JADES: Science highlights from the GOODS deep-fields - SSW

JADES: SCIENCE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE GOODS DEEP-FIELDS - TIM RAWLE

We present an overview of recent results from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES), using 770 hours of guaranteed observations in the GOODS deep fields. The programme is intended as a comprehensive study of galaxy evolution from the highest redshifts to 'cosmic noon', combining 8-10-band tiered-depth NIRCam near-infrared imaging, extensive 0.6-5.3 micron NIRSpec multi-object spectroscopy targetting over 5000 faint sources, and coordinated parallel imaging in the mid-infrared using MIRI. Fourteen JADES papers have been published, with a further 25 submitted, accruing almost 800 citations. Scientific highlights include: detection of carbonaceous grains in large dust reservoirs within the first billion years of cosmic time, implying rapid production; remarkable extended Lyman-alpha emission at epochs previously expected to have highly neutral intergalactic medium; and discovery of a metal-poor galaxy at z=13.2, the current record-holder for a spectroscopically-confirmed redshift.