Quantifying the tension between cosmological models and JWST red candidate massive galaxies

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Main Authors: Wang, Junchao, Huang, Zhiqi, Huang, Lu, Liu, Jianqi
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author Wang, Junchao
Huang, Zhiqi
Huang, Lu
Liu, Jianqi
author_facet Wang, Junchao
Huang, Zhiqi
Huang, Lu
Liu, Jianqi
contents We develop a Python tool to estimate the tail distribution of the number of dark matter halos beyond a mass threshold and in a given volume in a light-cone. The code is based on the extended Press-Schechter model and is computationally efficient, typically taking a few seconds on a personal laptop for a given set of cosmological parameters. The high efficiency of the code allows a quick estimation of the tension between cosmological models and the red candidate massive galaxies released by the James Webb Space Telescope, as well as scanning the theory space with the Markov Chain Monte Carlo method. As an example application, we use the tool to study the cosmological implication of the candidate galaxies presented in Labbé et al. (2023). The standard $Λ$ cold dark matter ($Λ$CDM) model is well consistent with the data if the star formation efficiency can reach $\sim 0.3$ at high redshift. For a low star formation efficiency $ε\sim 0.1$, $Λ$CDM model is disfavored at $\sim 2σ$-$3σ$ confidence level.
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spellingShingle Quantifying the tension between cosmological models and JWST red candidate massive galaxies
Wang, Junchao
Huang, Zhiqi
Huang, Lu
Liu, Jianqi
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Astrophysics of Galaxies
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Theory
83F05
J.2
We develop a Python tool to estimate the tail distribution of the number of dark matter halos beyond a mass threshold and in a given volume in a light-cone. The code is based on the extended Press-Schechter model and is computationally efficient, typically taking a few seconds on a personal laptop for a given set of cosmological parameters. The high efficiency of the code allows a quick estimation of the tension between cosmological models and the red candidate massive galaxies released by the James Webb Space Telescope, as well as scanning the theory space with the Markov Chain Monte Carlo method. As an example application, we use the tool to study the cosmological implication of the candidate galaxies presented in Labbé et al. (2023). The standard $Λ$ cold dark matter ($Λ$CDM) model is well consistent with the data if the star formation efficiency can reach $\sim 0.3$ at high redshift. For a low star formation efficiency $ε\sim 0.1$, $Λ$CDM model is disfavored at $\sim 2σ$-$3σ$ confidence level.
title Quantifying the tension between cosmological models and JWST red candidate massive galaxies
topic Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Astrophysics of Galaxies
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Theory
83F05
J.2
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.02866