York University (DBA York University|Université de York)
JWST CHARACTERIZATION OF EXTREMELY MASSIVE GALAXIES IN THE EARLY UNIVERSE — Following the JWST ERS and Cycle 1 GO Announcement of Opportunity published on June 14, 2021, the CSA is providing funding via a Grant Agreement to the university to conduct their research using the JWST data.

Using the unprecedented spectroscopic and imaging capabilities of JWST this project is a first attempt to measure the age of stellar populations, the star formation rates, and the shapes of the earliest formed massive galaxies. The long-wavelength capability of JWST will reveal the nature of massive galaxies during their peak formation epoch and will return key information on how such galaxies and their massive black holes form so fast, so early.