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We present rest-frame optical spectra of 12 nitrogen-loud quasars at z ~ 2.2, whose rest-frame ultraviolet (UV) spectra show strong nitrogen broad emission lines. To investigate their narrow-line region (NLR) metallicities, we measure the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-12-13 Kenta Matsuoka , Tohru Nagao , Roberto Maiolino , Alessandro Marconi , Daeseong Park , Yoshiaki Taniguchi

Our knowledge of galactic chemical evolution is currently limited to observations of Milky Way stars and H II regions of nearby galaxies. Damped Lyman~$\alpha$ systems offer a new approach for tracking the evolution of normal galaxies from…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 K Lipman , M Pettini , R Hunstead

We exploit the unprecedented depth of integral field data from the KMOS Ultra-deep Rotational Velocity Survey (KURVS) to analyse the strong (H$\alpha$) and forbidden ([NII], [SII]) emission line ratios in 22 main-sequence galaxies at…

We use JWST/NIRCam medium band photometry in a single pointing of the CAnadian NIRISS Unbiased Cluster Survey (CANUCS) to identify 118 Extreme Emission Line Galaxies (EELGs) over $1.7 \lesssim z \lesssim 6.7$, selected using a set of color…

The distribution of N/O abundance ratios calculated by the detailed modelling of different galaxy spectra at z<4 is investigated. Supernova (SN) and long gamma-ray-burst (LGRB) host galaxies cover different redshift domains. N/O in SN hosts…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-06-21 M. Contini

Optical emission-line ratios are traditionally used to estimate gas metallicities from observed galaxy spectra. While such estimators have been calibrated primarily at low redshift, they are commonly used to study high-redshift galaxies,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-05-09 Michaela Hirschmann , Stephane Charlot , Rachel S. Somerville

We analyze the rest-optical emission-line ratios of star-forming galaxies at 2.7<=z<6.5 drawn from the Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science (CEERS) Survey, and their relationships with stellar mass (M_*). Our analysis includes both line…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-06-14 Alice E. Shapley , Naveen A. Reddy , Ryan L. Sanders , Michael W. Topping , Gabriel B. Brammer

(Abbreviated) From six spectra of high-z QSOs, we select eleven metal-rich, Z>=Z_solar, and optically-thin to the ionizing radiation, N(HI)<10^17 cm^-2, absorption systems ranging between z=1.5 and z=2.9 and revealing lines of different…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 S. A. Levshakov , I. I. Agafonova , P. Molaro , D. Reimers , J. L. Hou

Galaxies selected on the basis of their emission line strength show low metallicities, regardless of their redshifts. We conclude this from a sample of faint galaxies at redshifts between 0.6 < z < 2.4, selected by their prominent emission…

Determination of chemical abundances for elements produced mainly by Type I SNae and intermediate mass stars in high redshift DLAs probes the early chemical build-up on time-scales comparable with their production. Nitrogen shows a peculiar…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. Molaro , M. Centurion , V. D'Odorico , C. Peroux

We present a reduction and analysis of the \textit{James Webb Space Telescope} (JWST) SMACS~0723 field using new post-launch calibrations to conduct a search for ultra-high-redshift galaxies ($z > 9$) present within the Epoch of…

Absorption-line spectroscopy of 23 background QSOs and numerous background galaxies has let us measure the spatial distribution of metals and neutral hydrogen around 1044 UV-selected galaxies at redshifts 1.8<z<3.3. The typical galaxy is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 K. L. Adelberger , A. E. Shapley , C. C. Steidel , M. Pettini , D. K. Erb , N. A. Reddy

Nearly a decade ago, we began to see indications that reionization-era galaxies power hard radiation fields rarely seen at lower redshift. Most striking were detections of nebular CIV emission in what appeared to be typical low mass…

Galactic chemical evolution model calculations indicate that there should be considerable scatter in the observed N/O ratios at a fixed metallicity (O/H) for galaxies with very low metallicities due to the delayed release of primary N from…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Limin Lu , Wallace L. W. Sargent , Thomas A. Barlow

The broad emission lines (BELs) of quasars and active galactic nuclei (AGNs) are important diagnostics of the relative abundances and overall metallicity in the gas. Here we present new theoretical predictions for several UV BELs. We focus…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Fred Hamann , K. T. Korista , G. J. Ferland , Craig Warner , Jack Baldwin

We present an analysis of metallicities and chemical abundances at $3<z<12$ in the THESAN-ZOOM simulations. We find that smoothly curved gas-phase and stellar mass-metallicity relations (MZR) are already in place at $z\approx12$ and evolve…

We present a new sample of 158 galaxies at redshift $z>7.5$ selected from deep \jwst\ NIRCam imaging of five widely-separated sightlines in the CANUCS survey. Two-thirds of the pointings and 80\% of the galaxies are covered by 12 to 14…

In a single optical spectrum, the quasar narrow-line region (NLR) reveals low density, photoionized gas in the host galaxy interstellar medium, while the immediate vicinity of the central engine generates the accretion disk continuum and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 A. Tammour , S. C. Gallagher , G. T. Richards

The emission line survey within the Calar Alto Deep Imaging Survey (CADIS) detects galaxies with very low continuum brightness by using an imaging Fabry-Perot interferometer. With spectroscopic follow-up observations of MB>~-19 CADIS…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 C. Maier , K. Meisenheimer , H. Hippelein