Rogier A. Windhorst
JWST PEARLS. Prime Extragalactic Areas for Reionization and Lensing Science: Project Overview and First Results
Windhorst, Rogier A.; Cohen, Seth H.; Jansen, Rolf A.; Summers, Jake; Tompkins, Scott; Conselice, Christopher J.; Driver, Simon P.; Yan, Haojing; Coe, Dan; Frye, Brenda; Grogin, Norman; Koekemoer, Anton; Marshall, Madeline A.; O’Brien, Rosalia; Pirzkal, Nor; Robotham, Aaron; Ryan, Russell E.; Willmer, Christopher N.A.; Carleton, Timothy; Diego, Jose M.; Keel, William C.; Porto, Paolo; Redshaw, Caleb; Scheller, Sydney; Wilkins, Stephen M.; Willner, S.P.; Zitrin, Adi; Adams, Nathan J.; Austin, Duncan; Arendt, Richard G.; Beacom, John F.; Bhatawdekar, Rachana A.; Bradley, Larry D.; Broadhurst, Tom; Cheng, Cheng; Civano, Francesca; Dai, Liang; Dole, Hervé; D’Silva, Jordan C.J.; Duncan, Kenneth J.; Fazio, Giovanni G.; Ferrami, Giovanni; Ferreira, Leonardo; Finkelstein, Steven L.; Furtak, Lukas J.; Gim, Hansung B.; Griffiths, Alex; Hammel, Heidi B.; Harrington, Kevin C.; Hathi, Nimish P.; Holwerda, Benne W.; Honor, Rachel; Huang, Jia-Sheng; Hyun, Minhee; Im, Myungshin; Joshi, Bhavin A.; Kami...
Authors
Seth H. Cohen
Rolf A. Jansen
Jake Summers
Scott Tompkins
Christopher J. Conselice
Simon P. Driver
Haojing Yan
Dan Coe
Brenda Frye
Norman Grogin
Anton Koekemoer
Madeline A. Marshall
Rosalia O’Brien
Nor Pirzkal
Aaron Robotham
Russell E. Ryan
Christopher N.A. Willmer
Timothy Carleton
Jose M. Diego
William C. Keel
Paolo Porto
Caleb Redshaw
Sydney Scheller
Stephen M. Wilkins
S.P. Willner
Adi Zitrin
Nathan J. Adams
Duncan Austin
Richard G. Arendt
John F. Beacom
Rachana A. Bhatawdekar
Larry D. Bradley
Tom Broadhurst
Cheng Cheng
Francesca Civano
Liang Dai
Hervé Dole
Jordan C.J. D’Silva
Kenneth J. Duncan
Giovanni G. Fazio
Giovanni Ferrami
Leonardo Ferreira
Steven L. Finkelstein
Lukas J. Furtak
Hansung B. Gim
Alex Griffiths
Heidi B. Hammel
Kevin C. Harrington
Nimish P. Hathi
Benne W. Holwerda
Rachel Honor
Jia-Sheng Huang
Minhee Hyun
Myungshin Im
Bhavin A. Joshi
Patrick S. Kamieneski
Patrick Kelly
Rebecca L. Larson
Juno Li
Jeremy Lim
Zhiyuan Ma
Peter Maksym
Giorgio Manzoni
Ashish Kumar Meena
Stefanie N. Milam
Mario Nonino
Massimo Pascale
Andreea Petric
Justin D.R. Pierel
Maria del Carmen Polletta
Huub J.A. Röttgering
Michael J. Rutkowski
Ian Smail ian.smail@durham.ac.uk
Emeritus Professor
Amber N. Straughn
Louis-Gregory Strolger
Andi Swirbul
James A.A. Trussler
Lifan Wang
Brian Welch
J. Stuart B. Wyithe
Min Yun
Erik Zackrisson
Jiashuo Zhang
Xiurui Zhao
Abstract
We give an overview and describe the rationale, methods, and first results from NIRCam images of the JWST “Prime Extragalactic Areas for Reionization and Lensing Science” (PEARLS) project. PEARLS uses up to eight NIRCam filters to survey several prime extragalactic survey areas: two fields at the North Ecliptic Pole (NEP); seven gravitationally lensing clusters; two high redshift protoclusters; and the iconic backlit VV 191 galaxy system to map its dust attenuation. PEARLS also includes NIRISS spectra for one of the NEP fields and NIRSpec spectra of two high-redshift quasars. The main goal of PEARLS is to study the epoch of galaxy assembly, active galactic nucleus (AGN) growth, and First Light. Five fields—the JWST NEP Time-Domain Field (TDF), IRAC Dark Field, and three lensing clusters—will be observed in up to four epochs over a year. The cadence and sensitivity of the imaging data are ideally suited to find faint variable objects such as weak AGN, high-redshift supernovae, and cluster caustic transits. Both NEP fields have sightlines through our Galaxy, providing significant numbers of very faint brown dwarfs whose proper motions can be studied. Observations from the first spoke in the NEP TDF are public. This paper presents our first PEARLS observations, their NIRCam data reduction and analysis, our first object catalogs, the 0.9–4.5 μm galaxy counts and Integrated Galaxy Light. We assess the JWST sky brightness in 13 NIRCam filters, yielding our first constraints to diffuse light at 0.9–4.5 μm. PEARLS is designed to be of lasting benefit to the community.
Citation
Windhorst, R. A., Cohen, S. H., Jansen, R. A., Summers, J., Tompkins, S., Conselice, C. J., …Zhao, X. (2023). JWST PEARLS. Prime Extragalactic Areas for Reionization and Lensing Science: Project Overview and First Results. Astronomical Journal, 165(1), Article 13. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/aca163
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Nov 6, 2022 |
Online Publication Date | Dec 14, 2022 |
Publication Date | Jan 1, 2023 |
Deposit Date | Jan 25, 2023 |
Publicly Available Date | Jan 25, 2023 |
Journal | The Astronomical Journal |
Print ISSN | 0004-6256 |
Electronic ISSN | 1538-3881 |
Publisher | IOP Publishing |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 165 |
Issue | 1 |
Article Number | 13 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/aca163 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1182493 |
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