Self-consistent JWST Census of Star Formation and AGN Activity at <i>z</i> = 5.5–13.5
Abstract The cosmic star formation history (CSFH) and cosmic active galactic nuclei (AGN) luminosity history (CAGNH) are self consistently measured at z = 5.5–13.5. This is achieved by analyzing galaxies detected by the James Webb Space Telescope from <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"> <mml:mo>≈</mml:mo> <mml:mn>400</mml:mn> <mml:mspace width="0.25em"/> <mml:msup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi mathvariant="normal">arcmin</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> </mml:math> fields from the Prime Extragalactic Areas of Reionization and Lensing Science, Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science, Next Generation Deep Extragalactic Exploratory Public, JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey, and Public Release IMaging for Extragalactic Research surveys. In particular, the combination of spectral energy distribution fitting codes, EAZY and ProSpect , is employed to estimate the photometric redshifts and astrophysical quantities of 3751 distant galaxies, from which we compute the stellar mass, star formation rate, and AGN luminosity distribution functions in four redshift bins. Integrating the distribution functions, we find that the CSFH rises by ≈1 dex over z = 13.5–5.5, and the CAGNH rises by ≈1 dex over z = 10.5–5.5. We connect our results of the CSFH and CAGNH at z = 13.5–5.5 to that from z = 5–0 to determine the summary of ≳13 Gyr of star formation and AGN activity, from the very onset of galaxy formation to the present day.
Authors
- Jake Summers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7265-7920)
- R. Silver (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6564-0517)
- Stephen M. Wilkins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3903-6935)
- Massimo Ricotti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4223-7324)
- Rogier A. Windhorst (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8156-6281)
- Clayton Robertson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5404-1372)
- Rolf A. Jansen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1268-5230)
- Norman A. Grogin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9440-8872)
- Nimish P. Hathi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6145-5090)
- Nathan Adams (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4875-6272)
- Russell E. Ryan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0894-1588)
- Madeline A. Marshall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6434-7845)
- Thomas Harvey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4130-636X)
- Christopher J. Conselice (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1949-7638)
- Seth H. Cohen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3329-1337)
- Anton M. Koekemoer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6610-2048)
- Dan Coe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7410-7669)
- Jordan C. J. D’Silva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9816-1931)
- Michael J. Rutkowski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7016-5220)
- Simon P. Driver (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9491-7327)
- Haojing Yan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7592-7714)
- Claudia del P. Lagos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-8564)
- Brenda Frye (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1625-8009)
- Nor Pirzkal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3382-5941)
- Christopher N. A. Willmer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9262-9997)
- M. Nonino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6342-9662)
- A. S. G. Robotham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0429-3579)
- Rafael Ortiz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6150-833X)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Astrophysical Journal
- Published
- 2025-08-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/adf19e
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.46