EPOCHS IV: SED Modelling Assumptions and their impact on the Stellar Mass Function at 6.5 < z < 13.5 using PEARLS and public JWST observations

Autor: Harvey, Thomas, Conselice, Christopher, Adams, Nathan J., Austin, Duncan, Juodzbalis, Ignas, Trussler, James, Li, Qiong, Ormerod, Katherine, Ferreira, Leonardo, Duan, Qiao, Westcott, Lewi, Harris, Honor, Bhatawdekar, Rachana, Coe, Dan, Cohen, Seth H., Caruana, Joseph, Cheng, Cheng, Driver, 9 Simon P., Frye, Brenda, Furtak, Lukas J., Grogin, Norman A., Hathi, Nimish P., Holwerda, Benne W., Jansen, Rolf A., Koekemoer, Anton M., Lovell, Christopher J., Marshall, Madeline A., Nonino, Mario, Smail, Ian, Vijayan, Aswin P., Wilkins, Stephen M., Windhorst, Rogier, Willmer, Christopher N. A., Yan, Haojing, Zitrin, Adi
Rok vydání: 2024
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Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
Popis: We utilize deep JWST NIRCam observations for the first direct constraints on the Galaxy Stellar Mass Function (GSMF) at z>10. Our EPOCHS v1 sample includes 1120 galaxy candidates at 6.5 9 than some studies predict, suggesting a rapid buildup of stellar mass in the early Universe. We find no incompatibility between our results and those of standard cosmological models, as suggested previously, although the most massive galaxies may require a high star formation efficiency. We find that the 'Little Red Dot' galaxies dominate the z=7 GSMF at high-masses, necessitating a better understanding of the relative contributions of AGN and stellar emission. We show that assuming a theoretically motivated top-heavy IMF reduces stellar mass by 0.5 dex without affecting fit quality, but our results remain consistent with existing cosmological models with a standard IMF.
Comment: 40 pages, 15 figures. Submitted to ApJ. Data is avaible on Github: https://github.com/tHarvey303/EpochsIV. Comments to corresponding author welcome at thomas.harvey-3@manchester.ac.uk
Databáze: arXiv
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