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Panic! at the Disks: First Rest-frame Optical Observations of Galaxy Structure at z > 3 with JWST in the SMACS 0723 Field

dc.contributor.authorFerreira, L.
dc.contributor.authorAdams, N.
dc.contributor.authorConselice, C.J.
dc.contributor.authorSazonova, E.
dc.contributor.authorAustin, D.
dc.contributor.authorCaruana, J.
dc.contributor.authorFerrari, F.
dc.contributor.authorVerma, A.
dc.contributor.authorTrussler, J.
dc.contributor.authorBroadhurst, T.
dc.contributor.authorDiego, J.
dc.contributor.authorFrye, B.L.
dc.contributor.authorPascale, M.
dc.contributor.authorWilkins, S.M.
dc.contributor.authorWindhorst, R.A.
dc.contributor.authorZitrin, A.
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-15T22:41:29Z
dc.date.available2022-12-15T22:41:29Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifier.citationFerreira, L., Adams, N., Conselice, C. J., Sazonova, E., Austin, D., Caruana, J., Ferrari, F., Verma, A., Trussler, J., Broadhurst, T., Diego, J., Frye, B. L., Pascale, M., Wilkins, S. M., Windhorst, R. A., & Zitrin, A. (2022). Panic! At the Disks: First Rest-frame Optical Observations of Galaxy Structure at z > 3 with JWST in the SMACS 0723 Field. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 938(1).
dc.identifier.issn2041-8205
dc.identifier.doi10.3847/2041-8213/ac947c
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/667227
dc.description.abstractWe present early results regarding the morphological and structural properties of galaxies seen with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) at z > 3 in the Early Release Observations toward the SMACS 0723 cluster field. Using JWST we investigate, for the first time, the optical morphologies of a significant number of z > 3 galaxies with accurate photometric redshifts in this field to determine the form of galaxy structure in the relatively early universe. We use visual morphologies and Morfometryka measures to perform quantitative morphology measurements, both parametric with light profile fitting (Sérsic indices) and nonparametric (concentration, asymmetry, and smoothness (CAS) values). Using these, we measure the relative fraction of disk, spheroidal, and peculiar galaxies at 3 < z < 8. We discover the surprising result that at z > 1.5 disk galaxies dominate the overall fraction of morphologies, with a factor of ∼10 relative higher number of disk galaxies than seen by the Hubble Space Telescope at these redshifts. Our visual morphological estimates of galaxies align closely with their locations in CAS parameter space and their Sérsic indices. © 2022. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.
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dc.publisherAmerican Astronomical Society
dc.rightsCopyright © 2022. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society. Original content from this work may be used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence.
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dc.titlePanic! at the Disks: First Rest-frame Optical Observations of Galaxy Structure at z > 3 with JWST in the SMACS 0723 Field
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dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Astronomy, University of Arizona
dc.contributor.departmentSteward Observatory, University of Arizona
dc.identifier.journalAstrophysical Journal Letters
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dc.source.journaltitleAstrophysical Journal Letters
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Copyright © 2022. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society. Original content from this work may be used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence.
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