JWST/NIRCam imaging and Keck/MOSDEF spectroscopy identify COSMOS-74706 as an unlensed barred spiral galaxy at z_spec=3.159, with the bar confirmed via residuals, ellipse fitting, and Fourier modes.
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JWST imaging reveals a z=0.92 disk galaxy with an X-shaped bulge, nuclear stellar disk, and extended disk whose bar geometry matches present-day systems, showing bar-driven secular evolution largely complete 7.6 Gyr ago.
A galaxy at z=3.16 has a bar with older stars making up 30% of its mass but only 8% of its recent star formation, supporting inside-out galaxy formation and possible early bar quenching.
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Discovery of a Barred-Spiral Galaxy at $z_{spec}$ = 3.16 I: Bar Identification and Properties
JWST/NIRCam imaging and Keck/MOSDEF spectroscopy identify COSMOS-74706 as an unlensed barred spiral galaxy at z_spec=3.159, with the bar confirmed via residuals, ellipse fitting, and Fourier modes.
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Bar-driven secular evolution largely complete in a disk galaxy 7.6 billion years ago
JWST imaging reveals a z=0.92 disk galaxy with an X-shaped bulge, nuclear stellar disk, and extended disk whose bar geometry matches present-day systems, showing bar-driven secular evolution largely complete 7.6 Gyr ago.
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Discovery of a Barred-Spiral Galaxy at $z_{spec}$ = 3.16 II. The Star Formation History
A galaxy at z=3.16 has a bar with older stars making up 30% of its mass but only 8% of its recent star formation, supporting inside-out galaxy formation and possible early bar quenching.