The Star-forming and Ionizing Properties of Dwarf z~6-9 Galaxies in JADES: Insights on Bursty Star Formation and Ionized Bubble Growth

Reionization is thought to be driven by faint star-forming galaxies, but characterizing this population has long remained very challenging. Here we utilize deep nine-band NIRCam imaging from JADES to study the star-forming and ionizing properties of 756 z\sim6-9 galaxies, including hundreds of very UV-faint objects (M_\mathrm{UV}>-18). The faintest (m\sim30) galaxies... Show more