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There are myriad possible science projects, and the students all will be the first of their kind since we've never had data like this! Students will be briefly introduced to each topic before they decide on a given project to ensure a good match. Here are a few possible projects; there are many more. (1) Measure how the dynamics of galaxies evolve from the early Universe to today. From From theory, we expect that galaxies have chaotic and complex dynamics early-on. It is unclear whether these early systems are even virialized, or perhaps can even be called galaxies. Our data will address thisallow us to measurer the first time how the dynamics of galaxies evolve from the early Universe to today. (2) We will also have deep enough spectra to measure the Significant and ubiquitous outflows in galaxies are needed to reionize the Universe according to our current theoretical understanding. Our extremely deep spectra will measure any violent outflows that are expected in the early Universe. This is crucial for determining how the Universe was reionized. Significant and ubiquitous outflows are needed for this phase transition in the Universe... or perhaps our current ideas are incorrect. (3) A particular , not to mention how galaxies formed. (3) For the first time we will accurately measure the rates at which galaxies form stars over a significant range in cosmic history. We will do this with key emission lines that only JWST can observe. Finally, it's worth mentioning that a particular strength of our research group is that we all study the same galaxies from a different perspective, and then combine these perspectives to form a more complete picture.
The core team on our JWST program is partially based at the University of Arizona, and we will have meetings there at least once a year. We also work closely with the JWST technical teams at Space Telescope (ST), astronomers at ST, and have close collaborators at UC Santa Cruz and the Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris that we visit often.
Aside from our Cycle 1 programIn addition, Kassin is also working on a proposal to find the first stars to form in the Universe with JWST. The idea is to catch them when they explode as "pair instability supernovae." In collaboration with theorists, Kassin is calculating what is necessary for such a survey.
Those Finally, those of us in "Slice and Dice" are passionate about diversity efforts, and hope that our group is a welcoming and safe space for new ideas and scientific and technical development.
We work closely with the JWST teams at Space Telescope (ST), astronomers at ST, and have close collaborators at the University of Arizona, UC Santa Cruz, and the Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris.
We We also have opportunities for outreach and undergraduate and high school mentoring. cycle 1 , will obtain the deepest spectra of nascent galaxies with the NIRSpec spectrograph. We will obtain spectral maps of galaxies using a new technique. The program is explained in this talk by current graduate student Alex de la Vega using figures made by Alex and postdoc Charlotte Welker with much input from the group.
We are currently in the process of updating our website, but an older list of members can be found here.
If you are interested, please drop Susan and Cami a line and we can talk. Also please feel free to reach out to any of the group members current and former.
Thanks for your interest!Below is a figure made by postdoc Charlotte Welker, which Alex walks through in his talk. It shows a Hubble image an example galaxy from our program and it's possible kinematic maps (top row), possibly outflow maps (middle row), and possible science "pictures" that can be gleaned from the maps.
