The true number density of massive galaxies in the early Universe revealed by JWST/MIRI
arxiv(2024)
摘要
One of the main challenges in galaxy formation that has emerged recently is
the early assembly of massive galaxies. The observed number density and the
maximum stellar mass (M_⋆) of massive galaxies in the early Universe
appear to be higher than model predictions, which may pose a serious problem to
the LCDM cosmology. A major limitation in many previous studies is the large
uncertainty in estimating M_⋆ due to the lack of constraints in the
rest-frame near-infrared part of the spectral energy distribution, which is
critical to determining M_⋆ accurately. Here we use data from a large
JWST/MIRI survey in the PRIMER program to carry out a systematic analysis of
massive galaxies at z ∼ 3-8, leveraging photometric constraints at
rest-frame ≳ 1 μm. We find a significant reduction in the number and
mass densities of massive galaxies at z > 5 compared to earlier results that
did not use the MIRI photometry. Within the standard ΛCDM cosmology,
our results require a moderate increase in the baryon-to-star conversion
efficiency (ϵ) towards higher redshifts and higher M_⋆. For
the most massive galaxies at z∼ 8, the required ϵ is ∼ 0.3,
in comparison to ϵ∼ 0.14 for typical low-redshift galaxies. Our
findings are consistent with models assuming suppressed stellar feedback due to
the high gas density and the associated short free-fall time expected for
massive halos at high redshift.
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