JWST FRESCO: a comprehensive census of H$β$+[OIII] emitters at 6.8<z<9.0 in the GOODS fields
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| author | Meyer, R. A. Oesch, P. A. Giovinazzo, E. Weibel, A. Brammer, G. Matthee, J. Naidu, R. P. Bouwens, R. J. Chisholm, J. Covelo-Paz, A. Fudamoto, Y. Maseda, M. Nelson, E. Shivaei, I. Xiao, M. Herard-Demanche, T. Illingworth, G. D. Kerutt, J. Kramarenko, I. Labbe, I. Leonova, E. Magee, D. Matharu, J. Lyon, G. Prieto Reddy, N. Schaerer, D. Shapley, A. Stefanon, M. Wozniak, M. A. Wuyts, S. |
| author_facet | Meyer, R. A. Oesch, P. A. Giovinazzo, E. Weibel, A. Brammer, G. Matthee, J. Naidu, R. P. Bouwens, R. J. Chisholm, J. Covelo-Paz, A. Fudamoto, Y. Maseda, M. Nelson, E. Shivaei, I. Xiao, M. Herard-Demanche, T. Illingworth, G. D. Kerutt, J. Kramarenko, I. Labbe, I. Leonova, E. Magee, D. Matharu, J. Lyon, G. Prieto Reddy, N. Schaerer, D. Shapley, A. Stefanon, M. Wozniak, M. A. Wuyts, S. |
| contents | We present the census of H$β$+[OIII] 4960,5008 Åemitters at 6.8<z<9.0 from the JWST FRESCO survey over 124 arcmin$^2$ in the GOODS-North and GOODS-South fields. Our unbiased spectroscopic search results in 137 spectroscopically-confirmed galaxies at $6.8<z<9.0$ with observed [OIII] fluxes $f_{[OIII]}\gtrsim 1\times 10^{-18}\ \rm{ergs}\ \rm{s}^{-1} \ \rm{cm}^{-2}$. The rest-frame optical line ratios of the median stacked spectrum (median $M_{\rm{UV}}=-19.65^{+0.59}_{-1.05}$) indicate negligible dust attenuation, low metallicity ($12+\log(\rm{O/H})= 7.2-7.7$) and a high ionisation parameter $\log_{10}U \simeq -2.5$. We find a factor $\times 1.3$ difference in the number density of $6.8<z<9.0$ galaxies between GOODS-South and GOODS-North, which is caused by a single overdensity at $7.0<z<7.2$ in GOODS-North. The bright end of the UV luminosity function of spectroscopically-confirmed [OIII] emitters is in good agreement with HST dropout-selected samples. Discrepancies between the observed [OIII] LF, [OIII]/UV ratio and [OIII] equivalent widths, and that predicted by theoretical models, suggest burstier star-formation histories and/or more heterogeneous metallicity and ionising conditions in $z>7$ galaxies. We report a rapid decline of the [OIII] luminosity density at $z\gtrsim 6-7$ which cannot be explained by the evolution of the cosmic star-formation rate density. Finally we find that FRESCO detects in only 2h galaxies likely accounting for $\sim 10-20\%$ of the ionising budget at $z=7-8$ (assuming an escape fraction of 10%), raising the prospect of directly detecting a significant fraction of the sources of reionisation with JWST. |
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| spellingShingle | JWST FRESCO: a comprehensive census of H$β$+[OIII] emitters at 6.8<z<9.0 in the GOODS fields Meyer, R. A. Oesch, P. A. Giovinazzo, E. Weibel, A. Brammer, G. Matthee, J. Naidu, R. P. Bouwens, R. J. Chisholm, J. Covelo-Paz, A. Fudamoto, Y. Maseda, M. Nelson, E. Shivaei, I. Xiao, M. Herard-Demanche, T. Illingworth, G. D. Kerutt, J. Kramarenko, I. Labbe, I. Leonova, E. Magee, D. Matharu, J. Lyon, G. Prieto Reddy, N. Schaerer, D. Shapley, A. Stefanon, M. Wozniak, M. A. Wuyts, S. Astrophysics of Galaxies We present the census of H$β$+[OIII] 4960,5008 Åemitters at 6.8<z<9.0 from the JWST FRESCO survey over 124 arcmin$^2$ in the GOODS-North and GOODS-South fields. Our unbiased spectroscopic search results in 137 spectroscopically-confirmed galaxies at $6.8<z<9.0$ with observed [OIII] fluxes $f_{[OIII]}\gtrsim 1\times 10^{-18}\ \rm{ergs}\ \rm{s}^{-1} \ \rm{cm}^{-2}$. The rest-frame optical line ratios of the median stacked spectrum (median $M_{\rm{UV}}=-19.65^{+0.59}_{-1.05}$) indicate negligible dust attenuation, low metallicity ($12+\log(\rm{O/H})= 7.2-7.7$) and a high ionisation parameter $\log_{10}U \simeq -2.5$. We find a factor $\times 1.3$ difference in the number density of $6.8<z<9.0$ galaxies between GOODS-South and GOODS-North, which is caused by a single overdensity at $7.0<z<7.2$ in GOODS-North. The bright end of the UV luminosity function of spectroscopically-confirmed [OIII] emitters is in good agreement with HST dropout-selected samples. Discrepancies between the observed [OIII] LF, [OIII]/UV ratio and [OIII] equivalent widths, and that predicted by theoretical models, suggest burstier star-formation histories and/or more heterogeneous metallicity and ionising conditions in $z>7$ galaxies. We report a rapid decline of the [OIII] luminosity density at $z\gtrsim 6-7$ which cannot be explained by the evolution of the cosmic star-formation rate density. Finally we find that FRESCO detects in only 2h galaxies likely accounting for $\sim 10-20\%$ of the ionising budget at $z=7-8$ (assuming an escape fraction of 10%), raising the prospect of directly detecting a significant fraction of the sources of reionisation with JWST. |
| title | JWST FRESCO: a comprehensive census of H$β$+[OIII] emitters at 6.8<z<9.0 in the GOODS fields |
| topic | Astrophysics of Galaxies |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.05111 |