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Early Results from GLASS-JWST. XIV. A Spectroscopically Confirmed Protocluster 650 Million Years after the Big Bang

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Date Issued
2023
Author(s)
Morishita, Takahiro
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Roberts-Borsani, Guido
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Treu, Tommaso
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Brammer, Gabriel
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Mason, Charlotte A.
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Trenti, Michele
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Wang, Xin
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Acebron, Ana
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Bahé, Yannick
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Boyett, Kristan
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Bradac, Marusa
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Chen, Wenlei
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Filippenko, Alexei V.
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Glazebrook, Karl
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Grillo, Claudio
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Henry, Alaina
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Jones, Tucker
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Kelly, Patrick L.
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Koekemoer, Anton M.
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Leethochawalit, Nicha
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Lu, Ting-Yi
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Marchesini, Danilo
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Metha, Benjamin
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Nanayakkara, Themiya
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Strait, Victoria
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Windhorst, Rogier A.
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Abstract
We present the spectroscopic confirmation of a protocluster at z = 7.88 behind the galaxy cluster Abell 2744 (hereafter A2744-z7p9OD). Using JWST NIRSpec, we find seven galaxies within a projected radius of 60 kpc. Although the galaxies reside in an overdensity around ≳20× greater than a random volume, they do not show strong Lyα emission. We place 2σ upper limits on the rest-frame equivalent width <16-28 Å. Based on the tight upper limits to the Lyα emission, we constrain the volume-averaged neutral fraction of hydrogen in the intergalactic medium to be x HI > 0.45 (68% C I). Using an empirical M UV-M halo relation for individual galaxies, we estimate that the total halo mass of the system is ≳4 × 1011 M ⊙. Likewise, the line-of-sight velocity dispersion is estimated to be 1100 ± 200 km s-1. Using an empirical relation, we estimate the present-day halo mass of A2744-z7p9OD to be ~2 × 1015 M ⊙, comparable to the Coma cluster. A2744-z7p9OD is the highest redshift spectroscopically confirmed protocluster to date, demonstrating the power of JWST to investigate the connection between dark-matter halo assembly and galaxy formation at very early times with medium-deep observations at <20 hr total exposure time. Follow-up spectroscopy of the remaining photometric candidates of the overdensity will further refine the features of this system and help characterize the role of such overdensities in cosmic reionization.
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947
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2
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L24
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2041-8205
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2023ApJ...947L..24M
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