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IN 2002 WE WERE GRANTED 110 HOURS GTO TIME FOR A JWST MEDIUM-DEEP SURVEY. WITH HST AND SPITZER EXPERIENCE 14 YEARS LATER WE REDEFINE THIS SURVEY TO IMAGE~18 NIRCAM FIELDS IN 7 FILTERS TO AB<~ 29 29.3 MAG YIELDING 140 000 GALAXIES AT 0<~ Z<~ 12 15 IN 0.05 DEG2 (>~ 30 HUDFS!). WE WILL STUDY GALAXY ASSEMBLY + SUPER-MASSIVE BLACK-HOLE GROWTH AT Z 0 7 INCLUDING OBJECT VARIABILITY ON MONTHS YEARS TIMESCALES. WE STUDY THE REIONIZING POPULATION AT Z 2 8 AND USE THE BEST LENSING TARGETS TO OPTIMIZE OUR STUDY OF FIRST LIGHT OBJECTS AT Z 10 15. OUR SCIENCE GOALS ARE: 1. GALAXY ASSEMBLY; 2. SUPER-MASSIVE BLACK-HOLE GROWTH; 3. REIONIZATION; 4. FIRST LIGHT; 5. STUDY THE BEST LENSING CLUSTERS TO FIND JWST OBJECTS. MAP&REMOVE STRAYLIGHT GRADIENTS AND QUANTIFY SAMPLE COMPLETENESS IN RANDOM FIELD&CLUSTER IMAGES: WE WILL: A) USE HUDF AND HFF DATA TO SIMULATE MAP AND REMOVE A RANGE OF STRAYLIGHT AMPLITUDES AND GRADIENTS THAT COULD AFFECT RANDOM DEEP FIELDS (DFS) AND CLUSTER FIELDS WITH JWST; B) DETERMINE ACCURATE COMPLETENESS CORRECTIONS VS. GALAXY FLUX SIZE WAVELENGTH AND LOCATION IN JWST DFS OF VARIOUS DEPTH AND IN CLUSTER FIELDS WITH THEIR KNOWN GALAXY CLUSTER+ICL FOREGROUND; C) DETERMINE THE CLUSTER SELECTION FUNCTIONS BY FOLDING LENSING MAPS WITH SIMULATED BACKGROUND IMAGES YIELDING SIMULATED LENSED IMAGES AND THEIR COMPLETENESS CORRECTIONS FOR LENSED SOURCES WHICH WE SHOW CAN BE FACTORS 2 3; AND D) MODEL COSMIC VARIANCE IN HIERARCHICAL MODELS AT Z 6 15. WE WILL CORRECT THE LFS FOR THESE COMPLETENESS FUNCTIONS. WE WILL THEN USE A BAYESIAN CODE TO DETERMINE THE OPTIMAL SET OF LF EVOLUTION PARAMETERS FROM THE AVAILABLE JWST DATA TO QUANTIFY HOW GALAXIES ASSEMBLED SINCE Z<~ 15.

$2,174,803FY2020National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA

Arizona State University, Scottsdale AZ

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