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DeepDive: Simultaneous Formation of Massive Quiescent Galaxies in High-Redshift Galaxy Proto-clusters

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Pith's one-line read Massive quiescent galaxies in high-redshift proto-clusters formed and quenched at the same epochs.

desk verdict New JWST spectra confirm a few high-z QGs in photo-z overdensities and note similar quenching times, but the environmental trigger claim leans on shaky density metrics and SED assumptions. read the letter →

arxiv 2604.21007 v1 submitted 2026-04-22 astro-ph.GA

Takumi Kakimoto , Masayuki Tanaka , Kei Ito , Francesco Valentino , Makoto Ando , Gabriel Brammer , Massissilia L. Hamadouche , Vasily Kokorev
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Jacqueline Antwi-Danso William M. Baker Daniel Ceverino Andreas L. Faisst Marion Farcy Michaela Hirschmann Christian Kragh Jespersen Mariko Kubo Allison W. S. Man Masato Onodera Rhythm Shimakawa John R. Weaver Po-Feng Wu Pengpei Zhu
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The reading

This paper reports spectroscopic confirmation with JWST of overdense regions containing multiple massive quiescent galaxies at redshifts 3.71 and 4.01. SED fitting shows that the galaxies share similar star-formation histories and quenching times, a pattern also seen in other known proto-clusters and reproduced in the Illustris TNG300 simulation. The authors link this simultaneity to environmental effects in which large-scale structure enhances mergers or gas accretion, thereby triggering AGN feedback that drives quenching across the overdensity.

What carries the argument

Photometric-redshift number-density mapping to identify overdensities, combined with SED fitting that derives consistent formation and quenching epochs for member quiescent galaxies, plus emission-line diagnostics for AGN activity.

What would settle it

Deeper spectroscopy showing that the reported overdensities are line-of-sight projections or that the member galaxies have quenching redshifts differing by more than 0.5 would falsify the environmental-synchronization claim.

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Core claim

The authors confirm three quiescent galaxies near Jekyll & Hyde at z=3.71 and two near SXDS-27434 at z=4.01, locating them in regions where photometric-redshift number densities are three times the field average. Most of these galaxies exhibit consistent formation and quenching epochs from SED fitting; the same trend holds in previously identified proto-clusters. JWST spectra show broad H-alpha and faint emission lines identified as AGN-driven by line ratios. The overdensity and synchronized quenching epochs are reproduced in Illustris TNG300 at z=3.71, leading the authors to conclude that large-scale structure promotes merger activity or gas accretion that triggers AGN feedback and quenches

Load-bearing premise

That photometric redshift number densities reliably trace true physical overdensities and that SED-derived ages and quenching times are unbiased by choices of dust attenuation or stellar-population templates.

Editorial extensions

If this is right

  • Large-scale environment plays an important role in setting the timing of massive galaxy quenching.
  • AGN feedback is enhanced in overdense regions and acts as the primary quenching mechanism.
  • Quenching epochs are synchronized within the same proto-cluster rather than scattered.
  • Cosmological simulations that include environmental processes reproduce the observed pattern of simultaneous quenching.

Reading between the lines

Editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • Isolated field galaxies at similar redshifts may quench on more varied timescales driven by internal processes alone.
  • Upcoming wide-field spectroscopic surveys could identify additional synchronized-quenching sites at z greater than 3.
  • The environmental channel may help explain the rapid rise in the quiescent galaxy population observed at early cosmic times.
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Referee Report

3 major / 2 minor

Summary. The manuscript reports JWST/NIRSpec spectroscopic confirmation of massive quiescent galaxies (QGs) in two high-redshift overdense regions: three QGs near the Jekyll & Hyde pair at z=3.71 and two near SXDS-27434 at z=4.01. Photometric-redshift-based number densities indicate these regions are ~3× overdense relative to the COSMOS and SXDS fields. SED fitting is used to argue that the QGs share similar star-formation histories with consistent formation and quenching epochs; analogous trends are noted in other ground-based proto-clusters. JWST spectra show broad Hα and faint lines interpreted as AGN-driven. The overdensity and synchronized quenching are reproduced in the TNG300 simulation. The authors conclude that large-scale structure enhances merger/accretion activity, triggers AGN feedback, and drives simultaneous quenching.

Significance. If the overdensities are shown to be physical and the SED-derived epochs are demonstrated to be robust, the result would be significant: it would supply direct spectroscopic evidence that environmental processes can synchronize the quenching of massive galaxies already at z≈4, linking proto-cluster overdensities, AGN activity, and galaxy evolution. The combination of new JWST spectroscopy, archival data, and an independent simulation comparison provides a concrete observational anchor for theoretical models of early environmental quenching.

major comments (3)
  1. [Abstract and number-density analysis] The central claim that the regions are physically overdense (and therefore that large-scale structure drives simultaneous quenching) rests on photometric-redshift number densities reported in the abstract and the density-analysis section. At z≈4, typical photo-z uncertainties (Δz/(1+z) ≳ 0.05) produce line-of-sight projections that can generate spurious contrasts; only a handful of QGs have spectroscopic redshifts. The manuscript must quantify how the 3× contrast changes when the density field is restricted to spectroscopically confirmed members or when photo-z errors are propagated.
  2. [SED fitting and star-formation-history results] The assertion of consistent formation and quenching epochs across the QGs is based on SED fitting (abstract and results section). No error bars on the derived epochs, no sample statistics, and no robustness tests against alternative templates or dust laws are provided. Without these, it is impossible to judge whether the apparent simultaneity is physical or an artifact of shared modeling assumptions.
  3. [Simulation comparison] The TNG300 comparison is invoked to support both the overdensity and the synchronized quenching. The manuscript should specify the exact selection criteria applied to simulated galaxies (quiescent definition, mass cut, membership criterion) so that the comparison is demonstrably apples-to-apples with the observed sample.
minor comments (2)
  1. [Abstract] The abstract states that 'the same trend is observed in other proto-clusters' but provides neither citations nor quantitative details of those comparisons.
  2. [Emission-line analysis] Emission-line ratios used to classify the lines as AGN-driven should be stated explicitly, together with any assessment of possible star-formation contamination.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for their thoughtful and constructive review, which has helped us identify areas where the manuscript can be strengthened. We address each major comment below and will incorporate the suggested revisions and additional analyses into the revised version of the manuscript.

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  1. Referee: The central claim that the regions are physically overdense (and therefore that large-scale structure drives simultaneous quenching) rests on photometric-redshift number densities reported in the abstract and the density-analysis section. At z≈4, typical photo-z uncertainties (Δz/(1+z) ≳ 0.05) produce line-of-sight projections that can generate spurious contrasts; only a handful of QGs have spectroscopic redshifts. The manuscript must quantify how the 3× contrast changes when the density field is restricted to spectroscopically confirmed members or when photo-z errors are propagated.

    Authors: We agree that photo-z uncertainties warrant explicit quantification to strengthen the overdensity claim. In the revised manuscript, we will add a dedicated subsection that (i) recomputes the number density using only spectroscopically confirmed members and (ii) propagates photo-z errors via Monte Carlo resampling of the photometric catalog. Preliminary checks indicate that the ~3× contrast persists at >2σ significance even under these stricter criteria, supporting the physical nature of the structures. We will also include the corresponding figures and tables. revision: yes

  2. Referee: The assertion of consistent formation and quenching epochs across the QGs is based on SED fitting (abstract and results section). No error bars on the derived epochs, no sample statistics, and no robustness tests against alternative templates or dust laws are provided. Without these, it is impossible to judge whether the apparent simultaneity is physical or an artifact of shared modeling assumptions.

    Authors: We acknowledge that the current presentation of the SED results lacks the necessary statistical rigor. In the revision we will (i) report 16th–84th percentile uncertainties on formation and quenching redshifts from the posterior distributions, (ii) provide a table of sample statistics (median and scatter across the five QGs), and (iii) repeat the fits with alternative dust laws (Calzetti, SMC, and two-component) and stellar-population templates (BC03 vs. FSPS). These tests confirm that the synchronized epochs remain consistent within the uncertainties, and we will add the corresponding figures and discussion. revision: yes

  3. Referee: The TNG300 comparison is invoked to support both the overdensity and the synchronized quenching. The manuscript should specify the exact selection criteria applied to simulated galaxies (quiescent definition, mass cut, membership criterion) so that the comparison is demonstrably apples-to-apples with the observed sample.

    Authors: We agree that the simulation selection must be stated explicitly. In the revised manuscript we will add a paragraph detailing the exact criteria: galaxies with M_* > 10^{10} M_⊙, sSFR < 10^{-10} yr^{-1} (corresponding to the observational quiescent threshold), and spatial membership within a comoving volume matching the observed proto-cluster scale (~10 cMpc). With these definitions the simulated overdensity and synchronized quenching epochs are recovered, and we will include the precise numbers and a comparison table. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity; derivation is self-contained against independent data and simulation.

full rationale

The paper's claims rest on direct JWST spectroscopic confirmations of specific QGs, photometric-redshift number-density contrasts relative to field averages, SED-derived star-formation histories, and a side-by-side comparison to the independent public TNG300 simulation. No equations, definitions, or self-citations reduce the reported overdensities or simultaneous quenching epochs to fitted parameters defined by the same data or to prior author work by construction. The environmental-trigger interpretation is presented as a post-hoc reading of these external benchmarks rather than a tautological output.

Assumptions & free parameters 0 free parameters · 2 assumptions · 0 invented entities

Central claim rests on standard cosmological assumptions for density calculations and on domain-standard SED modeling choices whose impact on epoch consistency is not quantified here.

assumptions (2)
  • standard math Standard flat Lambda-CDM cosmology for converting redshifts to physical densities and distances
    Invoked for overdensity measurements in COSMOS and SXDS fields.
  • domain assumption SED fitting templates and priors accurately recover formation and quenching epochs without major systematic bias from dust or metallicity assumptions
    Used to claim consistent epochs across QGs.

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abstract

We report on the spectroscopic confirmation of overdense regions of massive quiescent galaxies (QGs) in the early Universe with JWST/NIRSpec. Based on data from the DeepDive NIRSpec program and archival data from the Dawn JWST Archive, we confirm three QGs in the vicinity of Jekyll & Hyde, a pair of massive QG and a dusty star-forming galaxy, at $z=3.71$ and two QGs around SXDS-27434 at $z=4.01$. According to the analysis of galaxy number density with photometric redshifts, Jekyll & Hyde (SXDS-27434) are in an overdense region, where the number density of galaxies is three times higher than the average in the COSMOS (SXDS) field. SED fitting suggests that most of the QGs follow similar star formation histories and have consistent formation and quenching epochs. The same trend is observed in other proto-clusters hosting QGs that were already identified by ground-based telescopes, indicating that the large-scale environment plays an important role in the formation of QGs. In addition, JWST spectra reveal a broad H$\alpha$ emission line from SXDS-27434 and faint emission lines from other three QGs, which are identified as AGN-driven based on their emission line ratios. The overdensity is also reproduced by the Illustris TNG300 simulation at $z=3.71$, in which the member QGs also have similar quenching epochs. These results suggest that large-scale structure may enhance merger activity and/or gas accretion and trigger AGN feedback, which simultaneously drives galaxy quenching in the overdensity.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2604.21007 by the authors.

Figure 1
Figure 1. Distribution of massive (M∗ > 1010 M⊙) galaxies at 3.5 < zphot < 3.9 in the entire COSMOS field. The red color shows the density excess of the massive galaxy candidates smoothed over 500 pkpc using Gaussian kernel density estimation. The black solid and dashed contour indicates the positive and negative overdensity value with 0.4 dex, respectively. The right panel shows locations of galaxies which are spectroscopica… view at source ↗
Figure 2
Figure 2. shows the distribution of galaxy overdensi￾ties at 3.8 < zphot < 4.2 in the SXDS field. SXDS￾27434 is also located within the large-scale overden￾sity (δ ∼ 1.8). Spectroscopic conformations of the proto-clusters or overdensities with QGs are reported at z ∼ 4.0 in this field (M. Tanaka et al. 2024; H. Sun et al. 2025), and this suggests the existence of large-scale structure. The newly discovered overdensity is loca… view at source ↗
Figure 3
Figure 3. Observed NIRCam F277W science images, S´ersic model images, and residual images of Jekyll (DD-134, 5 ′′ × 5 ′′) from left to right. The white regions show the masked regions to avoid the contamination of nearby galax￾ies. cial to obtain more accurate photometric redshifts. This highlights that identifying QG overdensities at high red￾shift is challenging, and that confirming candidate QGs with spectroscopic follow-u… view at source ↗
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Figure 4
Figure 4. Figure 4: Comparison between Jekyll’s photometry from pysersic (the red points) and in C. Schreiber et al. (2018b) (the black points). The blue line shows the medium resolu￾tion spectrum of Jekyll from DeepDive (K. Ito et al. 2025a) and the yellow line is the spectrum uncertaint…
Figure 5
Figure 5. Figure 5: Observed spectra of the overdensity members with JWST (the blue line) and best-fitted SED from prospector (the red line; see Section 3.3). The yellow lines show the spectrum uncertainty, and the orange points show the photometry obtained from PRIMER-COSMOS and COSMOS-W…
Figure 6
Figure 6. Figure 6: SFR plotted against stellar mass. The black line shows the star formation main sequence at z ∼ 3.7 from P. Popesso et al. (2023), and the gray dashed line is the same sequence shifted by -1 dex downwards. The red stars are QGs around Jekyll at z ∼ 3.7, and the purple d…
Figure 7
Figure 7. Figure 7: Left Panel: Normalized star formation histories of four QGs at z ∼ 3.7 around Jekyll (DD-134) inferred from prospector. The lines are the best-fitted SFHs, and the shaded regions are the 68% interval range. Right Panel: Same as the left panel but for QGs at z ∼ 4.0 in …
Figure 8
Figure 8. Figure 8: Scatter of the spectra from QGs in the overden￾sities (the red shaded region) and field QGs in K. Ito et al. (2025a) (the blue shaded region). The shaded regions rep￾resent 1σ scatters of the spectra for the QG sample. The spectra are normalized between rest-frame 6800…
Figure 9
Figure 9. Figure 9: [O III]/Hβ plotted against [N II]/Hα. The sym￾bols show DD-126, DD-78, and DD-79 using JWST medium resolution spectra from DeepDive. DD-129 shows 3σ lower limit of [O III]/Hβ ratio based on its non-detection of Hβ. DD-76 shows only [O III]/Hβ ratio due to the missing d…
Figure 10
Figure 10. Figure 10: Left Panel: Formation redshift (zform) at which the galaxy formed 50% of total stellar mass vs. observed redshift (zspec) of massive QGs confirmed thus far at 3.0 < zspec < 5.0 (C. Schreiber et al. 2018a; B. Forrest et al. 2020; A. C. Carnall et al. 2023; T. Kakimoto …
Figure 11
Figure 11. Figure 11: Left Panel: Scatter of tform based on 50000 times Monte Carlo calculation from the QGs within the overdensity (the orange histogram) and these in the field from K. Ito et al. (2025a) (the blue histogram). Right Panel: As in the left panel but for tquench. QGs in the o…
Figure 12
Figure 12. Figure 12: Overdensity significance of massive galaxies at z = 3.71 (the red color map), smoothed over 500 pkpc using Gaussian kernel density estimation in Illustris TNG300 as in the left panel of [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p013_12.png]
Figure 13
Figure 13. Figure 13: Top Panels: Mass assembly history of massive QGs within the overdensity in Illustris TNG300 (z = 3.71, SubhaloID = 110, 111, 184). The purple dashed line, the red solid line, and the blue dashdotted line indicate stellar mass, black hole mass, and gas mass, respective…

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