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abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: "Context. This paper investigates the star formation histories (SFHs) of a
    sample of massive galaxies (M⋆ ≥ 1010 M⊙) in the redshift range 1 < z < 4.5.\r\nMethods.
    We analyzed spectro-photometric data, combining broadband photometry from HST
    and JWST with low-resolution grism spectroscopy from JWST/NIRISS, obtained as
    part of the MIRI Deep Imaging Survey program. SFHs were derived through spectral
    energy distribution fitting using two independent codes, BAGPIPES and synthesizer,
    under various SFH assumptions. This approach enables a comprehensive assessment
    of the biases introduced by different modeling choices.\r\nResults. The inclusion
    of NIRISS spectroscopy, even with its low resolution, significantly improves constraints
    on key physical parameters, such as the mass-weighted stellar age (tM) and formation
    redshift (zform), by narrowing their posterior distributions. The massive galaxies
    in our sample exhibit rapid stellar mass assembly, forming 50% of their mass between
    3 ≤ z ≤ 9. The highest inferred formation redshifts are compatible with elevated
    star formation efficiencies (ϵ) at early epochs. Nonparametric SFHs generally
    imply an earlier and slower mass assembly compared to parametric forms, highlighting
    the sensitivity of inferred formation timescales to the chosen SFH model–particularly
    for galaxies at z < 2. We find that quiescent galaxies are, on average, older
    (tM ∼ 1.1 Gyr) and assembled more rapidly at earlier times than their star-forming
    counterparts. These findings support the “downsizing” scenario, in which more
    massive and passive systems form earlier and more efficiently."
acknowledgement: MA acknowledges financial support from Comunidad de Madrid under
  Atracción de Talento grant 2020-T2/TIC-19971. This work has made use of the Rainbow
  Cosmological Surveys Database, which is operated by the Centro de Astrobiología
  (CAB/INTA), partnered with the University of California Observatories at Santa Cruz
  (UCO/Lick,UCSC). The project that gave rise to these results received the support
  of a fellowship from the “la Caixa” Foundation (ID 100010434). The fellowship code
  is LCF/BQ/PR24/12050015. LC acknowledges support from grants PID2022-139567NB-I00
  and PIB2021-127718NB-I00 funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation/State
  Agency of Research MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and by “ERDF A way of making Europe”.
  This work is based on observations made with the NASA/ ESA/CSA JWST. The data were
  obtained from the Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes (MAST) at the Space Telescope
  Science Institute, which is operated by the Association of Universities for Research
  in Astronomy, Inc., under NASA contract NAS 5-03127 for JWST.
article_number: A224
article_processing_charge: No
article_type: original
arxiv: 1
author:
- first_name: M.
  full_name: Annunziatella, M.
  last_name: Annunziatella
- first_name: P. G.
  full_name: P’Erez-Gonz’Alez, P. G.
  last_name: P’Erez-Gonz’Alez
- first_name: J.
  full_name: Álvarez-Márquez, J.
  last_name: Álvarez-Márquez
- first_name: L.
  full_name: Costantin, L.
  last_name: Costantin
- first_name: Edoardo
  full_name: Iani, Edoardo
  id: 4053390a-6b68-11ef-9828-a3b8adef8d0a
  last_name: Iani
  orcid: 0000-0001-8386-3546
- first_name: Unknown
  full_name: Labiano, Unknown
  last_name: Labiano
- first_name: P.
  full_name: Rinaldi, P.
  last_name: Rinaldi
- first_name: L.
  full_name: Boogaard, L.
  last_name: Boogaard
- first_name: R. A.
  full_name: Meyer, R. A.
  last_name: Meyer
- first_name: G.
  full_name: Östlin, G.
  last_name: Östlin
- first_name: L.
  full_name: Colina, L.
  last_name: Colina
- first_name: J.
  full_name: Melinder, J.
  last_name: Melinder
- first_name: I.
  full_name: Jermann, I.
  last_name: Jermann
- first_name: S.
  full_name: Gillman, S.
  last_name: Gillman
- first_name: D.
  full_name: Langeroodi, D.
  last_name: Langeroodi
- first_name: J.
  full_name: Hjorth, J.
  last_name: Hjorth
- first_name: A.
  full_name: Alonso-Herrero, A.
  last_name: Alonso-Herrero
- first_name: A.
  full_name: Eckart, A.
  last_name: Eckart
- first_name: F.
  full_name: Walter, F.
  last_name: Walter
- first_name: P. P.
  full_name: Van Der Werf, P. P.
  last_name: Van Der Werf
- first_name: A.
  full_name: Bik, A.
  last_name: Bik
- first_name: F.
  full_name: Peißker, F.
  last_name: Peißker
- first_name: K. I.
  full_name: Caputi, K. I.
  last_name: Caputi
- first_name: M.
  full_name: García-Marín, M.
  last_name: García-Marín
- first_name: G.
  full_name: Wright, G.
  last_name: Wright
- first_name: T. R.
  full_name: Greve, T. R.
  last_name: Greve
citation:
  ama: 'Annunziatella M, P’Erez-Gonz’Alez PG, Álvarez-Márquez J, et al. MIDIS: Unveiling
    the star formation history in massive galaxies at 1 &#60; z &#60; 4.5 with spectro-photometric
    analysis. <i>Astronomy &#38; Astrophysics</i>. 2025;702. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202453298">10.1051/0004-6361/202453298</a>'
  apa: 'Annunziatella, M., P’Erez-Gonz’Alez, P. G., Álvarez-Márquez, J., Costantin,
    L., Iani, E., Labiano, U., … Greve, T. R. (2025). MIDIS: Unveiling the star formation
    history in massive galaxies at 1 &#60; z &#60; 4.5 with spectro-photometric analysis.
    <i>Astronomy &#38; Astrophysics</i>. EDP Sciences. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202453298">https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202453298</a>'
  chicago: 'Annunziatella, M., P. G. P’Erez-Gonz’Alez, J. Álvarez-Márquez, L. Costantin,
    Edoardo Iani, Unknown Labiano, P. Rinaldi, et al. “MIDIS: Unveiling the Star Formation
    History in Massive Galaxies at 1 &#60; z &#60; 4.5 with Spectro-Photometric Analysis.”
    <i>Astronomy &#38; Astrophysics</i>. EDP Sciences, 2025. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202453298">https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202453298</a>.'
  ieee: 'M. Annunziatella <i>et al.</i>, “MIDIS: Unveiling the star formation history
    in massive galaxies at 1 &#60; z &#60; 4.5 with spectro-photometric analysis,”
    <i>Astronomy &#38; Astrophysics</i>, vol. 702. EDP Sciences, 2025.'
  ista: 'Annunziatella M, P’Erez-Gonz’Alez PG, Álvarez-Márquez J, Costantin L, Iani
    E, Labiano U, Rinaldi P, Boogaard L, Meyer RA, Östlin G, Colina L, Melinder J,
    Jermann I, Gillman S, Langeroodi D, Hjorth J, Alonso-Herrero A, Eckart A, Walter
    F, Van Der Werf PP, Bik A, Peißker F, Caputi KI, García-Marín M, Wright G, Greve
    TR. 2025. MIDIS: Unveiling the star formation history in massive galaxies at 1 &#60; z &#60;
    4.5 with spectro-photometric analysis. Astronomy &#38; Astrophysics. 702, A224.'
  mla: 'Annunziatella, M., et al. “MIDIS: Unveiling the Star Formation History in
    Massive Galaxies at 1 &#60; z &#60; 4.5 with Spectro-Photometric Analysis.” <i>Astronomy
    &#38; Astrophysics</i>, vol. 702, A224, EDP Sciences, 2025, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202453298">10.1051/0004-6361/202453298</a>.'
  short: M. Annunziatella, P.G. P’Erez-Gonz’Alez, J. Álvarez-Márquez, L. Costantin,
    E. Iani, U. Labiano, P. Rinaldi, L. Boogaard, R.A. Meyer, G. Östlin, L. Colina,
    J. Melinder, I. Jermann, S. Gillman, D. Langeroodi, J. Hjorth, A. Alonso-Herrero,
    A. Eckart, F. Walter, P.P. Van Der Werf, A. Bik, F. Peißker, K.I. Caputi, M. García-Marín,
    G. Wright, T.R. Greve, Astronomy &#38; Astrophysics 702 (2025).
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