The chemical enrichment in the early Universe as probed by JWST via direct metallicity measurements at z ∼ 8

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作者
Curti, Mirko [1 ,2 ]
D'Eugenio, Francesco [1 ,2 ]
Carniani, Stefano [3 ]
Maiolino, Roberto [1 ,2 ,4 ]
Sandles, Lester [1 ,2 ]
Witstok, Joris [1 ,2 ]
Baker, William M. [1 ,2 ]
Bennett, Jake S. [1 ,5 ]
Piotrowska, Joanna M. [1 ,2 ]
Tacchella, Sandro [1 ,2 ]
Charlot, Stephane [6 ]
Nakajima, Kimihiko [7 ]
Maheson, Gabriel [1 ,2 ]
Mannucci, Filippo [8 ]
Amiri, Amirnezam [8 ,9 ]
Arribas, Santiago [10 ]
Belfiore, Francesco [8 ]
Bonaventura, Nina R. [11 ]
Bunker, Andrew J. [12 ]
Chevallard, Jacopo [12 ]
Cresci, Giovanni [8 ]
Curtis-Lake, Emma [13 ]
Hayden-Pawson, Connor [1 ,2 ]
Jones, Gareth C. [12 ]
Kumari, Nimisha [14 ]
Laseter, Isaac [15 ]
Looser, Tobias J. [1 ,2 ]
Marconi, Alessandro [8 ,9 ]
Maseda, Michael, V [15 ]
Scholtz, Jan [1 ,2 ]
Smit, Renske [16 ]
Ubler, Hannah [1 ,2 ]
Wallace, Imaan E. B. [12 ]
机构
[1] Univ Cambridge, Kavli Inst Cosmol, Madingley Rd, Cambridge CB3 0HA, England
[2] Univ Cambridge, Cavendish Lab, Astrophys Grp, 19 JJ Thompson Ave, Cambridge CB3 0HE, England
[3] Univ Pisa, Scuola Normale Super, Piazza Cavalieri 7, I-56126 Pisa, Italy
[4] UCL, Dept Phys & Astron, Gower St, London WC1E 6BT, England
[5] Univ Cambridge, Inst Astron, Madingley Rd, Cambridge CB3 0HA, England
[6] Sorbonne Univ, Inst Astrophys Paris, UMR7095, UPMC CNRS, F-75014 Paris, France
[7] Natl Astron Observ Japan, 2-21-1 Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 1818588, Japan
[8] INAF Osservaiorio Asirofis Arcetri, Largo E Fermi 5, I-50125 Florence, Italy
[9] Univ Firenze, Dipartimento Fis & Astron, Via G Sansone 1, I-50125 Florence, Italy
[10] CSIC INTA, Ctr Astrobiol CAB, Cra Ajalvir Km 4, E-28850 Madrid, Spain
[11] Univ Copenhagen, Cosm Dawn Ctr, Niels Bohr Inst, Radmandsgade 62, DK-2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark
[12] Univ Oxford, Dept Phys, Denys Wilkinson Bldg,Keble Rd, Oxford OX1 3RH, England
[13] Univ Hertfordshire, Ctr Astrophys Res, Dept Phys Astron & Math, Hatfield AL10 9AB, Herts, England
[14] Space Telescope Sci Inst, AURA European Space Agcy, 3700 San Martin Dr, Baltimore, MD 21218 USA
[15] Univ Wisconsin, Dept Astron, 475 N Charter St, Madison, WI 53706 USA
[16] Liverpool John Moores Univ, Astrophys Res Inst, 146 Bmwnlow Hill, Liverpool L3 5RE, Merseyside, England
基金
欧洲研究理事会; 英国科学技术设施理事会; 欧盟地平线“2020”;
关键词
galaxies: abundances; galaxies: evolution; galaxies: general; galaxies: ISM; STAR-FORMING GALAXIES; MASS-METALLICITY; ILLUSTRISTNG SIMULATIONS; MOSDEF SURVEY; STELLAR POPULATIONS; EAGLE SIMULATIONS; LINE RATIOS; LY-ALPHA; EVOLUTION; ABUNDANCE;
D O I
10.1093/mnras/stac2737
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We analyse the chemical properties of three z similar to 8 galaxies behind the galaxy cluster SMACSJ0723.3-7327, observed as part of the Early Release Observations programme of the James Webb Space Telescope. Exploiting [O III]lambda 4363 auroral line detections in NIRSpec spectra, we robustly apply the direct T-e method for the very first time at such high redshift, measuring metallicities ranging from extremely metal poor (12 + log(O/H)approximate to 7) to about one-third solar. We also discuss the excitation properties of these sources, and compare them with local strong-line metallicity calibrations. We find that none of the considered diagnostics match simultaneously the observed relations between metallicity and strong-line ratios for the three sources, implying that a proper re-assessment of the calibrations may be needed at these redshifts. On the mass-metallicity plane, the two galaxies at z similar to 7.6 (log(M-*/M-circle dot) = 8.1, 8.7) have metallicities that are consistent with the extrapolation of the mass-metallicity relation at z similar to 2-3, while the least massive galaxy at z similar to 8.5 (Log(M-*/M-circle dot) = 7.8) shows instead a significantly lower metallicity. The three galaxies show different level of offset relative to the Fundamental Metallicity Relation, with two of them (at z similar to 7.6) being marginally consistent, while the z similar to 8.5 source deviating significantly, being probably far from the smooth equilibrium between gas flows, star formation, and metal enrichment in place at later epochs.
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页数:14
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