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Revelation of Massive Quiescent Galaxies at z>3 from Deep JWST Spectroscopy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 February 2024

Karl Glazebrook Open the ORCID record for Karl Glazebrook [Opens in a new window] ,
Themiya Nanayakkara Open the ORCID record for Themiya Nanayakkara [Opens in a new window] ,
Danilo Marchesini ,
Glenn Kacprzak  and
Colin Jacobs
Karl Glazebrook*
Affiliation:
Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology, PO Box 218, Hawthorn, VIC 3122, Australia.
Themiya Nanayakkara
Affiliation:
Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology, PO Box 218, Hawthorn, VIC 3122, Australia.
Danilo Marchesini
Affiliation:
Physics & Astronomy Dept., Tufts University, 574 Boston Ave., Medford, MA 02155, USA
Glenn Kacprzak
Affiliation:
Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology, PO Box 218, Hawthorn, VIC 3122, Australia.
Colin Jacobs
Affiliation:
Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology, PO Box 218, Hawthorn, VIC 3122, Australia.
*
email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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We present the first results from JWST/NIRSPEC spectroscopy of massive quiescent galaxy candidates at 3<z<4 to complete the spectroscopic survey of Schreiber et al. 2018. In the first six objects targeted (all of which were too faint to secure spectroscopic identifications from the ground) they all are confirmed as yet more massive quiescent galaxies at 3<z<4. The JWST spectra are high signal-to-noise and unambiguous. Most of them have ages of a few hundred Myr from stellar population fits to the spectra and about 1/3 show sign of AGN emission lines. One extraordinary object of stellar mass 1.6×1011 M⊙ shows a red spectrum with evidence of a 4000Å break and an age of ≳ 1Gyr at z=3.2 and forming at z>6.

Keywords

galaxies: evolutioncosmologydark matter
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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 18 , Symposium S377: Early Disk-Galaxy Formation from JWST to the Milky Way , December 2022 , pp. 3 - 8
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