The MOSDEF-LRIS Survey: The Interplay Between Massive Stars and Ionized Gas in High-Redshift Star-Forming Galaxies1
The MOSDEF-LRIS Survey: The Interplay Between Massive Stars and Ionized Gas in High-Redshift Star-Forming Galaxies1
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MOSDEF-LRIS 巡天:高红移恒星形成星系中大质量恒星与电离气体之间的相互作用1
DOI:
10.1093/mnras/staa1410
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发表时间:
2020
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4.8
通讯作者:
Siana, Brian
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作者:
Topping, Michael W;Shapley, Alice E;Reddy, Naveen A;Sanders, Ryan L;Coil, Alison L;Kriek, Mariska;Mobasher, Bahram;Siana, Brian
We present a joint analysis of rest-ultraviolet (UV) and rest-optical spectra obtained using Keck/LRIS and Keck/MOSFIRE for a sample of 62 star-forming galaxies atz∼ 2.3. We divide our sample into two bins based on their location in the [Oiii]5007/Hβ versus [Nii]6584/Hα BPT diagram, and perform the first differential study of the rest-UV properties of massive ionizing stars as a function of rest-optical emission-line ratios. Fitting Binary Population and Spectral Synthesis (BPASS) stellar population synthesis models, including nebular continuum emission, to our rest-UV composite spectra, we find that high-redshift galaxies offset towards higher [Oiii]λ5007/Hβ and [Nii]λ6584/Hα have younger ages () and lower stellar metallicities () resulting in a harder ionizing spectrum, compared to the galaxies in our sample that lie on the local BPT star-forming sequence (,). Additionally, we find that the offset galaxies have an ionization parameter ofand nebular metallicity of (), and the non-offset galaxies have an ionization parameter ofand nebular metallicity of. The stellar and nebular metallicities derived for our sample imply that the galaxies offset from the local BPT relation are more α-enhanced () compared to those consistent with the local sequence (). However, even galaxies that are entirely consistent with the local nebular excitation sequence appear to be α-enhanced – in contrast with typical local systems. Such differences must be considered when estimating gas-phase oxygen abundances at high redshift based on strong emission-line ratios. Specifically, a similarity in the location of high-redshift and local galaxies in the BPT diagram may not be indicative of a similarity in their physical properties.
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DOI:
10.1007/978-3-642-41720-7_2
发表时间:
2008
期刊:
The Astrophysical Journal
影响因子:
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作者:
F. Matteucci
通讯作者:
F. Matteucci
DOI:
10.3847/1538-4357/aae1a5
发表时间:
2017
期刊:
The Astrophysical Journal
影响因子:
--
作者:
A. Strom;C. Steidel;G. Rudie;R. Trainor;M. Pettini
通讯作者:
M. Pettini
DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19713.x
发表时间:
2011-09
影响因子:
4.8
作者:
J. Eldridge;E. Stanway
通讯作者:
J. Eldridge;E. Stanway
DOI:
10.1086/529030
发表时间:
2008
期刊:
The Astrophysical Journal
影响因子:
--
作者:
Xin Liu;A. Shapley;A. Coil;J. Brinchmann;Chung
通讯作者:
Chung
DOI:
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发表时间:
2000
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影响因子:
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作者:
C. Leitherer;J. Leão;T. Heckman;D. Lennon;M. Pettini;C. Robert
通讯作者:
C. Robert