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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