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A stellar bar hidden in an extreme gas-rich disk galaxy at z=4.055

Leindert A. Boogaard , Luca Costantin , Thor Tepper-Garc\'ia , Joss Bland-Hawthorn , Jacqueline A. Hodge , Cheng-Lin Liao , Mahmoud Hamed , Luis Colina
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Fabian Walter Oscar Agertz Arjan Bik Alejandro Crespo G\'omez Emanuele Daddi Georgios E. Magdis Pablo G. P\'erez-Gonz\'alez Hannah \"Ubler Axel Weiss
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A stellar bar exists in the gas-rich disk galaxy GN20 at redshift 4.055

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The paper reports the detection of a stellar bar in GN20, a star-forming disk galaxy observed at z=4.055 when the universe was only 1.5 billion years old. GN20 is baryon-dominated yet has 74 percent of its baryonic mass in gas, showing that high gas content does not prevent rapid bar formation. Traditional models expected bars to arise through secular evolution in gas-poor stellar disks, but this case indicates bars can develop quickly in gas-rich early systems. The result motivates revised theory on bar formation and suggests bars could drive early galaxy assembly and quenching.

Core claim

Simultaneous stellar, gas, and dust observations reveal a stellar bar in GN20 despite the galaxy being 74 percent gas by baryonic mass and only 1.5 Gyr after the Big Bang, demonstrating that gas-rich disks support rapid stellar bar formation in the early Universe.

What carries the argument

The stellar bar identified in JWST imaging of the stellar light distribution, confirmed alongside multi-wavelength data that establish the high gas fraction and baryon dominance.

If this is right

  • Gas-rich disks at high redshift can form stellar bars on short timescales.
  • Bars may contribute to early galaxy assembly and quenching even when gas dominates the baryons.
  • Theoretical models must accommodate bar instabilities in systems with gas fractions above 70 percent.
  • The presence of bars in gas-rich early galaxies offers an additional channel for central mass concentration and dynamical evolution.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • Similar bars may be detectable in other gas-rich JWST targets at z greater than 4, allowing a statistical test of how common the process is.
  • Bar-driven gas inflows could help explain rapid central star formation or AGN activity observed in some high-redshift systems.
  • If bars persist in gas-rich disks, they might alter predictions for the fraction of barred galaxies across cosmic time in simulations.

Load-bearing premise

The morphological feature seen in the data is a genuine long-lived stellar bar and not a transient or projection effect, and the reported gas and baryon fractions accurately reflect the true mass breakdown.

What would settle it

Kinematic maps or higher-resolution imaging that show the feature lacks the expected bar-driven orbits and streaming motions, or revised multi-wavelength modeling that lowers the gas mass fraction below roughly 50 percent.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2605.15273 by Alejandro Crespo G\'omez, Arjan Bik, Axel Weiss, Cheng-Lin Liao, Emanuele Daddi, Fabian Walter, Georgios E. Magdis, Hannah \"Ubler, Jacqueline A. Hodge, Joss Bland-Hawthorn, Leindert A. Boogaard, Luca Costantin, Luis Colina, Mahmoud Hamed, Oscar Agertz, Pablo G. P\'erez-Gonz\'alez, Thor Tepper-Garc\'ia.

Figure 1
Figure 1. Figure 1: Structure of GN20. (a) JWST/NIRCam false-color image of the gas-rich starburst galaxy GN20 at redshift z=4.055. North is up and east is left. (b) The 7 kpc stellar bar in the disk at rest-frame 1.1 µm light traced by JWST/MIRI, indicated by ellipses of constant brightness. (c) High-resolution sub-mm observations from the NOrthern Extended Millimeter Array (NOEMA) at rest-frame 220 µm reveal the dust extend… view at source ↗
Figure 2
Figure 2. Figure 2: Stellar bar identification. The ellipticity and position angle of the stellar light isophotes at rest-frame 1.1 µm show a clear signature of a stellar bar of approximately 2.8 ± 0.1 kpc in projected semi-major axis length (3.5 ± 0.1 kpc deprojected), corresponding to 7.0 ± 0.2 kpc full deprojected length, that is independently confirmed by Fourier analysis; see § 3). The ellipticity (ϵ) and position angle … view at source ↗
Figure 3
Figure 3. Figure 3: Predicted timescales of stellar bar formation. Theoretical simulations of bar formation in the context of large gas fractions from (J. Bland-Hawthorn et al. 2024, 2025; T. Tepper-Garc´ıa et al. 2024) produce galaxies with a striking resemblance to GN20, featuring a bars and asymmetric spiral arm structure, driven by baryon sloshing (J. Bland-Hawthorn et al. 2025, snapshot at fgas = 40% shown). For baryon-d… view at source ↗
Figure 4
Figure 4. Figure 4: Stellar bar identification at multiple wavelenghts. Isophotal analysis of the stellar bar (same as in [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p009_4.png] view at source ↗
Figure 5
Figure 5. Figure 5: Stellar bar identification in Fourier space. Two dominant modes are identified (Am/A0 > 0.2), which correspond to the NE spiral arm (m = 1) and the stellar bar (m = 2). Bar N Core Bar S [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p010_5.png] view at source ↗
Figure 6
Figure 6. Figure 6: Spectral energy distribution model of GN20. The best-fit SED model from MAGPHYS with the total, core, northern bar, and southern bar are shown in the black, red, green, and cyan curve, respectively. The inset shows the regions on a 2′′ × 2 ′′ NIRCam/F444W cutout. a D. Calzetti et al. (2000) dust law, delayed-τ SFH, and including an AGN component using J. Fritz et al. (2006) and nebular emission templates f… view at source ↗
Figure 7
Figure 7. Figure 7: Morphology of GN20-like simulated barred galaxies. Multiple projections of stellar bars forming in simulated gas-rich disk galaxies at different gas fractions (T. Tepper-Garc´ıa et al. 2024; J. Bland-Hawthorn et al. 2024, 2025). In [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p013_7.png] view at source ↗
Figure 8
Figure 8. Figure 8: Stellar bar length evolution in cosmological simu￾lations. Bar radius as function of simulation time, as derived via the Dehnen/Fourier method (see § 3). The GN20 bar radius (Rbar/ϕ2 , derived consistently) matches most closely with the simulations with high gas fractions (fgas = 60% and 40%). tions for a positive feedback loop operating on instabil￾ities seeded by a noisy, self-gravitating distribution. W… view at source ↗
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The classical picture for the formation of stellar bars -- key dynamical drivers of the evolution of galaxies -- is through secular evolution of instability in gas poor, stellar-dominated disks. The detection with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) of stellar bars and spiral arms in galaxies at early cosmic times has thus challenged LambdaCDM-based expectations, which recent studies reconcile by suggesting that these galaxies are baryon-dominated and have already consumed most of their gas. Yet, a paradox arises, as early galaxies are expected to be increasingly rich in gas, which is generally considered to prevent or slow down stellar bar formation. Here, we show the detection of a stellar bar in GN20, a gas-rich star-forming disk galaxy at a redshift of z=4.055, only 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang. Simultaneous observations of the stars, gas, and dust reveal that GN20 is indeed baryon-dominated (over dark matter; 72+/-34%), but the baryonic mass is largely in the form of gas (74+/-25%). This discovery demonstrates that gas-rich disks do support rapid stellar bar formation in the early Universe, motivating a new theoretical perspective on bar formation in gas-rich systems, and providing a potential new mechanism for very early galaxy assembly and quenching.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript claims the detection of a stellar bar in GN20, a gas-rich star-forming disk galaxy at z=4.055, using simultaneous JWST observations of stars, gas, and dust. It reports the galaxy as baryon-dominated over dark matter (72±34%) with baryonic mass largely gaseous (74±25%), demonstrating that gas-rich disks can support rapid stellar bar formation in the early universe and motivating revised theoretical perspectives on bar formation and early galaxy assembly/quenching.

Significance. If the bar identification holds, the result would be significant for galaxy evolution studies by showing that high gas fractions do not preclude bar formation at early times, contrary to classical secular-evolution expectations. The multi-wavelength approach to mass decomposition is a positive aspect, providing direct constraints on baryon vs. gas content.

major comments (2)
  1. [morphological analysis section] Bar identification (morphological analysis section): The central claim that a true stellar bar is present rests on photometric features in JWST imaging, but lacks reported kinematic verification such as non-circular velocity fields or pattern-speed measurements. At z=4.055, where spatial resolution is ~kpc-scale, this is load-bearing because morphological features alone can be confused with spirals, clumps, or projection effects, directly undermining the interpretation that gas-rich disks support bar formation.
  2. [mass decomposition section] Baryon and gas mass fractions (mass decomposition section): The reported values of 72±34% baryon dominance and 74±25% gas fraction are central to the paradox resolution, yet the large uncertainties and the method of multi-wavelength decomposition (stars/gas/dust) require explicit error budgets and tests for systematics; without these, the claim that the system is both baryon-dominated and extremely gas-rich cannot be fully evaluated.
minor comments (1)
  1. [Abstract] The abstract would be clearer with a short statement of the specific JWST data (e.g., instruments or bands) used for the bar and mass measurements.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the constructive comments, which help clarify the limitations of our analysis. We address each major point below and will revise the manuscript accordingly where feasible.

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  1. Referee: [morphological analysis section] Bar identification (morphological analysis section): The central claim that a true stellar bar is present rests on photometric features in JWST imaging, but lacks reported kinematic verification such as non-circular velocity fields or pattern-speed measurements. At z=4.055, where spatial resolution is ~kpc-scale, this is load-bearing because morphological features alone can be confused with spirals, clumps, or projection effects, directly undermining the interpretation that gas-rich disks support bar formation.

    Authors: We agree that kinematic verification would strengthen the claim, but such data (e.g., stellar velocity fields or pattern speeds) are not available from the current JWST imaging dataset. Our identification instead rests on multiple independent morphological diagnostics in the NIRCam images, including the elongated central structure, boxy isophotes, and alignment with the molecular gas and dust distributions, which together are inconsistent with spirals, clumps, or projection artifacts. We will revise the morphological analysis section to include an expanded discussion of alternative interpretations, quantitative robustness tests against contaminants, and explicit caveats regarding the absence of kinematics. This does not change our conclusion but improves transparency. revision: partial

  2. Referee: [mass decomposition section] Baryon and gas mass fractions (mass decomposition section): The reported values of 72±34% baryon dominance and 74±25% gas fraction are central to the paradox resolution, yet the large uncertainties and the method of multi-wavelength decomposition (stars/gas/dust) require explicit error budgets and tests for systematics; without these, the claim that the system is both baryon-dominated and extremely gas-rich cannot be fully evaluated.

    Authors: The reported uncertainties are intentionally large to reflect the challenges of high-redshift mass decomposition. In the revised manuscript we will add an explicit error budget section that quantifies contributions from stellar mass-to-light ratio assumptions, photometric calibration, CO-to-H2 conversion factor variations, dust temperature and emissivity choices, and spatial decomposition uncertainties. We will also include systematic tests such as alternative SED fitting codes, different IMFs, and Monte Carlo realizations of the multi-component fits. These additions will allow a fuller evaluation of the baryon and gas fractions without altering the central values. revision: yes

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full rationale

The paper reports an empirical detection of a stellar bar and baryonic mass fractions in GN20 based on JWST imaging and multi-wavelength observations. No equations, predictions, or derivations are presented that reduce by construction to parameters fitted from the same data or to self-citations. The central claims are measurements of morphology and mass composition, which are falsifiable against external data and do not invoke uniqueness theorems or ansatzes from prior author work. This is a standard observational result with independent content.

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