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Physical characterization of F090W-dropout galaxies in the Webb's First Deep Field SMACS J0723.3-7323

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(2022)cite arxiv:2207.11671Comment: Submitted to ApJ. Best-fit templates of our four galaxies will be published at https://github.com/mtakahiro.

Abstract

This paper highlights initial photometric analyses of JWST NIRCam imaging data in the sightline of SMACS0723. We here aim to identify high-redshift galaxy candidates at $z>7$. We start our analysis with the cluster field, where the extant HST data are available for photometric calibration and additional constraints, and identify three F090W-dropout sources, whose redshifts were recently confirmed in an independent spectroscopic analysis to $z_\rm spec=7.663$, $7.665$, and $8.499$. We then extend our analysis to the parallel field and identify one additional F090W-dropout at photometric redshift of $z_phot.=10.0_-1.5^+0.9$. The NIRCam F150W images clearly resolve all sources and reveal their sub-galactic components that were unresolved in the previous F160W imaging. Our spectral energy distribution analysis reveals that those galaxies are characterized by young stellar populations with extreme H$\beta$ and OIII lines being captured in the F444W band and seen as color excess. We publish the best-fit templates and optical line fluxes of the four galaxies for future reference and spectroscopic follow-up planning.

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