1. A magnified compact galaxy at redshift 9.51 with strong nebular emission lines
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National Science Foundation (US), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Christopher R. Redlich Fund, David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Danish National Research Foundation, United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation, Villum Fonden, Ministry of Science and Technology (Israel), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Collaborative Research Fund (Hong Kong), Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Williams, Hayley, Kelly, Patrick L., Chen, Wenlei, Brammer, Gabriel, Zitrin, Adi, Treu, Tommaso, Scarlata, Claudia, Koekemoer, Anton M., Oguri, Masamune, Lin, Yu-Heng, Diego, José María, Nonino, Mario, Hjorth, Jens, Langeroodi, Danial, Broadhurst, Tom, Rogers, Noah, Pèrez-Fournon, Ismael, Foley, Ryan J., Jha, Saurabh W., Filippenko, Alexei V., Strolger, Lou G., Pierel, Justin, Poidevin, Frédérick, Yang, Lilan, National Science Foundation (US), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Christopher R. Redlich Fund, David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Danish National Research Foundation, United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation, Villum Fonden, Ministry of Science and Technology (Israel), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Collaborative Research Fund (Hong Kong), Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Williams, Hayley, Kelly, Patrick L., Chen, Wenlei, Brammer, Gabriel, Zitrin, Adi, Treu, Tommaso, Scarlata, Claudia, Koekemoer, Anton M., Oguri, Masamune, Lin, Yu-Heng, Diego, José María, Nonino, Mario, Hjorth, Jens, Langeroodi, Danial, Broadhurst, Tom, Rogers, Noah, Pèrez-Fournon, Ismael, Foley, Ryan J., Jha, Saurabh W., Filippenko, Alexei V., Strolger, Lou G., Pierel, Justin, Poidevin, Frédérick, and Yang, Lilan
- Abstract
Ultraviolet light from early galaxies is thought to have ionized gas in the intergalactic medium. However,there are few observational constraints on this epoch because of the faintness of those galaxies andthe redshift of their optical light into the infrared. We report the observation, in JWST imaging, of adistant galaxy that is magnified by gravitational lensing. JWST spectroscopy of the galaxy, at rest-frameoptical wavelengths, detects strong nebular emission lines that are attributable to oxygen and hydrogen.The measured redshift isz= 9.51 ± 0.01, corresponding to 510 million years after the Big Bang. Thegalaxy has a radius of 16:2þ4:6 7:2parsecs, which is substantially more compact than galaxies withequivalent luminosity atz~ 6 to 8, leading to a high star formation rate surface density.
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- 2023