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Observing High Redshift Galaxies with JWST: What should we expect?

Christopher Conselice (Nottingham Uni)

I will present results from HST observations of both the deep CANDELS fields and the Frontier Fields which have implications for studies of JWST. This includes the physical evolution of these galaxies through stellar mass functions and merger histories up to z=8. As JWST will go beyond what we can do with Hubble and 10m telescopes today, the physical properties of galaxies beyond their star formation rates and UV mass functions will be possible. What we are learning now will directly feed into how we should plan for JWST, and what we might discover. i will also discuss plans for a GTO programme to study the first galaxies through lensed groups and how these observations will provide unique perspective on this problem.

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