Towards Reconciling Reionization with JWST: The Role of Bright Galaxies and Strong Feedback
University of Maryland, College Park（马里兰大学帕克分校）；Space Telescope Science Institute（太空望远镜科学研究所）；University of Zurich（苏黎世大学）；University of Edinburgh（爱丁堡大学）；University of the Western Cape（西开普大学）；New Mexico State University（新墨西哥州立大学）；University of Copenhagen（哥本哈根大学）；Technical University of Denmark（丹麦技术大学）
Ankita Bera, Sultan Hassan, Robert Feldmann, Romeel Davé, Kristian Finlator
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21 pages, 5+1 figures, 5+1 tables. Accepted for publication in ApJ, updated to match the accepted version
The elevated UV luminosity functions (UVLF) from recent James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have challenged the viability of existing theoretical models. To address this, we use a semi-analytical framework -- which couples a physically motivated source model derived from radiative-transfer hydrodynamic simulations of reionization with a Markov Chain Monte Carlo sampler -- to perform a joint calibration to JWST galaxy surveys (UVLF, $ϕ_{\rm UV}$ and UV luminosity density, $ρ_{\rm UV}$) and reionization-era observables (ionizing emissivity, $\dot{N}_{\rm ion}$, neutral hydrogen fraction, $x_{\rm HI}$, and Thomson optical depth, $τ$). We find that models with weak feedback and a higher contribution from faint galaxies reproduce the reionization observables but struggle to match the elevated JWST UVLF at $z > 9$. In contrast, models with stronger feedback (i.e., rapid redshift evolution) and a higher contribution from bright galaxies successfully reproduce JWST UVLF at $z \geq 10$, but over-estimate the bright end at $z < 9$. The strong-feedback model constrained by JWST UVLF predicts a more gradual and extended reionization history, as opposed to the sudden reionization seen in the weak-feedback models. This extended nature of reionization ($z\sim 16$ - $6$) yields an optical depth consistent (at 2-$σ$) with the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) constraint, thereby alleviating the photon-budget crisis. In both scenarios, reionization is complete by $z \sim 6$, consistent with current data. Our analysis highlights the importance of accurately modeling feedback and ionizing emissivities from different source populations during the first billion years after the Big Bang.
JWST ASPIRE: How Did Galaxies Complete Reionization? Evidence for Excess IGM Transmission around ${\rm [O\,{\scriptstyle III}]}$ Emitters during Reionization
All the Massive Galaxy Overdensities during Reionization: JWST Rest-Frame Optical Selection Reveals Young, Chemically Evolved Galaxies Embedded in Dense, Neutral Gas at z > 5
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）；DTU Space, Technical University of Denmark（丹麦技术大学空间科学中心）；Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA)（奥地利科学技术研究院）；MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research（麻省理工学院卡弗里天体物理与空间研究所）；Department of Astronomy, University of Geneva（日内瓦大学天文系）；National Astronomical Observatory of Japan（日本国立天文台）；INAF/Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma（意大利国家天体物理研究所罗马天文台）
Bubble mapping with the Square Kilometer Array -- I. Detecting galaxies with Euclid, JWST, WFIRST and ELT within ionized bubbles in the intergalactic medium at z>6
Can an Anti-de Sitter Vacuum in the Dark Energy Sector Explain JWST High-Redshift Galaxy and Reionization Observations?
National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research（塔塔基础研究所射电天体物理国家中心）；Jamia Millia Islamia（贾米娅米利亚伊斯兰大学）；Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute（韩国天文与空间科学研究院）
A SPectroscopic survey of biased halos In the Reionization Era (ASPIRE): A First Look at the Rest-frame Optical Spectra of $z > 6.5$ Quasars Using JWST
Probing Direct Contributions of Galaxies and AGN to Cosmic Reionization in a Quasar Field J0226+0302 with JWST NIRCam and NIRSpec
University of Michigan（密歇根大学）；Steward Observatory, University of Arizona（亚利桑那大学斯图尔德天文台）；Cosmic Dawn Center (DAWN), Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen（哥本哈根大学尼尔斯·玻尔研究所黎明中心）；Kavli IPMU (WPI), UTIAS, The University of Tokyo（东京大学宇宙起源研究核心理论研究中心）；Center for Data-Driven Discovery, Kavli IPMU (WPI), UTIAS, The University of Tokyo（东京大学宇宙起源研究核心理论中心数据驱动发现中心）；Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of California, Riverside（加州大学河滨分校物理与天文学系）
A SPectroscopic survey of biased halos In the Reionization Era (ASPIRE): JWST Discovers an Overdensity around a Metal Absorption-selected Galaxy at $z\sim5.5$
A Portrait of the Cosmic Reionisation History in the Context of the Early Dark Energy Model
National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences（中国科学院国家天文台）；University of Chinese Academy of Sciences（中国科学院大学）；Peking University（北京大学）；Swinburne University of Technology（斯威本科技大学）；University of Arizona（亚利桑那大学）
The spectral evolution of the first Galaxies. III. Simulated James Webb Space Telescope spectra of reionization-epoch galaxies with Lyman continuum leakage
Galaxy Protoclusters as Drivers of Cosmic Reionization: I. Bubble Overlap at Redshift z ~ 7 in LAGER-z7OD1
University of California Santa Barbara（加州大学圣塔芭芭拉分校）；Goddard Space Flight Center（戈达德太空飞行中心）；The University of Tokyo（东京大学）；Space Telescope Science Institute（太空望远镜科学研究所）；MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research（麻省理工学院卡弗里天体物理学与空间研究研究所）；CNRS, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris（法国国家科学研究中心，巴黎天体物理研究所）；Chinese Academy of Sciences（中国科学院）；University of Science and Technology of China（中国科学技术大学）
Astraeus III: The environment and physical properties of reionization sources
在本文中，我们使用了N体dArk martEr模拟中星系形成和再电离的数值辐射传递耦合框架，它耦合了前十亿年的星系形成和再电离。探索了一些模型的再电离反馈和逃逸分数的电离辐射从银河系环境（$f_\mathrm{esc}$），我们量化的贡献的恒星形成星系{（与晕质量$M_h>10^{8.2}$ M $_\odot$）}再电离依赖于辐射反馈模型，$f_\mathrm{esc}$，和环境的过密度。我们的主要发现是：（i）对于常数$f_\mathrm{esc}$模型，中等质量星系（晕质量为$M_h\simeq10^{9-11}$ M $_\odot$，绝对紫外强度为$M_{UV} \sim -15$至$-20$）在中密度区域驱动再电离;（ii）$f_\mathrm{esc}$随着晕质量的降低而增加的情况下，星系人口将驱动再电离至低质量星系（$M_h\lesssim10^{9.5}$ M $_\odot$）与较低的光度（$M_{UV} \gtrsim-16$）和过密度;（iii）再电离印记其拓扑结构的电离发射率的低质量星系（$M_h\lesssim10^{9}$ M $_\odot$）通过辐射反馈。低质量星系经历辐射反馈对恒星形成的更强抑制，在过密区域表现出较低的电离发射率;（iv）$f_\mathrm{esc}$随星系性质的变化对再电离源及其可探测性的影响最大，辐射反馈强度和环境过密起着次…
