York University
The MINERVA Survey: Unlocking New Populations of Distant Galaxies with a Wide- Field Medium Band Survey — This project will use JWST/MIRI and NIRCam to discover the most distant galaxies and active black holes, systematically identify thousands of ultra-young and metal-poor galaxies, map galaxy growth in 2D over 98% of cosmic time and unlock exotic populations of galaxies undiscovered by broadband surveys. This survey utilizes NIRCam’s medium band filters over a wide area, which offers 7 times higher spectral resolution than broadband filters, enabiling a much finer classification of galaxy properties and types.