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Nasso Family Science Centre, Room 3046 / Hybrid
Modeling Galaxy Properties in the JWST Era
David Setton (Princeton University, Department of Astrophysical Sciences)
The James Webb Space Telescope is revolutionizing the study of galaxies by allowing us to peer to cosmological distances to see the first galaxies. In this talk, I will give an overview of the stellar population synthesis modeling that goes into transforming the beautiful images we get from JWST into physical properties, such as galaxy mass, age, and star formation rate. I will then discuss why JWST is so uniquely situated to answer questions about the earliest forming galaxies. Finally, I will highlight science results from the first two years of the mission, with a focus on the emergence of galaxies in the first few billion years of cosmic time.
