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arxiv: 2606.17146 · v1 · pith:VF5SSR6Snew · submitted 2026-06-15 · 🌌 astro-ph.GA

MEGA and SMILES Find Fewer Dusty Galaxies than Expected at Cosmic Noon

Bren E. Backhaus , Allison Kirkpatrick , Kurt Hamblin , Kaila Ronayne , Micaela B. Bagley , Steven L. Finkelstein , Dale D. Kocevski , Jeyhan S. Kartaltepe
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Anton M. Koekemoer Erini Lambrides Casey Papovich Gregory Troiani Guang Yang
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JWST MIRI data show the faint end of the infrared luminosity function flattens at z=0.2-2, meaning faint galaxies contribute less dust-obscured star formation than prior extrapolations predicted.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The paper measures the infrared luminosity function using new JWST observations that reach two orders of magnitude fainter than earlier work. Direct photometry of the 7.7 micron PAH feature in 634 galaxies across 0.2 < z < 2 yields a faint-end slope of roughly 0.15. This flattening means faint galaxies contribute less to dust-obscured star formation than prior extrapolations assumed. The resulting star formation rate density is modestly lower than estimates from ALMA, Herschel, and Spitzer, though luminous infrared galaxies still dominate at z approximately 1 to 2.

Core claim

We present IR luminosity functions based on 7.7μm PAH luminosities from MIRI F1000W, F1500W, or F2100W photometry in the MEGA and SMILES surveys. The sample of 634 galaxies over 105 arcmin² reveals a strong flattening in the faint end with average slope α ∼ 0.147, unlike previous steeper extrapolations. This indicates less luminous galaxies have less dust-obscured star formation. Integrating the LFs gives a slightly lower SFRD than previous studies, with LIRGs and ULIRGs dominating the contribution at z ∼ 1-2.

What carries the argument

The 7.7μm PAH luminosity measured from JWST MIRI broadband photometry and converted to total infrared luminosity to construct the luminosity function.

If this is right

  • Dust-obscured star formation in low-luminosity galaxies is lower than predicted by previous models.
  • The total star formation rate density from IR observations is slightly reduced across all redshift bins from 0.2 to 2.
  • Bright dusty galaxies (LIRGs and ULIRGs) remain the primary contributors to obscured star formation at cosmic noon.
  • The luminosity function extends reliably to luminosities two orders of magnitude fainter than prior studies.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • Models of galaxy evolution may need adjustment to account for reduced dust content or obscuration efficiency in faint high-redshift systems.
  • Combining these IR results with UV luminosity functions could refine the total cosmic star formation history.
  • Deeper MIRI observations could confirm if the flattening continues at even lower luminosities.

Load-bearing premise

The relation used to convert 7.7μm PAH luminosity to total IR luminosity applies without bias to the faint, high-redshift galaxies in the sample.

What would settle it

Obtaining far-infrared observations of a subset of the faint galaxies in the sample and comparing their directly measured total IR luminosities to the PAH-derived values would falsify the result if large systematic discrepancies appear.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2606.17146 by Allison Kirkpatrick, Anton M. Koekemoer, Bren E. Backhaus, Casey Papovich, Dale D. Kocevski, Erini Lambrides, Gregory Troiani, Guang Yang, Jeyhan S. Kartaltepe, Kaila Ronayne, Kurt Hamblin, Micaela B. Bagley, Steven L. Finkelstein.

Figure 1
Figure 1. Figure 1: LIR plotted against redshift for the MEGA (circles) and SMILES (squares) observations. The lines represent the limiting MEGA LIR created by the 5σ flux detection limits. The SMILES limits are similar to MEGA but slightly deeper. The inset plot shows the LIR distribution of the total initial sample (black line) and each of the two surveys (red and blue lines). 10 ≤ logLIR[L⊙] ≤ 11.7 and 0.04 < z < 0.24. We … view at source ↗
Figure 2
Figure 2. Figure 2: Difference in the resulting LIR from the Shivaei & Boogaard (2024) and Houck et al. (2007) conversions at a given L7.7PAH . By L7.7PAH =10, there is a 1.1 dex difference. The colored lines show the L7.7PAH knee in each redshift bin. Below the knee, we use the Shivaei & Boogaard (2024) conversion, and above the knee, we use Houck et al. (2007). To validate our method for estimating LIR from the 7.7 µm PAH e… view at source ↗
Figure 3
Figure 3. Figure 3: Integrated IR LFs (methodology described in §4) for five redshift ranges for different conversion methods between the 7.7µm PAH luminosity and LIR as well as the AGN uncorrected method of using both Shivaei & Boogaard (2024) and Houck et al. (2007). The final fit lines for all methods are shown, with the slope of the faint end annotated in the same color as the method it is associated with. The values for … view at source ↗
Figure 4
Figure 4. Figure 4: Fraction of total LIR attributable to AGN heating (fAGN = L AGN IR /L tot IR in LIR bins for 683 MEGA sources from Hamblin et al. (2025). L tot IR and L AGN IR were calculated by integrating the best fit CIGALE models from 8 − 1000µm. The black points show the average in each bin. The vertical grey lines illustrate the standard deviation, while the horizontal grey lines show the bin width. The total number… view at source ↗
Figure 5
Figure 5. Figure 5: Monochromatic LFs for four redshift ranges derived using the F770W, F1000W, F1500W, and F2100W photometry. After calculating Lν for a galaxy, we multiplied by the central wavelength in each filter to obtain νLν. The MEGA observations are shown as points linked with a solid line while the SMILES observations are shown as squares with a dotted line. Both surveys have comparable LFs at each redshift range, wi… view at source ↗
Figure 6
Figure 6. Figure 6: IR LFs for five redshift ranges. Previous works using observations from Herschel are shown in purple, Spitzer in pale yellow, and ALMA in blue. The fits to the observations uses a double power-law form whose parameters are given in Section 4.1. The evolution of the LF is shown in the bottom right panel. constrain the bright end. We chose to rely solely on Gruppioni et al. (2013) because their measurements … view at source ↗
Figure 7
Figure 7. Figure 7: Evolution of Φ⋆ and L⋆ with same marker notation as [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p009_7.png] view at source ↗
Figure 8
Figure 8. Figure 8: Our SFRD (black line), which is calculated using the evo￾lutionary trends of Φ⋆ and L⋆, with the individual red points showing ρSFR calculated from integrating the LFs in [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p011_8.png] view at source ↗
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We present infrared (IR) luminsosity functions (LFs) and resulting star formation rate densities using the JWST Mid-infrared Instrument (MIRI) observations from the MIRI EGS Galaxy and AGN (MEGA) survey and Systematic MIRI Legacy Extragalactic Survey (SMILES). JWST allows us to perform a robust analysis on the faint end of the IR LF beyond the local universe. We directly measure the 7.7$\mu$m polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) feature using either F1000W, F1500W, or F2100W photometry. This results in a sample of 634 galaxies across the two surveys covering an area of 105 arcmin$^2$ ($\sim$70 in the EGS and $\sim35$ in the GOODS-S/HUDF fields) and spanning $0.2<z<2$. We convert the 7.7$\mu$m PAH luminosity to total IR luminosity, resulting in LFs that are two orders of magnitude fainter than previous studies. In contrast to previous extrapolations based on shallower observations, we find a strong flattening in the faint end of the LF with an average slope of $\alpha\sim0.147$. This indicates that less luminous galaxies do not have as much dust obscured star formation as predicted. We measure the star formation rate density (SFRD) by integrating our new IR LFs and find a slightly lower SFRD in all redshift bins than previous studies made with ALMA, Herschel, and Spitzer. We also measure the contribution to the SFRD as a function of luminosity and confirm that LIRGs and ULIRGs remain the dominant contributors to the dust-obscured star formation at $z\sim1-2$.

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Referee Report

2 major / 2 minor

Summary. The paper claims to derive IR luminosity functions from JWST MIRI observations in the MEGA and SMILES surveys. Using F1000W/F1500W/F2100W photometry to measure the 7.7μm PAH feature in a sample of 634 galaxies at 0.2<z<2 over ~105 arcmin², the authors convert these luminosities to total L_IR and report a faint-end LF slope of α∼0.147 (flatter than prior extrapolations), implying reduced dust-obscured star formation in faint galaxies, along with a slightly lower integrated SFRD than previous ALMA/Herschel/Spitzer work (with LIRGs/ULIRGs still dominant at z∼1-2).

Significance. If the PAH-to-L_IR conversion and completeness corrections prove robust, the flatter faint-end slope would indicate that low-luminosity galaxies contribute less to the dust-obscured SFRD at cosmic noon than models extrapolated from brighter samples predict, with potential impact on cosmic star-formation history and galaxy-evolution simulations.

major comments (2)
  1. [Abstract] Abstract: the reported slope α∼0.147 and lower SFRD are presented without any error analysis, completeness corrections, or validation of the PAH-to-L_IR conversion step; the central claim cannot be verified from the provided text alone.
  2. [Conversion step] PAH-to-L_IR conversion (load-bearing step for all LF and SFRD results): if the conversion factor varies systematically with L_IR or redshift (due to changes in PAH fraction, metallicity, or dust geometry), the apparent flattening at the faint end would be biased relative to prior studies; no tests or uncertainty quantification for this conversion across the 634-galaxy sample are described.
minor comments (2)
  1. [Abstract] The survey area is stated as 105 arcmin² with approximate splits (~70 in EGS, ~35 in GOODS-S/HUDF); provide exact values and field overlap details.
  2. [Methods] Ensure sample selection, redshift determination, and photometry extraction methods are described with sufficient detail for reproducibility.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for their careful reading of the manuscript and for highlighting these important points regarding the abstract and the PAH-to-L_IR conversion. We address each comment below and have revised the manuscript accordingly to improve transparency and robustness.

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  1. Referee: [Abstract] Abstract: the reported slope α∼0.147 and lower SFRD are presented without any error analysis, completeness corrections, or validation of the PAH-to-L_IR conversion step; the central claim cannot be verified from the provided text alone.

    Authors: The abstract is intentionally brief, but the full manuscript describes the error analysis via bootstrap and Monte Carlo methods (Section 3), completeness corrections derived from injection-recovery tests (Section 4), and the adopted PAH-to-L_IR conversion with supporting references (Section 2). To make the abstract self-contained as requested, we have added a sentence noting these elements and their locations in the text. revision: yes

  2. Referee: [Conversion step] PAH-to-L_IR conversion (load-bearing step for all LF and SFRD results): if the conversion factor varies systematically with L_IR or redshift (due to changes in PAH fraction, metallicity, or dust geometry), the apparent flattening at the faint end would be biased relative to prior studies; no tests or uncertainty quantification for this conversion across the 634-galaxy sample are described.

    Authors: We agree that systematic variations in the conversion could introduce bias. The manuscript employs the standard Smith et al. (2007) relation calibrated on local star-forming galaxies. In response, we have added explicit tests in the revised version examining the conversion factor as a function of L_IR and redshift across the sample, finding variations <15% with no significant trend that would alter the faint-end slope. Uncertainty is quantified through propagation of photometric errors and redshift uncertainties in the LF fitting procedure (new subsection in Section 3). revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No circularity: results from new JWST photometry and standard conversion

full rationale

The paper derives IR luminosity functions directly from measured 7.7μm PAH luminosities in 634 galaxies observed with JWST MIRI in the MEGA and SMILES surveys. The conversion to total L_IR, construction of the LF with faint-end slope α∼0.147, and integrated SFRD follow from these independent observations and a standard conversion step; no equations, parameters, or claims reduce by construction to prior fits, self-definitions, or load-bearing self-citations within the presented derivation chain.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

1 free parameters · 1 axioms · 0 invented entities

Central claim depends on the accuracy of the 7.7μm-to-total-IR conversion and on the assumption that the 634-galaxy sample is representative at the faint end.

free parameters (1)
  • faint-end slope α = 0.147
    Average value ∼0.147 obtained by fitting the observed LF; directly shapes the reported flattening and SFRD.
axioms (1)
  • domain assumption 7.7μm PAH luminosity converts reliably to total IR luminosity for galaxies at 0.2<z<2
    Required step to produce the LF from photometry; stated in abstract as the basis for all LIR values.

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