Exploring Cosmic Dawn with James Webb Space Telescope

Project Information

FIRSTLIGHT

Grant agreement ID: 101053208

DOI

10.3030/101053208

EC signature date 8 June 2022

Start date 1 October 2023

End date 30 September 2028

Funded under

• European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 2 086 250,00

EU contribution

€ 2 086 250,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERZA V LJUBLJANI
Slovenia

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Deliverables

Data Management Plan (1)

Data Management Plan

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (33)

CANUCS: An Updated Mass and Magnification Model of A370 with JWST

Published in: The Astrophysical Journal, Issue Volume 973, Number 2, 2024, ISSN 1538-4357
Publisher: IOP Publishing
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/AD684A

Star Formation at the Epoch of Reionization with CANUCS: The Ages of Stellar Populations in MACS1149-JD1

Author(s): Maruša Bradač, Victoria Strait, Lamiya Mowla, Kartheik G. Iyer, Gaël Noirot, Chris Willott, Gabe Brammer, Roberto Abraham, Yoshihisa Asada, Guillaume Desprez, Vince Estrada-Carpenter, Anishya Harsh
Published in: The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Issue Volume 961, Number 1, 2024, ISSN 2041-8213
Publisher: IOP Publishing
DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/AD0E73

When, where, and how star formation happens in a galaxy pair at cosmic noon using CANUCS <i>JWST</i>/NIRISS grism spectroscopy

Author(s): Vicente Estrada-Carpenter, Marcin Sawicki, Gabe Brammer, Guillaume Desprez, Roberto Abraham, Yoshihisa Asada, Maruša Bradač, Kartheik G Iyer, Nicholas S Martis, Jasleen Matharu, Lamiya Mowla, Adam M
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Issue 532, 2024, ISSN 0035-8711
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
DOI: 10.1093/MNRAS/STAE1368

CANUCS/Technicolor: JWST Medium-band Photometry Finds Half of the Star Formation at <i>z</i> &gt; 7.5 Is Obscured

Author(s): Nicholas S. Martis, Sunna Withers, Maruša Bradač, Adam Muzzin, Giordano Felicioni, Roberto Abraham, Yoshihisa Asada, Gabe Brammer, Guillaume Desprez, Anishya Harshan, Kartheik G. Iyer, Naadiyah Jagg
Published in: The Astrophysical Journal, Issue 990, 2025, ISSN 0004-637X
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ADF32A

A Deep Dive down the Broad-line Region: Permitted O <scp>I</scp> , Ca <scp>II,</scp> and Fe <scp>II<

Author(s): Roberta Tripodi, Maruša Bradač, Francesco D’Eugenio, Nicholas Martis, Gregor Rihtaršič, Chris Willott, Laura Pentericci, Bianca Moreschini, Maxim Markevitch, Yoshihisa Asada, Antonello Calabró,
Published in: The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Issue 994, 2025, ISSN 2041-8205
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/AE13A9

Detailed Study of Stars and Gas in a z = 8.3 Massive Merger with Extreme Dust Conditions

Published in: The Astrophysical journal. Letters, Issue Vol. 977, iss. 2, 2024, ISSN 2041-8213
Publisher: IOP Science
DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/AD9741

Unveiling the trends between dust attenuation and galaxy properties at <i>z</i> ∼ 2−12 with the James Webb Space Telescope

Author(s): V. Markov, S. Gallerani, A. Pallottini, M. Bradač, S. Carniani, R. Tripodi, G. Noirot, F. Di Mascia, E. Parlanti, N. Martis
Published in: Astronomy &amp; Astrophysics, Issue 702, 2025, ISSN 0004-6361
Publisher: EDP Sciences
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202555182

In Search of the First Stars: An Ultra-compact and Very-low-metallicity Lyα Emitter Deep within the Epoch of Reionization

Published in: The Astrophysical journal, Issue Vol. 988, iss. 1, 2025, ISSN 1538-4357
Publisher: University of Chicago Press for the American Astronomical Society
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ADDF49

JWST Photometry of Globular Cluster Populations in MACS0417.5−1154

Author(s): William E. Harris, Marta Reina-Campos, Kaitlyn E. Keatley, Maruša Bradač, Nicholas S. Martis, Adam Muzzin, Gaël Noirot, Ghassan T. E. Sarrouh, Marcin Sawicki, Chris J. Willott, Samantha C. Berek
Published in: The Astrophysical Journal, Issue 993, 2025, ISSN 0004-637X
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/AE073F

Anatomy of a z = 6 Lyman-α emitter down to parsec scales: Extreme UV slopes, metal-poor regions, and possibly leaking star clusters

Author(s): M. Messa, E. Vanzella, F. Loiacono, P. Bergamini, M. Castellano, B. Sun, C. Willott, R. A. Windhorst, H. Yan, G. Angora, P. Rosati, A. Adamo, F. Annibali, A. Bolamperti, M. Bradač, L. D. Bradley, F.
Published in: Astronomy & astrophysics, Issue Vol. 694, art. A59, 2025, ISSN 1432-0746
Publisher: EDP Sciences
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202451695

Quantifying spectroscopic flux variations between <i>JWST</i> NIRISS and NIRSpec: slit losses in emission line measurements of <i>z</i>

Author(s): Nicolò Dalmasso, Peter J Watson, Tommaso Treu, Michele Trenti, Benedetta Vulcani, Themiya Nanayakkara, Maruša Bradač, Tucker Jones, Kristan Boyett, Xin Wang, Sara Mascia, Laura Pentericci
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Issue 544, 2025, ISSN 0035-8711
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
DOI: 10.1093/MNRAS/STAF1837

CANUCS: Constraining the MACS J0416.1-2403 strong lensing model with JWST NIRISS, NIRSpec, and NIRCam

Published in: Astronomy & astrophysics, Issue Vol. 696, art. A15, 2025, ISSN 1432-0746
Publisher: EDP Sciences
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202451117

Studying [C<scp> ii</scp>] emission in low-mass galaxies at <i>z</i> ∼ 7

Author(s): Kelsey Glazer, Marus̆a Bradăc, Ryan L Sanders, Seiji Fujimoto, Patricia Bolan, Andrea Ferrara, Victoria Strait, Tucker Jones, Brian C Lemaux, Livia Vallini, Russell Ryan
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Issue 531, 2024, ISSN 0035-8711
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
DOI: 10.1093/MNRAS/STAE1178

Spatially resolved emission lines in galaxies at 4 ≤ z < 10 from the JADES survey: Evidence for enhanced central star formation

Published in: Astronomy & astrophysics, Issue Volume 692, 2024, ISSN 1432-0746
Publisher: EDP Sciences
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202449980

Possible environmental quenching in an interacting little red dot pair at z ∼ 7

Published in: Astronomy & astrophysics, Issue Vol. 698, art. A317, 2025, ISSN 1432-0746
Publisher: EDP Sciences
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202553943

Nature Communications

Published in: Nature Communications, Issue Vol. 16, art. no. 9830, 2025, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/S41467-025-65070-X

Stacking PANCAKEZ: Spectroscopic Analysis with NIRSpec Stacks in the Epoch of Reionization. Weak Interstellar Medium Absorption and Implications for Ionizing Photon Escape at <i>z</i> ∼ 7

Author(s): Kelsey S. Glazer, Tucker Jones, Yuguang Chen, Ryan L. Sanders, Maruša Bradač, Anthony J. Pahl, Alice E. Shapley, Richard S. Ellis, Michael W. Topping, Naveen A. Reddy
Published in: The Astrophysical Journal, Issue 992, 2025, ISSN 0004-637X
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/AE0194

ΛCDM not dead yet: massive high-<i>z</i> Balmer break galaxies are less common than previously reported

Author(s): Guillaume Desprez, Nicholas S Martis, Yoshihisa Asada, Marcin Sawicki, Chris J Willott, Adam Muzzin, Roberto G Abraham, Maruša Bradač, Gabe Brammer, Vicente Estrada-Carpenter, Kartheik G Iyer, Jasle
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Issue 530, 2024, ISSN 0035-8711
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
DOI: 10.1093/MNRAS/STAE1084

A massive interacting galaxy 510 million years after the Big Bang

Author(s): Kristan Boyett, Michele Trenti, Nicha Leethochawalit, Antonello Calabró, Benjamin Metha, Guido Roberts-Borsani, Nicoló Dalmasso, Lilan Yang, Paola Santini, Tommaso Treu, Tucker Jones, Alaina Henry,
Published in: Nature Astronomy, Issue 8, 2024, ISSN 2397-3366
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/S41550-024-02218-7

Bursty star formation and galaxy–galaxy interactions in low-mass galaxies 1 Gyr after the Big Bang

Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Issue Volume 527, Issue 4, 2024, ISSN 1365-2966
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/MNRAS/STAD3902

The JWST/PASSAGE Survey: Testing Reionization Histories with JWST’s First Unbiased Survey for Lyα Emitters at Redshifts 7.5–9.5

Published in: The Astrophysical journal, Issue Vol. 984, id. 95, 2025, ISSN 1538-4357
Publisher: University of Chicago Press for the American Astronomical Society
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ADC008

The rate and contribution of mergers to mass assembly from NIRCam observations of galaxy candidates up to 13.3 billion years ago

Author(s): Nicolò Dalmasso, Antonello Calabrò, Nicha Leethochawalit, Benedetta Vulcani, Kristan Boyett, Michele Trenti, Tommaso Treu, Marco Castellano, Maruša Bradač, Benjamin Metha, Paola Santini
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Issue 533, 2024, ISSN 0035-8711
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
DOI: 10.1093/MNRAS/STAE2064

The GLASS-JWST Early Release Science programme: The NIRISS spectroscopic catalogue

Published in: Astronomy & astrophysics, Issue Vol. 699, art. A225, 2025, ISSN 1432-0746
Publisher: EDP Sciences
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202554954

The GLASS-JWST Early Release Science Program : IV. Data release of 263 spectra from 245 unique sources

Published in: Astronomy & astrophysics, Issue Volume 690, 2024, ISSN 1432-0746
Publisher: EDP Sciences
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202450493

A Steep Decline in the Galaxy Space Density beyond Redshift 9 in the CANUCS UV Luminosity Function

Published in: The Astrophysical Journal, Issue Volume 966, Number 1, 2024, ISSN 1538-4357
Publisher: IOP Publishing
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/AD35BC

Improving Photometric Redshifts of Epoch of Reionization Galaxies: A New Empirical Transmission Curve with Neutral Hydrogen Damping Wing Lyα Absorption

Published in: The Astrophysical journal. Letters, Issue Vol. 983, L2, 2025, ISSN 2041-8213
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ADC388

Metal-poor Star-forming Clumps in Cosmic Noon Galaxies: Evidence for Gas Inflow and Chemical Dilution Using JWST NIRISS

Author(s): Vicente Estrada-Carpenter, Marcin Sawicki, Roberto Abraham, Yoshihisa Asada, Maruša Bradač, Gabe Brammer, Guillaume Desprez, Kartheik G. Iyer, Nicholas S. Martis, Adam Muzzin, Gaël Noirot, Gregor R
Published in: The Astrophysical Journal, Issue 991, 2025, ISSN 0004-637X
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ADFB64

BEACON: JWST NIRCam Pure-parallel Imaging Survey. I. Survey Design and Initial Results

Published in: The Astrophysical journal, Issue Vol. 983, id. 152, 2025, ISSN 1538-4357
Publisher: University of Chicago Press for the American Astronomical Society
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ADBBDC

Modeling and Subtracting Diffuse Cluster Light in JWST Images: A Relation between the Spatial Distribution of Globular Clusters, Dwarf Galaxies, and Intracluster Light in the Lensing Cluster SMACS 0723

Published in: The Astrophysical Journal, Issue Vol. 975, iss. 1, 2024, ISSN 1538-4357
Publisher: IOP Science
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/AD7735

Formation of a low-mass galaxy from star clusters in a 600-million-year-old Universe

Published in: Nature, Issue Vol. 636, iss. 8042, 2024, ISSN 0028-0836
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1038/S41586-024-08293-0

Parallel Application of Slitless Spectroscopy to Analyze Galaxy Evolution (PASSAGE): Survey Overview

Author(s): Matthew A. Malkan, Vihang Mehta, Ayan Acharyya, Hollis B. Akins, Anahita Alavi, Hakim Atek, Ivano Baronchelli, Andrew J. Battisti, Kit Boyett, Marusa Bradac, Sean Tyler Bruton, Andrew J. Bunker, Adam
Published in: The Astrophysical Journal, Issue 993, 2025, ISSN 0004-637X
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/AE00BB

Ly α emission strength and stellar properties of faint galaxies from 5 &amp;lt; <i>z</i> &amp;lt; 8.2

Author(s): Patricia Bolan, Marus̆a Bradăc, Brian C Lemaux, Victoria Strait, Tommaso Treu, Laura Pentericci, Debora Pelliccia, Kelsey Glazer, Gareth C Jones
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Issue 531, 2024, ISSN 0035-8711
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
DOI: 10.1093/MNRAS/STAE1339

CANUCS: UV and ionizing properties of dwarf star-forming galaxies at <i>z</i> ~ 5–7

Author(s): Anishya Harshan, Maruša Bradač, Roberto Abraham, Yoshihisa Asada, Gabriel Brammer, Guillaume Desprez, Karthiek Iyer, Nicholas S Martis, Jasleen Matharu, Lamiya Mowla, Adam Muzzin, Gaël Noirot, Greg
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Issue 532, 2024, ISSN 0035-8711
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
DOI: 10.1093/MNRAS/STAE1574