The Astrophysical Journal (Jan 2023)
COSMOS-Web: An Overview of the JWST Cosmic Origins Survey
- Caitlin M. Casey,
- Jeyhan S. Kartaltepe,
- Nicole E. Drakos,
- Maximilien Franco,
- Santosh Harish,
- Louise Paquereau,
- Olivier Ilbert,
- Caitlin Rose,
- Isabella G. Cox,
- James W. Nightingale,
- Brant E. Robertson,
- John D. Silverman,
- Anton M. Koekemoer,
- Richard Massey,
- Henry Joy McCracken,
- Jason Rhodes,
- Hollis B. Akins,
- Natalie Allen,
- Aristeidis Amvrosiadis,
- Rafael C. Arango-Toro,
- Micaela B. Bagley,
- Angela Bongiorno,
- Peter L. Capak,
- Jaclyn B. Champagne,
- Nima Chartab,
- Óscar A. Chávez Ortiz,
- Katherine Chworowsky,
- Kevin C. Cooke,
- Olivia R. Cooper,
- Behnam Darvish,
- Xuheng Ding,
- Andreas L. Faisst,
- Steven L. Finkelstein,
- Seiji Fujimoto,
- Fabrizio Gentile,
- Steven Gillman,
- Katriona M. L. Gould,
- Ghassem Gozaliasl,
- Christopher C. Hayward,
- Qiuhan He,
- Shoubaneh Hemmati,
- Michaela Hirschmann,
- Knud Jahnke,
- Shuowen Jin,
- Ali Ahmad Khostovan,
- Vasily Kokorev,
- Erini Lambrides,
- Clotilde Laigle,
- Rebecca L. Larson,
- Gene C. K. Leung,
- Daizhong Liu,
- Tobias Liaudat,
- Arianna S. Long,
- Georgios Magdis,
- Guillaume Mahler,
- Vincenzo Mainieri,
- Sinclaire M. Manning,
- Claudia Maraston,
- Crystal L. Martin,
- Jacqueline E. McCleary,
- Jed McKinney,
- Conor J. R. McPartland,
- Bahram Mobasher,
- Rohan Pattnaik,
- Alvio Renzini,
- R. Michael Rich,
- David B. Sanders,
- Zahra Sattari,
- Diana Scognamiglio,
- Nick Scoville,
- Kartik Sheth,
- Marko Shuntov,
- Martin Sparre,
- Tomoko L. Suzuki,
- Margherita Talia,
- Sune Toft,
- Benny Trakhtenbrot,
- C. Megan Urry,
- Francesco Valentino,
- Brittany N. Vanderhoof,
- Eleni Vardoulaki,
- John R. Weaver,
- Katherine E. Whitaker,
- Stephen M. Wilkins,
- Lilan Yang,
- Jorge A. Zavala
Affiliations
- Caitlin M. Casey
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- The University of Texas at Austin , 2515 Speedway Boulevard Stop C1400, Austin, TX 78712, USA ; [email protected]; Cosmic Dawn Center (DAWN) , Denmark
- Jeyhan S. Kartaltepe
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- Laboratory for Multiwavelength Astrophysics, School of Physics and Astronomy , Rochester Institute of Technology, 84 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY 14623, USA ; [email protected]
- Nicole E. Drakos
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- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California , Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
- Maximilien Franco
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- The University of Texas at Austin , 2515 Speedway Boulevard Stop C1400, Austin, TX 78712, USA ; [email protected]
- Santosh Harish
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- Laboratory for Multiwavelength Astrophysics, School of Physics and Astronomy , Rochester Institute of Technology, 84 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY 14623, USA ; [email protected]
- Louise Paquereau
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- Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris , UMR 7095, CNRS, and Sorbonne Université, 98 bis boulevard Arago, F-75014 Paris, France
- Olivier Ilbert
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- Aix Marseille Université , CNRS, CNES, LAM, Marseille, France
- Caitlin Rose
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- Laboratory for Multiwavelength Astrophysics, School of Physics and Astronomy , Rochester Institute of Technology, 84 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY 14623, USA ; [email protected]
- Isabella G. Cox
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- Laboratory for Multiwavelength Astrophysics, School of Physics and Astronomy , Rochester Institute of Technology, 84 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY 14623, USA ; [email protected]
- James W. Nightingale
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- Department of Physics, Institute for Computational Cosmology, Durham University , South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK
- 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
- John D. Silverman
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo , Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan; Department of Astronomy, School of Science, The University of Tokyo , 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- Anton M. Koekemoer
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- Space Telescope Science Institute , 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
- Richard Massey
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- Department of Physics, Centre for Extragalactic Astronomy, Durham University , South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK
- Henry Joy McCracken
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- Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris , UMR 7095, CNRS, and Sorbonne Université, 98 bis boulevard Arago, F-75014 Paris, France
- Jason Rhodes
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory , California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91001, USA
- Hollis B. Akins
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- The University of Texas at Austin , 2515 Speedway Boulevard Stop C1400, Austin, TX 78712, USA ; [email protected]
- Natalie Allen
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- Cosmic Dawn Center (DAWN) , Denmark; Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen , Jagtvej 128, DK-2200, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Aristeidis Amvrosiadis
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- Department of Physics, Institute for Computational Cosmology, Durham University , South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK; Department of Physics, Centre for Extragalactic Astronomy, Durham University , South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK
- Rafael C. Arango-Toro
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- Aix Marseille Université , CNRS, CNES, LAM, Marseille, France
- Micaela B. Bagley
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- The University of Texas at Austin , 2515 Speedway Boulevard Stop C1400, Austin, TX 78712, USA ; [email protected]
- Angela Bongiorno
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- INAF-Observatory of Rome , via Frascati 33, I-00074 Monteporzio Catone, Italy
- Peter L. Capak
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- Cosmic Dawn Center (DAWN) , Denmark; Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen , Jagtvej 128, DK-2200, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Jaclyn B. Champagne
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- Steward Observatory, University of Arizona , 933 N Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
- Nima Chartab
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- The Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science , 813 Santa Barbara Street, Pasadena, CA 91101, USA
- Óscar A. Chávez Ortiz
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- The University of Texas at Austin , 2515 Speedway Boulevard Stop C1400, Austin, TX 78712, USA ; [email protected]
- Katherine Chworowsky
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- The University of Texas at Austin , 2515 Speedway Boulevard Stop C1400, Austin, TX 78712, USA ; [email protected]
- Kevin C. Cooke
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- Association of Public and Land-grant Universities , 1220 L Street NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20005, USA
- Olivia R. Cooper
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- The University of Texas at Austin , 2515 Speedway Boulevard Stop C1400, Austin, TX 78712, USA ; [email protected]
- Behnam Darvish
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California , Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
- Xuheng Ding
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo , Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
- Andreas L. Faisst
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- Caltech/IPAC, 1200 E. California Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
- Steven L. Finkelstein
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- The University of Texas at Austin , 2515 Speedway Boulevard Stop C1400, Austin, TX 78712, USA ; [email protected]
- Seiji Fujimoto
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- The University of Texas at Austin , 2515 Speedway Boulevard Stop C1400, Austin, TX 78712, USA ; [email protected]
- Fabrizio Gentile
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- University of Bologna—Department of Physics and Astronomy “Augusto Righi” (DIFA) , Via Gobetti 93/2, I-40129 Bologna, Italy; INAF, Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio , Via Gobetti 93/3, I-40129, Bologna, Italy
- Steven Gillman
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- Cosmic Dawn Center (DAWN) , Denmark; DTU-Space, Technical University of Denmark , Elektrovej 327, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
- Katriona M. L. Gould
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- Cosmic Dawn Center (DAWN) , Denmark; Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen , Jagtvej 128, DK-2200, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Ghassem Gozaliasl
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- Department of Physics, University of Helsinki , P.O. Box 64, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
- Christopher C. Hayward
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- Center for Computational Astrophysics , Flatiron Institute, 162 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010, USA
- Qiuhan He
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- Department of Physics, Institute for Computational Cosmology, Durham University , South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK
- Shoubaneh Hemmati
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- Caltech/IPAC, 1200 E. California Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
- Michaela Hirschmann
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- Institute of Physics , GalSpec, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Observatoire de Sauverny, Chemin Pegasi 51, 1290 Versoix, Switzerland; INAF, Astronomical Observatory of Trieste , Via Tiepolo 11, I-34131 Trieste, Italy
- Knud Jahnke
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- Max Planck Institute for Astronomy , Königstuhl 17, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
- Shuowen Jin
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- Cosmic Dawn Center (DAWN) , Denmark; DTU-Space, Technical University of Denmark , Elektrovej 327, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
- Ali Ahmad Khostovan
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- Laboratory for Multiwavelength Astrophysics, School of Physics and Astronomy , Rochester Institute of Technology, 84 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY 14623, USA ; [email protected]
- Vasily Kokorev
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- Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, University of Groningen , P.O. Box 800, 9700 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
- Erini Lambrides
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center , Code 662, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
- Clotilde Laigle
- Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris , UMR 7095, CNRS, and Sorbonne Université, 98 bis boulevard Arago, F-75014 Paris, France
- Rebecca L. Larson
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- The University of Texas at Austin , 2515 Speedway Boulevard Stop C1400, Austin, TX 78712, USA ; [email protected]
- Gene C. K. Leung
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- The University of Texas at Austin , 2515 Speedway Boulevard Stop C1400, Austin, TX 78712, USA ; [email protected]
- Daizhong Liu
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik (MPE) , Giessenbachstr. 1, D-85748 Garching, Germany
- Tobias Liaudat
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- Université Paris-Saclay, Université Paris Cité , CEA, CNRS, AIM, F-91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Arianna S. Long
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- The University of Texas at Austin , 2515 Speedway Boulevard Stop C1400, Austin, TX 78712, USA ; [email protected]
- Georgios Magdis
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- Cosmic Dawn Center (DAWN) , Denmark; Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen , Jagtvej 128, DK-2200, Copenhagen, Denmark; DTU-Space, Technical University of Denmark , Elektrovej 327, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
- Guillaume Mahler
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- Department of Physics, Institute for Computational Cosmology, Durham University , South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK; Department of Physics, Centre for Extragalactic Astronomy, Durham University , South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK
- Vincenzo Mainieri
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- European Southern Observatory , Karl-Schwarzschild-Straße 2, D-85748 Garching bei München, Germany
- Sinclaire M. Manning
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- Department of Astronomy, University of Massachusetts Amherst , 710 N Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
- Claudia Maraston
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- Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation, University of Portsmouth , Dennis Sciama Building, Burnaby Road, Portsmouth, PO13FX, UK
- Crystal L. Martin
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- Department of Physics, University of California , Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93109, USA
- Jacqueline E. McCleary
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- Department of Physics, Northeastern University , 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
- Jed McKinney
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- The University of Texas at Austin , 2515 Speedway Boulevard Stop C1400, Austin, TX 78712, USA ; [email protected]
- Conor J. R. McPartland
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- Cosmic Dawn Center (DAWN) , Denmark; Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen , Jagtvej 128, DK-2200, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Bahram Mobasher
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California , Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
- Rohan Pattnaik
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- Laboratory for Multiwavelength Astrophysics, School of Physics and Astronomy , Rochester Institute of Technology, 84 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY 14623, USA ; [email protected]
- Alvio Renzini
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- Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF) , Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Vicolo dell’Osservatorio 5, I-35122, Padova, Italy
- R. Michael Rich
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, UCLA, PAB 430 Portola Plaza, Box 951547, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
- David B. Sanders
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- Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawai’i at Manoa , 2680 Woodlawn Drive, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
- Zahra Sattari
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- The Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science , 813 Santa Barbara Street, Pasadena, CA 91101, USA; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California , Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
- Diana Scognamiglio
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- Argelander-Institut für Astronomie , Auf dem Hügel 71, D-53121, Bonn, Germany
- Nick Scoville
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- Astronomy Department, California Institute of Technology , 1200 E. California Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
- Kartik Sheth
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- NASA Headquarters, 300 Hidden Figures Way, SE, Mary W. Jackson NASA HQ Building, Washington, DC 20546, USA
- Marko Shuntov
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- Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris , UMR 7095, CNRS, and Sorbonne Université, 98 bis boulevard Arago, F-75014 Paris, France
- Martin Sparre
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- Institut für Physik und Astronomie, Universität Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str . 24/25, D-14476 Golm, Germany; Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP) , An der Sternwarte 16, D-14482 Potsdam, Germany
- Tomoko L. Suzuki
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo , Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
- Margherita Talia
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- University of Bologna—Department of Physics and Astronomy “Augusto Righi” (DIFA) , Via Gobetti 93/2, I-40129 Bologna, Italy; INAF, Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio , Via Gobetti 93/3, I-40129, Bologna, Italy
- Sune Toft
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- Cosmic Dawn Center (DAWN) , Denmark; Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen , Jagtvej 128, DK-2200, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Benny Trakhtenbrot
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University , Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
- C. Megan Urry
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- Physics Department and Yale Center for Astronomy & Astrophysics, Yale University , P.O. Box 208120, CT 06520, USA
- Francesco Valentino
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- Cosmic Dawn Center (DAWN) , Denmark; Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen , Jagtvej 128, DK-2200, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Brittany N. Vanderhoof
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- Laboratory for Multiwavelength Astrophysics, School of Physics and Astronomy , Rochester Institute of Technology, 84 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY 14623, USA ; [email protected]
- Eleni Vardoulaki
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- Thüringer Landessternwarte , Sternwarte 5, D-07778 Tautenburg, Germany
- John R. Weaver
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- Department of Astronomy, University of Massachusetts Amherst , 710 N Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
- Katherine E. Whitaker
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- Cosmic Dawn Center (DAWN) , Denmark; Department of Astronomy, University of Massachusetts Amherst , 710 N Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
- Stephen M. Wilkins
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- Astronomy Centre, University of Sussex , Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QH, UK; Institute of Space Sciences and Astronomy, University of Malta , Msida MSD 2080, Malta
- Lilan Yang
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo , Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
- Jorge A. Zavala
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- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan , 2-21-1 Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acc2bc
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 954,
no. 1
p. 31
Abstract
We present the survey design, implementation, and outlook for COSMOS-Web, a 255 hr treasury program conducted by the James Webb Space Telescope in its first cycle of observations. COSMOS-Web is a contiguous 0.54 deg ^2 NIRCam imaging survey in four filters (F115W, F150W, F277W, and F444W) that will reach 5 σ point-source depths ranging ∼27.5–28.2 mag. In parallel, we will obtain 0.19 deg ^2 of MIRI imaging in one filter (F770W) reaching 5 σ point-source depths of ∼25.3–26.0 mag. COSMOS-Web will build on the rich heritage of multiwavelength observations and data products available in the COSMOS field. The design of COSMOS-Web is motivated by three primary science goals: (1) to discover thousands of galaxies in the Epoch of Reionization (6 ≲ z ≲ 11) and map reionization’s spatial distribution, environments, and drivers on scales sufficiently large to mitigate cosmic variance, (2) to identify hundreds of rare quiescent galaxies at z > 4 and place constraints on the formation of the universe’s most-massive galaxies ( M _⋆ > 10 ^10 M _⊙ ), and (3) directly measure the evolution of the stellar-mass-to-halo-mass relation using weak gravitational lensing out to z ∼ 2.5 and measure its variance with galaxies’ star formation histories and morphologies. In addition, we anticipate COSMOS-Web’s legacy value to reach far beyond these scientific goals, touching many other areas of astrophysics, such as the identification of the first direct collapse black hole candidates, ultracool subdwarf stars in the Galactic halo, and possibly the identification of z > 10 pair-instability supernovae. In this paper we provide an overview of the survey’s key measurements, specifications, goals, and prospects for new discovery.
Keywords
- Sky surveys
- Large-scale structure of the universe
- Galaxy evolution
- Reionization
- Weak gravitational lensing
