ph.GA · Submitted 2026-10-08 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2026-10-08

Updated: 2026-10-08

Terminology

• Adam — 6× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Accuracy — 5× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Abundance — 3× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Robustness — 3× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
• AGN — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Dust Attenuation — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Systematic Bias — 2× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Verification — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Aperture — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Flexible Stellar Population Synthesis — 1× in this paper
• Population Synthesis — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

Sources

• JADES NIRSpec Initial Data Release for the Hubble Ultra Deep Field: Redshifts and Line Fluxes of Distant Galaxies from the Deepest JWST Cycle 1 NIRSpec Multi-Object Spectroscopy
• Spectroscopic confirmation of two luminous galaxies at $z\sim14$
• JWST NIRSpec Spectroscopy of the Remarkable Bright Galaxy GHZ2/GLASS-z12 at Redshift 12.34
• The 2017 Release of Cloudy
• PEGASE.2, a metallicity-consistent spectral evolution model of galaxies: the documentation and the code
• JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES) Data Release 5: Photometrically Selected Galaxy Candidates at z > 8
• JWST spectroscopy of galaxies at z>10: Damped Ly alpha absorbers reveal efficient star formation and hidden redshift biases
• CAPERS Observations of Two UV-Bright Galaxies at z>10. More Evidence for Bursting Star Formation in the Early Universe
• BEACON: JWST NIRCam Pure-parallel Imaging Survey. III. Constraints on the UV LF and the Clustering of z~7-14 Galaxies
• Tracing the Evolution of the Balmer Break from Cosmic Dawn to Cosmic Noon with JWST
• A search for the first galaxies across $>0.6$ deg$^2$ of JWST imaging: new evidence for a rapid decline in star-formation activity at $z>12$
• MINERVA: A NIRCam Medium Band and MIRI Imaging Survey to Unlock the Hidden Gems of the Distant Universe
• A Cosmic Miracle: A Remarkably Luminous Galaxy at $z_{\rm{spec}}=14.44$ Confirmed with JWST
• A "Black Hole Star" Reveals the Remarkable Gas-Enshrouded Hearts of the Little Red Dots
• The Dual Nature of GHZ9: Coexisting Active Galactic Nuclei and Star Formation Activity in a Remote X-ray Source at z = 10.145
• The rise of the galactic empire: luminosity functions at $z\sim17$ and $z\sim25$ estimated with the MIDIS$+$NGDEEP ultra-deep JWST/NIRCam dataset
• CAPERS-LRD-z9: A Gas Enshrouded Little Red Dot Hosting a Broad-line AGN at z=9.288
• The $z \gtrsim 9$ galaxy UV luminosity function from the JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey: insights into early galaxy evolution and reionization

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