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Arxiv: EPOCHS Paper II: The Ultraviolet Luminosity Function from 7.5 < z < 13.5 using 180 square arcminutes of deep, blank-fields from the PEARLS Survey and Public JWST data Published: 4/26/2023 8:57:02 PM Updated: 2/14/2024 5:59:26 PM
Paper abstract: We present an analysis of the ultraviolet luminosity function (UV LF) andstar formation rate density of distant galaxies (7.5 < z < 13.5) in the`blank' fields of the Prime Extragalactic Areas for Reionization Science(PEARLS) survey combined with Early Release Science (ERS) data from the CEERS,GLASS, NGDEEP surveys/fields and the first data release of JADES. We use strictquality cuts on EAZY photometric redshifts to obtain a reliable selection andcharacterisation of high-redshift (z>6.5) galaxies from a consistentlyprocessed set of deep, near-infrared imaging. Within an area of 180arcmin^{2}, we identify 1046 candidate galaxies at redshifts z>6.5 and weuse this sample to study the ultraviolet luminosity function (UV LF) in fourredshift bins between 7.5
