The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series (Jan 2023)
JEMS: A Deep Medium-band Imaging Survey in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field with JWST NIRCam and NIRISS
- Christina C. Williams,
- Sandro Tacchella,
- Michael V. Maseda,
- Brant E. Robertson,
- Benjamin D. Johnson,
- Chris J. Willott,
- Daniel J. Eisenstein,
- Christopher N. A. Willmer,
- Zhiyuan Ji,
- Kevin N. Hainline,
- Jakob M. Helton,
- Stacey Alberts,
- Stefi Baum,
- Rachana Bhatawdekar,
- Kristan Boyett,
- Andrew J. Bunker,
- Stefano Carniani,
- Stephane Charlot,
- Jacopo Chevallard,
- Emma Curtis-Lake,
- Anna de Graaff,
- Eiichi Egami,
- Marijn Franx,
- Nimisha Kumari,
- Roberto Maiolino,
- Erica J. Nelson,
- Marcia J. Rieke,
- Lester Sandles,
- Irene Shivaei,
- Charlotte Simmonds,
- Renske Smit,
- Katherine A. Suess,
- Fengwu Sun,
- Hannah Übler,
- Joris Witstok
Affiliations
- Christina C. Williams
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- NSF's National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory , 950 N. Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA ; [email protected]; Steward Observatory, University of Arizona , 933 N. Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
- Sandro Tacchella
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- Kavli Institute for Cosmology, University of Cambridge , Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0HA, UK; Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge , 19 JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, UK
- Michael V. Maseda
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- Department of Astronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison , 475 N. Charter Street, Madison, WI 53706, USA
- Brant E. Robertson
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- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California , Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
- Benjamin D. Johnson
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- Center for Astrophysics , Harvard & Smithsonian, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
- Chris J. Willott
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- NRC Herzberg , 5071 West Saanich Road, Victoria, BC V9E 2E7, Canada
- Daniel J. Eisenstein
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- Center for Astrophysics , Harvard & Smithsonian, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
- Christopher N. A. Willmer
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- Steward Observatory, University of Arizona , 933 N. Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
- Zhiyuan Ji
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- Steward Observatory, University of Arizona , 933 N. Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
- Kevin N. Hainline
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- Steward Observatory, University of Arizona , 933 N. Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
- Jakob M. Helton
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- Steward Observatory, University of Arizona , 933 N. Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
- Stacey Alberts
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- Steward Observatory, University of Arizona , 933 N. Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
- Stefi Baum
- Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, University of Manitoba , 30A Sifton Road, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2 Canada
- Rachana Bhatawdekar
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- European Space Agency (ESA), European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC) , Camino Bajo del Castillo s/n, E-28692 Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, Spain
- Kristan Boyett
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne , Parkville 3010, VIC, Australia; ARC Centre of Excellence for All Sky Astrophysics in 3 Dimensions (ASTRO 3D) , Australia
- Andrew J. Bunker
- Department of Physics, University of Oxford , Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK
- Stefano Carniani
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- Scuola Normale Superiore , Piazza dei Cavalieri 7, I-56126 Pisa, Italy
- Stephane Charlot
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- Sorbonne Université , CNRS, UMR 7095, Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris, 98 bis bd Arago, F-75014 Paris, France
- Jacopo Chevallard
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- Department of Physics, University of Oxford , Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK
- Emma Curtis-Lake
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- Centre for Astrophysics Research, Department of Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics, University of Hertfordshire , Hatfield AL10 9AB, UK
- Anna de Graaff
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie , Königstuhl 17, D-69117, Heidelberg, Germany
- Eiichi Egami
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- Steward Observatory, University of Arizona , 933 N. Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
- Marijn Franx
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- Leiden Observatory, Leiden University , P.O. Box 9513, NL-2300 AA Leiden, The Netherlands
- Nimisha Kumari
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- AURA for the European Space Agency , Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
- Roberto Maiolino
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- Kavli Institute for Cosmology, University of Cambridge , Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0HA, UK; Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge , 19 JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, UK
- Erica J. Nelson
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- Department for Astrophysical and Planetary Science, University of Colorado , Boulder, CO 80309, USA
- Marcia J. Rieke
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- Steward Observatory, University of Arizona , 933 N. Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
- Lester Sandles
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- Kavli Institute for Cosmology, University of Cambridge , Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0HA, UK; Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge , 19 JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, UK
- Irene Shivaei
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- Steward Observatory, University of Arizona , 933 N. Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
- Charlotte Simmonds
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- Kavli Institute for Cosmology, University of Cambridge , Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0HA, UK; Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge , 19 JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, UK
- Renske Smit
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- Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University , 146 Brownlow Hill, Liverpool L3 5RF, UK
- Katherine A. Suess
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- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California , Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA; Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology and Department of Physics, Stanford University , Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- Fengwu Sun
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- Steward Observatory, University of Arizona , 933 N. Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
- Hannah Übler
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- Kavli Institute for Cosmology, University of Cambridge , Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0HA, UK; Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge , 19 JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, UK
- Joris Witstok
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- Kavli Institute for Cosmology, University of Cambridge , Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0HA, UK; Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge , 19 JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, UK
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/acf130
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 268,
no. 2
p. 64
Abstract
We present JWST Extragalactic Medium-band Survey, the first public medium-band imaging survey carried out using JWST/NIRCam and NIRISS. These observations use ∼2 and ∼4 μ m medium-band filters (NIRCam F182M, F210M, F430M, F460M, F480M; and NIRISS F430M and F480M in parallel) over 15.6 arcmin ^2 in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (UDF), thereby building on the deepest multiwavelength public data sets available anywhere on the sky. We describe our science goals, survey design, NIRCam and NIRISS image reduction methods, and describe our first data release of the science-ready mosaics, which reach 5 σ point-source limits (AB mag) of ∼29.3–29.4 in 2 μ m filters and ∼28.2–28.7 at 4 μ m. Our chosen filters create a JWST imaging survey in the UDF that enables novel analysis of a range of spectral features potentially across the redshift range of 0.3 1 mag) across redshifts 1.5 < z < 9.3, most prominently H α +[N ii ] and [O iii ]+H β . We present our first data release including science-ready mosaics of each medium-band image available to the community, adding to the legacy value of past and future surveys in the UDF. This survey demonstrates the power of medium-band imaging with JWST, informing future extragalactic survey strategies using JWST observations.
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