A Comparison of Rest-frame Ultraviolet and Optical Emission-line Diagnostics in the Lensed Galaxy SDSS J1723+3411 at Redshift z=1.3293
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A Comparison of Rest-frame Ultraviolet and Optical Emission-line Diagnostics in the Lensed Galaxy SDSS J1723+3411 at Redshift z=1.3293. / Rigby, J. R.; Florian, Michael; Acharyya, A.; Bayliss, Matthew; Gladders, Michael D.; Sharon, Keren; Brammer, Gabriel; Momcheva, Ivelina; LaMassa, Stephanie; Bian, Fuyan; Dahle, Hakon; Johnson, Traci; Kewley, Lisa; Murray, Katherine; Whitaker, Katherine; Wuyts, Eva.
In: Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 908, No. 2, 154, 19.02.2021.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - A Comparison of Rest-frame Ultraviolet and Optical Emission-line Diagnostics in the Lensed Galaxy SDSS J1723+3411 at Redshift z=1.3293
AU - Rigby, J. R.
AU - Florian, Michael
AU - Acharyya, A.
AU - Bayliss, Matthew
AU - Gladders, Michael D.
AU - Sharon, Keren
AU - Brammer, Gabriel
AU - Momcheva, Ivelina
AU - LaMassa, Stephanie
AU - Bian, Fuyan
AU - Dahle, Hakon
AU - Johnson, Traci
AU - Kewley, Lisa
AU - Murray, Katherine
AU - Whitaker, Katherine
AU - Wuyts, Eva
PY - 2021/2/19
Y1 - 2021/2/19
N2 - For the extremely bright lensed galaxy SDSS J1723+3411 at z = 1.3293, we analyze spatially integrated MMT, Keck, and Hubble Space Telescope spectra that fully cover the rest-frame wavelength range of 1400-7200 A. We also analyze near-IR spectra from Gemini that cover H alpha for a portion of the lensed arc. We report fluxes for 42 detected emission lines, and upper limits for an additional 22. This galaxy has extreme emission-line ratios and high equivalent widths that are characteristic of extreme emission-line galaxies. We compute strong emission-line diagnostics from both the rest-frame optical and rest-frame ultraviolet (UV), to constrain physical conditions and test the spectral diagnostics themselves. We tightly determine the nebular physical conditions using the most reliable diagnostics, and then compare to results from other diagnostics. We find disappointing performance from the UV-only diagnostics: they either are unable to measure the metallicity or dramatically underestimate it; they overestimate the pressure; and the UV diagnostic of ionization parameter has a strong metallicity dependence in this regime. Based on these results, we suggest that upcoming James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) spectroscopic surveys of galaxies in the reionization epoch should invest the additional integration time to capture the optical [O ii] and [O iii] emission lines, and not rely solely on the rest-frame UV emission lines. We make available the spectra; they represent one of the highest-quality emission-line spectral atlases of star-forming galaxies available beyond the local universe, and will aid the planning of observations with JWST.
AB - For the extremely bright lensed galaxy SDSS J1723+3411 at z = 1.3293, we analyze spatially integrated MMT, Keck, and Hubble Space Telescope spectra that fully cover the rest-frame wavelength range of 1400-7200 A. We also analyze near-IR spectra from Gemini that cover H alpha for a portion of the lensed arc. We report fluxes for 42 detected emission lines, and upper limits for an additional 22. This galaxy has extreme emission-line ratios and high equivalent widths that are characteristic of extreme emission-line galaxies. We compute strong emission-line diagnostics from both the rest-frame optical and rest-frame ultraviolet (UV), to constrain physical conditions and test the spectral diagnostics themselves. We tightly determine the nebular physical conditions using the most reliable diagnostics, and then compare to results from other diagnostics. We find disappointing performance from the UV-only diagnostics: they either are unable to measure the metallicity or dramatically underestimate it; they overestimate the pressure; and the UV diagnostic of ionization parameter has a strong metallicity dependence in this regime. Based on these results, we suggest that upcoming James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) spectroscopic surveys of galaxies in the reionization epoch should invest the additional integration time to capture the optical [O ii] and [O iii] emission lines, and not rely solely on the rest-frame UV emission lines. We make available the spectra; they represent one of the highest-quality emission-line spectral atlases of star-forming galaxies available beyond the local universe, and will aid the planning of observations with JWST.
KW - Gravitational lensing
KW - Galaxy evolution
KW - Atomic spectroscopy
KW - Spectroscopy
KW - Emission line galaxies
KW - Starburst galaxies
KW - Interstellar medium
KW - STAR-FORMING GALAXIES
KW - MASS-METALLICITY RELATION
KW - DEG(2) BLIND SURVEY
KW - PHYSICAL CONDITIONS
KW - IONIZATION PARAMETER
KW - CHEMICAL-COMPOSITION
KW - LUMINOSITY FUNCTION
KW - ELECTRON-DENSITY
KW - DEEP FIELDS
KW - LY-ALPHA
U2 - 10.3847/1538-4357/abcfc9
DO - 10.3847/1538-4357/abcfc9
M3 - Journal article
VL - 908
JO - Astrophysical Journal
JF - Astrophysical Journal
SN - 0004-637X
IS - 2
M1 - 154
ER -
ID: 299751236