Seven wonders of Cosmic Dawn: JWST confirms a high abundance of galaxies and AGNs at z $\simeq$ 9-11 in the GLASS field
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| author | Napolitano, L. Castellano, M. Pentericci, L. Haro, P. Arrabal Fontana, A. Treu, T. Bergamini, P. Calabro, A. Mascia, S. Morishita, T. Roberts-Borsani, G. Santini, P. Vanzella, E. Vulcani, B. Zakharova, D. Bakx, T. Dickinson, M. Grillo, C. Leethochawalit, N. Llerena, M. Merlin, E. Paris, D. Rojas-Ruiz, S. Rosati, P. Wang, X. Yoon, I. Zavala, J. |
| author_facet | Napolitano, L. Castellano, M. Pentericci, L. Haro, P. Arrabal Fontana, A. Treu, T. Bergamini, P. Calabro, A. Mascia, S. Morishita, T. Roberts-Borsani, G. Santini, P. Vanzella, E. Vulcani, B. Zakharova, D. Bakx, T. Dickinson, M. Grillo, C. Leethochawalit, N. Llerena, M. Merlin, E. Paris, D. Rojas-Ruiz, S. Rosati, P. Wang, X. Yoon, I. Zavala, J. |
| contents | We present JWST/NIRSpec PRISM follow-up of candidate galaxies at z=9-11 selected from deep JWST/NIRCam photometry in GLASS-JWST Early Release Science data. We spectroscopically confirm six sources with secure redshifts at z = 9.52-10.43, each showing multiple emission lines. An additional object is likely at z = 10.66, based on its Lya-break and a single emission feature, while one source is a lower redshift interloper. The sample includes the first JWST-detected candidate at z=10, GHZ1/GLASS-z10, which we confirm at z = 9.875, and the X-ray detected AGN GHZ9 confirmed at z = 10.145. Three objects in our sample, including GHZ9, have EW(CIII])>20A and occupy a region compatible with AGN emission in the EW(CIII]) vs CIV/CIII] diagram. The spectroscopic sample confirms a high abundance of galaxies at z > 9. We measure a number density of z=10 galaxies in the GLASS-JWST ERS field that is a factor of >3 higher than other JWST-based estimates at demagnified rest-frame magnitudes of -21 < Muv < -19. We find that the positions of these galaxies in redshift and angular space are not consistent with all of them being part of a unique progenitor of present-day galaxy clusters. The high density of objects in the GLASS region can be explained either by clustering on large scales or by a superposition of different forming structures of which we observe only the brightest members. By considering all the spectroscopic z=10 sources in the Abell-2744 field, we identify two potential galaxy proto-clusters centered around GHZ9 and JD1, with relative separations between their members of 1-2 pMpc. The potential AGN nature of three of the sources in our sample lends support to a scenario in which the high abundance of bright sources determined by JWST surveys at cosmic dawn may be affected by AGN contribution to their UV luminosity. |
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| spellingShingle | Seven wonders of Cosmic Dawn: JWST confirms a high abundance of galaxies and AGNs at z $\simeq$ 9-11 in the GLASS field Napolitano, L. Castellano, M. Pentericci, L. Haro, P. Arrabal Fontana, A. Treu, T. Bergamini, P. Calabro, A. Mascia, S. Morishita, T. Roberts-Borsani, G. Santini, P. Vanzella, E. Vulcani, B. Zakharova, D. Bakx, T. Dickinson, M. Grillo, C. Leethochawalit, N. Llerena, M. Merlin, E. Paris, D. Rojas-Ruiz, S. Rosati, P. Wang, X. Yoon, I. Zavala, J. Astrophysics of Galaxies We present JWST/NIRSpec PRISM follow-up of candidate galaxies at z=9-11 selected from deep JWST/NIRCam photometry in GLASS-JWST Early Release Science data. We spectroscopically confirm six sources with secure redshifts at z = 9.52-10.43, each showing multiple emission lines. An additional object is likely at z = 10.66, based on its Lya-break and a single emission feature, while one source is a lower redshift interloper. The sample includes the first JWST-detected candidate at z=10, GHZ1/GLASS-z10, which we confirm at z = 9.875, and the X-ray detected AGN GHZ9 confirmed at z = 10.145. Three objects in our sample, including GHZ9, have EW(CIII])>20A and occupy a region compatible with AGN emission in the EW(CIII]) vs CIV/CIII] diagram. The spectroscopic sample confirms a high abundance of galaxies at z > 9. We measure a number density of z=10 galaxies in the GLASS-JWST ERS field that is a factor of >3 higher than other JWST-based estimates at demagnified rest-frame magnitudes of -21 < Muv < -19. We find that the positions of these galaxies in redshift and angular space are not consistent with all of them being part of a unique progenitor of present-day galaxy clusters. The high density of objects in the GLASS region can be explained either by clustering on large scales or by a superposition of different forming structures of which we observe only the brightest members. By considering all the spectroscopic z=10 sources in the Abell-2744 field, we identify two potential galaxy proto-clusters centered around GHZ9 and JD1, with relative separations between their members of 1-2 pMpc. The potential AGN nature of three of the sources in our sample lends support to a scenario in which the high abundance of bright sources determined by JWST surveys at cosmic dawn may be affected by AGN contribution to their UV luminosity. |
| title | Seven wonders of Cosmic Dawn: JWST confirms a high abundance of galaxies and AGNs at z $\simeq$ 9-11 in the GLASS field |
| topic | Astrophysics of Galaxies |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.10967 |