Physical properties of galaxies and the UV Luminosity Function from $z\sim6$ to $z\sim14$ in COSMOS-Web

Caitlin M. Casey; Hollis B. Akins; Olivier Ilbert; Marko Shuntov; Steven L. Finkelstein; Louise Paquereau; Andreas L. Faisst; Anton M. Koekemoer; Michaela Hirschmann; Sebastiano Cantarella; Nicole E. Drakos; Stephen M. Wilkins; Henry Joy McCracken; Jeyhan S. Kartaltepe; Claudia Maraston; Fatemeh Abedini; Mark J. Achenbach; Rafael C. Arango-Toro; Fabrizio Gentile; Ghassem Gozaliasl; Kohei Inayoshi; Darshan Kakkad; Atousa Kalantari; Ali Ahmad Khostovan; Vasily Kokorev; Erini Lambrides; Gavin Leroy; Richard Massey; Bahram Mobasher; Sophie L. Newman; Jason Rhodes; R. Michael Rich; Brant E. Robertson; David B. Sanders; Takumi S. Tanaka; Aswin P. Vijayan; John R. Weaver; Lilan Yang; Si-Yue Yu

Physical properties of galaxies and the UV Luminosity Function from $z\sim6$ to $z\sim14$ in COSMOS-Web

Caitlin M. Casey
, Hollis B. Akins
, Olivier Ilbert
, Marko Shuntov
, Steven L. Finkelstein
, Louise Paquereau
, Andreas L. Faisst
, Anton M. Koekemoer
, Michaela Hirschmann
, Sebastiano Cantarella
, Nicole E. Drakos
, Stephen M. Wilkins
, Henry Joy McCracken
, Jeyhan S. Kartaltepe
, Claudia Maraston
, Fatemeh Abedini
, Mark J. Achenbach
, Rafael C. Arango-Toro
, Fabrizio Gentile
, Ghassem Gozaliasl

Kohei Inayoshi, Darshan Kakkad, Atousa Kalantari, Ali Ahmad Khostovan, Vasily Kokorev, Erini Lambrides, Gavin Leroy, Richard Massey, Bahram Mobasher, Sophie L. Newman, Jason Rhodes, R. Michael Rich, Brant E. Robertson, David B. Sanders, Takumi S. Tanaka, Aswin P. Vijayan, John R. Weaver, Lilan Yang, Si-Yue Yu

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We present measurements of the rest-frame ultraviolet luminosity function (UVLF) in three redshift bins over $z\sim5.5$-14 from the JWST COSMOS-Web survey. Our samples, selected using the dropout technique in the HST/ACS F814W, JWST/NIRCam F115W, and F150W filters, contain a total of 3099 galaxies spanning a wide luminosity range from faint ($M_{\rm UV}\sim-19$ mag) to bright ($M_{\rm UV}\sim-22.5$ mag). The galaxies are undergoing rapid star formation, with blue stellar populations. Surprisingly, their median UV spectral slope $β$ does not evolve at $z>8$, suggesting minimal dust, or physical separation of dust and star formation at early epochs. The measured UVLF exhibits an excess at the bright-end ($M_{\rm UV}

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Journal	The Astrophysical Journal
Publication status	Published - 6 Aug 2025

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Casey, C. M., Akins, H. B., Ilbert, O., Shuntov, M., Finkelstein, S. L., Paquereau, L., Faisst, A. L., Koekemoer, A. M., Hirschmann, M., Cantarella, S., Drakos, N. E., Wilkins, S. M., McCracken, H. J., Kartaltepe, J. S., Maraston, C., Abedini, F., Achenbach, M. J., Arango-Toro, R. C., Gentile, F., ... Yu, S.-Y. (2025). Physical properties of galaxies and the UV Luminosity Function from $z\sim6$ to $z\sim14$ in COSMOS-Web. The Astrophysical Journal.

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AU - Inayoshi, Kohei

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AU - Mobasher, Bahram

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AU - Robertson, Brant E.

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AU - Tanaka, Takumi S.

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Physical properties of galaxies and the UV Luminosity Function from $z\sim6$ to $z\sim14$ in COSMOS-Web

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