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Unveiling the distant Universe: Characterizing Galaxies in the first epoch of COSMOS-Web
We report the identification of 15 galaxy candidates at using the
initial COSMOS-Web JWST observations over 77 arcmin through four NIRCam
filters (F115W, F150W, F277W, F444W) with an overlap with MIRI (F770W) of 8.7
arcmin. We fit the sample using several publicly-available SED fitting and
photometric redshift codes and determine their redshifts between and
(), UV-magnitudes between M =
21.2 and 19.5 (with M) and rest-frame
UV slopes (). These galaxies are, on average, more
luminous than most candidates discovered by JWST so far in the
literature, while exhibiting similar blue colors in their rest-frame UV. The
rest-frame UV slopes derived from SED-fitting are blue ([2.0,
2.7]) without reaching extremely blue values as reported in other recent
studies at these redshifts. The blue color is consistent with models that
suggest the underlying stellar population is not yet fully enriched in metals
like similarly luminous galaxies in the lower redshift Universe. The derived
stellar masses with MM are not in tension with the standard
CDM model and our measurement of the volume density of such UV
luminous galaxies aligns well with previously measured values presented in the
literature at . Our sample of galaxies, although compact, are
significantly resolved.Comment: Submitted to Ap
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Peace in its Wake? The 2004 Tsunami and Internal Conflict in Indonesia and Sri Lanka
Almost every recent natural disaster that has occurred within a
zone of conflict has been followed by expressions of hope from
both diplomats and journalists that the disaster might somehow
lead to peace. In order to assess whether the concept of “disaster
diplomacy” has any merit, more systematic comparative research
is needed, contrasting cases where disaster diplomacy seems
to have been present with cases where it has not. As a step in
this direction, this article explores the differing outcomes with
respect to the separatist conflicts in Indonesia and Sri Lanka
that followed the 2004 tsunami. In each of these cases, the
tsunami provided an opportunity for separatist groups to supply critical public and private relief goods and thereby send a
powerful signal about the functional legitimacy of their respective claims to autonomy. In this way, the tsunami affected the
separatists’ relative bargaining strength, creating an atmosphere
more inclined toward peace in Indonesia and renewed civil war
in Sri Lanka. The differing narratives suggest that the world
pay more attention to post-disaster conflict zones given their
positive and negative dynamic potential