5-25 $μ$m Galaxy Number Counts from Deep JWST Data

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Autori principali: Stone, Meredith A., Alberts, Stacey, Rieke, George H., Bunker, Andrew J., Lyu, Jianwei, Pérez-González, Pablo G., Shivaei, Irene, Zhu, Yongda
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author Stone, Meredith A.
Alberts, Stacey
Rieke, George H.
Bunker, Andrew J.
Lyu, Jianwei
Pérez-González, Pablo G.
Shivaei, Irene
Zhu, Yongda
author_facet Stone, Meredith A.
Alberts, Stacey
Rieke, George H.
Bunker, Andrew J.
Lyu, Jianwei
Pérez-González, Pablo G.
Shivaei, Irene
Zhu, Yongda
contents Galaxy number counts probe the evolution of galaxies over cosmic time, and serve as a valuable comparison point to theoretical models of galaxy formation. We present new galaxy number counts in eight photometric bands between 5 and 25 $μ$m from the Systematic Mid-infrared Instrument Legacy Extragalactic Survey (SMILES) and the JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES) deep MIRI parallel, extending to unprecedented depth. By combining our new MIRI counts with existing data from Spitzer and AKARI, we achieve counts across 3-5 orders of magnitude in flux in all MIRI bands. Our counts diverge from predictions from recent semi-analytical models of galaxy formation, likely owing to their treatment of mid-infrared aromatic features. Finally, we integrate our combined JWST-Spitzer counts at 8 and 24 $μ$m to measure the cosmic infrared background (CIB) light at these wavelengths; our measured CIB fluxes are consistent with those from previous mid-infrared surveys, but larger than predicted by some models based on TeV blazar data.
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spellingShingle 5-25 $μ$m Galaxy Number Counts from Deep JWST Data
Stone, Meredith A.
Alberts, Stacey
Rieke, George H.
Bunker, Andrew J.
Lyu, Jianwei
Pérez-González, Pablo G.
Shivaei, Irene
Zhu, Yongda
Astrophysics of Galaxies
Galaxy number counts probe the evolution of galaxies over cosmic time, and serve as a valuable comparison point to theoretical models of galaxy formation. We present new galaxy number counts in eight photometric bands between 5 and 25 $μ$m from the Systematic Mid-infrared Instrument Legacy Extragalactic Survey (SMILES) and the JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES) deep MIRI parallel, extending to unprecedented depth. By combining our new MIRI counts with existing data from Spitzer and AKARI, we achieve counts across 3-5 orders of magnitude in flux in all MIRI bands. Our counts diverge from predictions from recent semi-analytical models of galaxy formation, likely owing to their treatment of mid-infrared aromatic features. Finally, we integrate our combined JWST-Spitzer counts at 8 and 24 $μ$m to measure the cosmic infrared background (CIB) light at these wavelengths; our measured CIB fluxes are consistent with those from previous mid-infrared surveys, but larger than predicted by some models based on TeV blazar data.
title 5-25 $μ$m Galaxy Number Counts from Deep JWST Data
topic Astrophysics of Galaxies
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.18470