Webb's PEARLS: Prime Extragalactic Areas for Reionization and Lensing Science: Project Overview and First Results. Windhorst, R. A., Cohen, S. H., Jansen, R. A., Summers, J., Tompkins, S., Conselice, C. J., Driver, S. P., Yan, H., Coe, D., Frye, B., Grogin, N., Koekemoer, A., Marshall, M. A., Pirzkal, N., Robotham, A., Ryan, Jr., R. E., Willmer, C. N. A., Carleton, T., Diego, J. M., Keel, W. C., O'Brien, R., Porto, P., Redshaw, C., Scheller, S., Swirbul, A., Wilkins, S. M., Willner, S. P., Zitrin, A., Adams, N. J., Austin, D., Arendt, R. G., Beacom, J. F., Bhatawdekar, R. A., Bradley, L. D., Broadhurst, T. J., Cheng, C., Civano, F., Dai, L., Dole, H., D'Silva, J. C. J., Duncan, K. J., Fazio, G. G., Ferrami, G., Ferreira, L., Finkelstein, S. L., Furtak, L. J., Griffiths, A., Hammel, H. B., Harrington, K. C., Hathi, N. P., Holwerda, B. W., Huang, J., Hyun, M., Im, M., Joshi, B. A., Kamieneski, P. S., Kelly, P., Larson, R. L., Li, J., Lim, J., Ma, Z., Maksym, P., Manzoni, G., Meena, A. K., Milam, S. N., Nonino, M., Pascale, M., Pierel, J. D. R., Petric, A., Polletta, M. d. C., Rottgering, H. J. A., Rutkowski, M. J., Smail, I., Straughn, A. N., Strolger, L., Trussler, J. A. A., Wang, L., Welch, B., Wyithe, J. S. B., Yun, M., Zackrisson, E., Zhang, J., & Zhao, X. 2022. cite arxiv:2209.04119Comment: Submitted to AJ, comments welcome. We ask anyone who uses our public PEARLS (NEP TDF) data to refer to this overview paper
Webb's PEARLS: Prime Extragalactic Areas for Reionization and Lensing Science: Project Overview and First Results [link]Paper  abstract   bibtex   
We give an overview and describe the rationale, methods, and first results from NIRCam images of the JWST "Prime Extragalactic Areas for Reionization and Lensing Science" ("PEARLS") project. PEARLS uses up to eight NIRCam filters to survey several prime extragalactic survey areas: two fields at the North Ecliptic Pole (NEP); seven gravitationally lensing clusters; two high redshift proto-clusters; and the iconic backlit VV 191 galaxy system to map its dust attenuation. PEARLS also includes NIRISS spectra for one of the NEP fields and NIRSpec spectra of two high-redshift quasars. The main goal of PEARLS is to study the epoch of galaxy assembly, AGN growth, and First Light. Five fields, the JWST NEP Time-Domain Field (TDF), IRAC Dark Field (IDF), and three lensing clusters, will be observed in up to four epochs over a year. The cadence and sensitivity of the imaging data are ideally suited to find faint variable objects such as weak AGN, high-redshift supernovae, and cluster caustic transits. Both NEP fields have sightlines through our Galaxy, providing significant numbers of very faint brown dwarfs whose proper motions can be studied. Observations from the first spoke in the NEP TDF are public. This paper presents our first PEARLS observations, their NIRCam data reduction and analysis, our first object catalogs, the 0.9-4.5 $μ$m galaxy counts and Integrated Galaxy Light. We assess the JWST sky brightness in 13 NIRCam filters, yielding our first constraints to diffuse light at 0.9-4.5 $μ$m. PEARLS is designed to be of lasting benefit to the community.
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  abstract = {We give an overview and describe the rationale, methods, and first results
from NIRCam images of the JWST "Prime Extragalactic Areas for Reionization and
Lensing Science" ("PEARLS") project. PEARLS uses up to eight NIRCam filters to
survey several prime extragalactic survey areas: two fields at the North
Ecliptic Pole (NEP); seven gravitationally lensing clusters; two high redshift
proto-clusters; and the iconic backlit VV~191 galaxy system to map its dust
attenuation. PEARLS also includes NIRISS spectra for one of the NEP fields and
NIRSpec spectra of two high-redshift quasars. The main goal of PEARLS is to
study the epoch of galaxy assembly, AGN growth, and First Light. Five fields,
the JWST NEP Time-Domain Field (TDF), IRAC Dark Field (IDF), and three lensing
clusters, will be observed in up to four epochs over a year. The cadence and
sensitivity of the imaging data are ideally suited to find faint variable
objects such as weak AGN, high-redshift supernovae, and cluster caustic
transits. Both NEP fields have sightlines through our Galaxy, providing
significant numbers of very faint brown dwarfs whose proper motions can be
studied. Observations from the first spoke in the NEP TDF are public. This
paper presents our first PEARLS observations, their NIRCam data reduction and
analysis, our first object catalogs, the 0.9-4.5 $\mu$m galaxy counts and
Integrated Galaxy Light. We assess the JWST sky brightness in 13 NIRCam
filters, yielding our first constraints to diffuse light at 0.9-4.5 $\mu$m.
PEARLS is designed to be of lasting benefit to the community.},
  added-at = {2022-09-12T08:31:26.000+0200},
  author = {Windhorst, Rogier A. and Cohen, Seth H. and Jansen, Rolf A. and Summers, Jake and Tompkins, Scott and Conselice, Christopher J. and Driver, Simon P. and Yan, Haojing and Coe, Dan and Frye, Brenda and Grogin, Norman and Koekemoer, Anton and Marshall, Madeline A. and Pirzkal, Nor and Robotham, Aaron and {Ryan, Jr.}, Russell E. and Willmer, Christopher N. A. and Carleton, Timothy and Diego, Jose M. and Keel, William C. and O'Brien, Rosalia and Porto, Paolo and Redshaw, Caleb and Scheller, Sydney and Swirbul, Andi and Wilkins, Stephen M. and Willner, S. P. and Zitrin, Adi and Adams, Nathan J. and Austin, Duncan and Arendt, Richard G. and Beacom, John F. and Bhatawdekar, Rachana A. and Bradley, Larry D. and Broadhurst, Thomas J. and Cheng, Cheng and Civano, Francesca and Dai, Liang and Dole, Herve and D'Silva, Jordan C. J. and Duncan, Kenneth J. and Fazio, Giovanni G. and Ferrami, Giovanni and Ferreira, Leonardo and Finkelstein, Steven L. and Furtak, Lukas J. and Griffiths, Alex and Hammel, Heidi B. and Harrington, Kevin C. and Hathi, Nimish P. and Holwerda, Benne W. and Huang, Jia-Sheng and Hyun, Minhee and Im, Myungshin and Joshi, Bhavin A. and Kamieneski, Patrick S. and Kelly, Patrick and Larson, Rebecca L. and Li, Juno and Lim, Jeremy and Ma, Zhiyuan and Maksym, Peter and Manzoni, Giorgio and Meena, Ashish Kumar and Milam, Stefanie N. and Nonino, Mario and Pascale, Massimo and Pierel, Justin D. R. and Petric, Andreea and Polletta, Maria del Carmen and Rottgering, Huub J. A. and Rutkowski, Michael J. and Smail, Ian and Straughn, Amber N. and Strolger, Louis-Gregory and Trussler, James A. A. and Wang, Lifan and Welch, Brian and Wyithe, J. Stuart B. and Yun, Min and Zackrisson, Erik and Zhang, Jiashuo and Zhao, Xiurui},
  biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/286e86e87d12bf4a4e587d85e94898bde/gpkulkarni},
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  note = {cite arxiv:2209.04119Comment: Submitted to AJ, comments welcome. We ask anyone who uses our public  PEARLS (NEP TDF) data to refer to this overview paper},
  timestamp = {2022-09-12T08:31:26.000+0200},
  title = {Webb's PEARLS: Prime Extragalactic Areas for Reionization and Lensing
  Science: Project Overview and First Results},
  url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/2209.04119},
  year = 2022
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