JADES Initial Data Release for the Hubble Ultra Deep Field: Revealing the Faint Infrared Sky with Deep JWST NIRCam Imaging

Author:

Marcia J. Rieke, Brant E. Robertson, Sandro Tacchella, Kevin Hainline, Benjamin D. Johnson, Ryan Hausan, Zhiyuan Ji, Christopher N. A. Willmer, Daniel J. Eisenstein, Dàvid Puskàs, Stacey Alberts, Santiago Arribas, William M. Baker, Stefi Baum, Rachana Bhatawdekar, Nina Bonaventura, Kit Boyett, Andrew Bunker, Alex J. Cameron, Stefano Carniani, Stephane Charlot, Jacopo Chevallard, Zuyi Chen, Mirko Curti, Emma Curtis-Lake, A. Lola Danhaive, Christa DeCoursey, Alan Dressler, Eiichi Egami, Ryan Endsley, Jakob M. Helton, Raphael E. Hviding, Nimisha Kumari, Tobias Looser, Jianwei Lyu, Roberto Maiolino, Michael V. Maseda, Erica J. Nelson, George Rieke, Hans-Walter Rix, Lester Sandles, Aayush Saxena, Katherine Sharpe, Irene Shivaei, Maya Skarbinski, Renske Smit, Daniel P. Stark, Meredith Stone, Katherine A. Suess, Fengwu Sun, Michael Topping, Hannah Uebler, Natalia C. Villanueva, Imaan B. Wallace, Christina C. Williams, Chris Willott, Lily Whitler, Joris Witstok, Charity Woodrum

Keyword:

Astrophysics, Astrophysics of Galaxies, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)

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date:

2023-06-03 16:00:00

Abstract

JWST has revolutionized the field of extragalactic astronomy with its sensitive and high-resolution infrared view of the distant universe. Adding to the new legacy of JWST observations, we present the first NIRCam imaging data release from the JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES) providing 9 filters of infrared imaging of $\sim$25 arcmin$^2$ covering the Hubble Ultra Deep Field and portions of Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (GOODS) South. Utilizing 87 on-sky dual-filter hours of exposure time, these images reveal the deepest ever near-infrared view of this iconic field. We supply carefully constructed 9-band mosaics of the JADES bands, as well as matching reductions of 5 additional bands from the JWST Extragalactic Medium-band Survey (JEMS). Combining with existing HST imaging, we provide 23-band space-based photometric catalogs and photometric redshifts for $\approx47,500$ sources. To promote broad engagement with the JADES survey, we have created an interactive {\tt FitsMap} website to provide an interface for professional researchers and the public to experience these JWST datasets. Combined with the first JADES NIRSpec data release, these public JADES imaging and spectroscopic datasets provide a new foundation for discoveries of the infrared universe by the worldwide scientific community.

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