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FIRSTLIGHT: Cosmological simulations of first galaxies at cosmic dawn

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 June 2020

Daniel Ceverino*
Affiliation:
Universitat Heidelberg, Zentrum für Astronomie, Institut fur Theoretische Astrophysik, Albert-Ueberle-Str. 2, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Abstract

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Using the FirstLight database of 300 zoom-in cosmological simulations we provide rest-frame UV-optical spectral energy distributions of galaxies with complex star-formation histories that are coupled to the non-uniform gas accretion history of galactic halos during cosmic dawn. The population at any redshift is very diverse ranging from starbursts to quiescent galaxies even at a fixed stellar mass. The FirstLight simulations make predictions on the rest-frame UV-optical absolute magnitudes, colors and optical emission lines of galaxies at z = 6–12 that will be observed for the first time with JWST and the next generation of telescopes in the coming decade.

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Contributed Papers
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© International Astronomical Union 2020

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