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T1 - The Interstellar Medium in [O III]-selected Star-forming Galaxies at z similar to 3.2
AU - Suzuki, Tomoko L.
AU - Kodama, Tadayuki
AU - Onodera, Masato
AU - Shimakawa, Rhythm
AU - Hayashi, Masao
AU - Tadaki, Ken-ichi
AU - Koyama, Yusei
AU - Tanaka, Ichi
AU - Sobral, David
AU - Smail, Ian
AU - Best, Philip N.
AU - Khostovan, Ali A.
AU - Minowa, Yosuke
AU - Yamamoto, Moegi
N1 - This is an author-created, un-copyedited version of an article accepted for publication/published in Astrophysical Journal. IOP Publishing Ltd is not responsible for any errors or omissions in this version of the manuscript or any version derived from it. The Version of Record is available online at doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa8df3
PY - 2017/10/27
Y1 - 2017/10/27
N2 - We present new results from near-infrared spectroscopy with Keck/MOSFIRE of [O III]-selected galaxies at z similar to 3.2. With our H and K band spectra, we investigate the interstellar medium (ISM) conditions, such as ionization states and gas metallicities. [O III] emitters at z similar to 3.2 show a typical gas metallicity of 12+ log(O/H)= 8.07 +/- 0.07 at log(M-*/M-circle dot) similar to 9.0-9.2 and 12+ log(O/H)= 8.31 +/- 0.04 at log(M-*/M-circle dot) similar to 9.7-10.2 when using the empirical calibration method. We compare the [O III] emitters at z similar to 3.2 with UV-selected galaxies and Lya emitters at the same epoch and find that the [O III]-based selection does not appear to show any systematic bias in the selection of star-forming galaxies. Moreover, comparing with star-forming galaxies at z similar to 2 from the literature, our samples show similar ionization parameters and gas metallicities as those obtained by the previous studies that used the same calibration method. We find no strong redshift evolution in the ISM conditions between z similar to 3.2 and z similar to 2. Considering that the star formation rates at a fixed stellar mass also do not significantly change between the two epochs, our results support the idea that the stellar mass is the primary quantity to describe the evolutionary stages of individual galaxies at z > 2.
AB - We present new results from near-infrared spectroscopy with Keck/MOSFIRE of [O III]-selected galaxies at z similar to 3.2. With our H and K band spectra, we investigate the interstellar medium (ISM) conditions, such as ionization states and gas metallicities. [O III] emitters at z similar to 3.2 show a typical gas metallicity of 12+ log(O/H)= 8.07 +/- 0.07 at log(M-*/M-circle dot) similar to 9.0-9.2 and 12+ log(O/H)= 8.31 +/- 0.04 at log(M-*/M-circle dot) similar to 9.7-10.2 when using the empirical calibration method. We compare the [O III] emitters at z similar to 3.2 with UV-selected galaxies and Lya emitters at the same epoch and find that the [O III]-based selection does not appear to show any systematic bias in the selection of star-forming galaxies. Moreover, comparing with star-forming galaxies at z similar to 2 from the literature, our samples show similar ionization parameters and gas metallicities as those obtained by the previous studies that used the same calibration method. We find no strong redshift evolution in the ISM conditions between z similar to 3.2 and z similar to 2. Considering that the star formation rates at a fixed stellar mass also do not significantly change between the two epochs, our results support the idea that the stellar mass is the primary quantity to describe the evolutionary stages of individual galaxies at z > 2.
KW - galaxies: evolution
KW - galaxies: high-redshift
KW - galaxies: ISM
KW - MASS-METALLICITY RELATION
KW - DIGITAL SKY SURVEY
KW - II LUMINOSITY FUNCTIONS
KW - HIGH-REDSHIFT GALAXIES
KW - LYMAN-BREAK GALAXIES
KW - H-ALPHA EMITTERS
KW - PLUS O III
KW - EMISSION-LINE
KW - FORMATION HISTORY
KW - STELLAR MASS
U2 - 10.3847/1538-4357/aa8df3
DO - 10.3847/1538-4357/aa8df3
M3 - Journal article
VL - 849
JO - The Astrophysical Journal
JF - The Astrophysical Journal
SN - 0004-637X
IS - 1
M1 - 39
ER -