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A recently quenched galaxy 700 million years after the Big Bang

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  • Tobias J. Looser

    (University of Cambridge
    University of Cambridge)

  • Francesco D’Eugenio

    (University of Cambridge
    University of Cambridge)

  • Roberto Maiolino

    (University of Cambridge
    University of Cambridge
    University College London)

  • Joris Witstok

    (University of Cambridge
    University of Cambridge)

  • Lester Sandles

    (University of Cambridge
    University of Cambridge)

  • Emma Curtis-Lake

    (University of Hertfordshire)

  • Jacopo Chevallard

    (University of Oxford)

  • Sandro Tacchella

    (University of Cambridge
    University of Cambridge)

  • Benjamin D. Johnson

    (Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian)

  • William M. Baker

    (University of Cambridge
    University of Cambridge)

  • Katherine A. Suess

    (University of California, Santa Cruz
    Stanford University
    Department of Physics, Stanford University)

  • Stefano Carniani

    (Scuola Normale Superiore)

  • Pierre Ferruit

    (European Space Agency (ESA))

  • Santiago Arribas

    (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)–National Institute of Aerospace Technology (INTA))

  • Nina Bonaventura

    (Cosmic Dawn Center (DAWN)
    University of Copenhagen)

  • Andrew J. Bunker

    (University of Oxford)

  • Alex J. Cameron

    (University of Oxford)

  • Stephane Charlot

    (Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris)

  • Mirko Curti

    (University of Cambridge
    University of Cambridge
    European Southern Observatory)

  • Anna Graaff

    (Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie)

  • Michael V. Maseda

    (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

  • Tim Rawle

    (Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI))

  • Hans-Walter Rix

    (Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie)

  • Bruno Rodríguez Pino

    (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)–National Institute of Aerospace Technology (INTA))

  • Renske Smit

    (Liverpool John Moores University)

  • Hannah Übler

    (University of Cambridge
    University of Cambridge)

  • Chris Willott

    (NRC Herzberg)

  • Stacey Alberts

    (University of Arizona)

  • Eiichi Egami

    (University of Arizona)

  • Daniel J. Eisenstein

    (Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian)

  • Ryan Endsley

    (University of Texas at Austin)

  • Ryan Hausen

    (The Johns Hopkins University)

  • Marcia Rieke

    (University of Arizona)

  • Brant Robertson

    (University of California, Santa Cruz)

  • Irene Shivaei

    (University of Arizona)

  • Christina C. Williams

    (NSF’s National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory (NOIRLab))

  • Kristan Boyett

    (University of Melbourne)

  • Zuyi Chen

    (University of Arizona)

  • Zhiyuan Ji

    (University of Arizona)

  • Gareth C. Jones

    (University of Oxford)

  • Nimisha Kumari

    (Space Telescope Science Institute)

  • Erica Nelson

    (University of Colorado Boulder)

  • Michele Perna

    (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)–National Institute of Aerospace Technology (INTA))

  • Aayush Saxena

    (University College London
    University of Oxford)

  • Jan Scholtz

    (University of Cambridge
    University of Cambridge)

Abstract

Local and low-redshift (z 1010 M⊙) and relatively old. Here we report a (mini-)quenched galaxy at z = 7.3, when the Universe was only 700 Myr old. The JWST/NIRSpec spectrum is very blue (U–V = 0.16 ± 0.03 mag) but exhibits a Balmer break and no nebular emission lines. The galaxy experienced a short starburst followed by rapid quenching; its stellar mass (4–6 × 108 M⊙) falls in a range that is sensitive to various feedback mechanisms, which can result in perhaps only temporary quenching.

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  • Tobias J. Looser & Francesco D’Eugenio & Roberto Maiolino & Joris Witstok & Lester Sandles & Emma Curtis-Lake & Jacopo Chevallard & Sandro Tacchella & Benjamin D. Johnson & William M. Baker & Katherin, 2024. "A recently quenched galaxy 700 million years after the Big Bang," Nature, Nature, vol. 629(8010), pages 53-57, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:629:y:2024:i:8010:d:10.1038_s41586-024-07227-0
    DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07227-0
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