A recent study from the Horizon Run (HR5) cosmological simulation has predicted that galaxies with ${\rm log}~M_{\ast}/M_{\odot}\lesssim 10$ in the cosmic morning ($10\gtrsim z\gtrsim 4$) dominantly have disk-like morphology in the $Λ$CDM universe, which is driven by the tidal torque in the initial matter fluctuations. For a direct comparison with observation, we identify a total of about $19,000$ James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) galaxies with ${\rm log}~M_{\ast}/M_{\odot}>9$ at $z=0.6-8.0$ utilizing deep JWST/NIRCam images of publicly released fields, including NEP-TDF, NGDEEP, CEERS, COSMOS, UDS, and SMACS J0723$-$7327. We estimate their stellar masses and photometric redshifts with the redshift dispersion of $σ_{\rm NMAD}=0.009$ and outlier fraction of only about $6\%$. We classify galaxies into three morphological types, `disks', `spheroids', and `irregulars', applying the same criteria used in the HR5 study. The morphological distribution of the JWST galaxies shows that disk galaxies account for $60-70\%$ at all redshift ranges. However, in the high-mass regime (${\rm log}~M_{\ast}/M_{\odot}\gtrsim11$), spheroidal morphology becomes the dominant type. This implies that mass growth of galaxies is accompanied with morphological transition from disks to spheroids. The fraction of irregulars is about 20\% or less at all mass and redshifts. All the trends in the morphology distribution are consistently found in the six JWST fields. These results are in close agreement with the results from the HR5 simulation, particularly confirming the prevalence of disk galaxies at small masses in the cosmic morning and noon.
The Stellar Morphology & Size of X-ray-selected Active Galactic Nuclei Host Galaxies Revealed by JWST
Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics(中央研究院天文及天文物理研究所);Astronomical Institute, Tohoku University(东北大学天文学研究所);Department of Astronomical Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies(国立科学大学校天文学系);National Astronomical Observatory of Japan(日本国立天文台);Space Telescope Science Institute(太空望远镜科学研究所);Institute of Space Sciences (ICE, CSIC)(空间科学研究所(ICE,CSIC));Institute of Astronomy, National Tsing Hua University(国立清华大学天文研究所);Department of Physics, National Chung Hsing University(国立中兴大学物理系);Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California, Santa Cruz(加州大学圣克鲁斯分校天文学与天体物理学系);Department of Astronomy, The University of Texas at Austin(德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校天文学系);Cosmic Dawn Center (DAWN)(宇宙黎明中心);Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen(哥本哈根大学尼尔斯·玻尔研究所);University of Geneva(日内瓦大学);Université Paris-Saclay, Université Paris Cité, CEA, CNRS, AIM(巴黎萨克雷大学、巴黎西岱大学、法国原子能和替代能源委员会、国家科学研究中心、天体分子研究所)
JWST's PEARLS: A clumpy ring galaxy at $z = 4.0148$
University of Illinois(伊利诺伊大学);Durham University(杜伦大学);Arizona State University(亚利桑那州立大学);Chinese Academy of Sciences South America Center for Astronomy, National Astronomical Observatories, CAS(中国科学院南天文中心,国家天文台,中科院);Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, University of Manchester(曼彻斯特大学乔德雷尔银行天体物理学中心);Instituto de Fisica de Cantabria (CSIC-UC)(坎塔布里亚物理研究所(西班牙科学理事会-坎塔布里亚大学));University of Arizona(亚利桑那大学);Space Telescope Science Institute(太空望远镜科学研究所)
Galaxy-scale lens search in the PEARLS NEP TDF and CEERS JWST fields
University of Melbourne(墨尔本大学);ARC Centre of Excellence for All-Sky Astrophysics in 3 Dimensions (ASTRO 3D)(三维全天空天体物理学卓越研究中心);Arizona State University(亚利桑那州立大学);Instituto de Fisica de Cantabria (CSIC-UC)(坎塔布里亚物理研究所);Space Telescope Science Institute(太空望远镜科学研究所)
The BoRG-$JWST$ Survey: Analogs at $z\sim8$ to the UV-luminous Galaxy Population at $z\gtrsim10$
University of California, Los Angeles(加州大学洛杉矶分校);University College London(伦敦大学学院);California Institute of Technology(加州理工学院);INAF–Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma(意大利国家天体物理研究所罗马天文台);The University of Texas at Austin(德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校);Space Telescope Science Institute(太空望远镜科学研究所);Johns Hopkins University(约翰斯·霍普金斯大学);University of Maryland, College Park(马里兰大学帕克分校);University of Melbourne(墨尔本大学)
JWST spectra are consistent with the edge-on star-forming galaxy scenario for the "runaway supermassive black hole"
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias(加那利群岛天体物理研究所);Universidad de La Laguna(拉古纳大学);Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México(墨西哥国立自治大学);Institute of Space Sciences (ICE, CSIC)(空间科学研究所)
Stellar Morphology of Optically Dark or Faint Galaxies at $z>3$ with JWST
University of Geneva(日内瓦大学);Heidelberg University(海德堡大学);Cosmic Dawn Center (DAWN)(宇宙黎明中心);Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen(哥本哈根大学尼尔斯·玻尔研究所);University of Sussex(萨塞克斯大学);Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie(马克斯·普朗克天文学研究所)
Exploring the central region of SNR 0540-69.3 with JWST I: 3D morphology
KTH Royal Institute of Technology(皇家理工学院);Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS)(斯坦伦布什高等研究院);Stellenbosch University(斯坦伦布什大学);Stockholm University(斯德哥尔摩大学);European Southern Observatory(欧洲南方天文台)
Disk-like galaxies at 4 < z < 7.7 : JWST/NIRCam morphologies revealed by denoising VAE-GCNN classification
Center for Cosmology and Astrophysics, Alikhanyan National Laboratory(阿利哈尼扬国家实验室宇宙学与天体物理中心);Yerevan State University(埃里温国立大学);SIA, Sapienza University of Rome(罗马智慧大学天体物理研究所)
研究利用去噪VAE-GCNN分类方法分析JWST/NIRCam多滤光片切片,确定红移4 < z < 7.7范围内盘状星系占比为0.34,揭示高红移星系中盘状结构的重要性。
Multi-wavelength morphology and dust emission in low-redshift dwarf galaxies in COSMOS-Web with HST and JWST
University of Hertfordshire(赫特福德大学);Rochester Institute of Technology(罗切斯特理工学院);University of Manchester(曼彻斯特大学);University of Nottingham(诺丁汉大学);University of Cambridge(剑桥大学)
ALMA observations of pre-JWST z ~ 10 galaxy candidates: A CO(J = 9-8) line from a ULIRG at z = 2.54 and revisit of the photometric redshifts with JWST photometry
Waseda University(早稻田大学);University of Tsukuba(筑波大学)
Detection of new galaxy candidates at z > 11 in the JADES field using JWST NIRCam
Department of Physics, University of Arkansas(阿肯色大学物理系);Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology(麻省理工学院卡弗里天体物理与空间研究研究所);Stony Brook University(石溪大学)