Early Results from GLASS-JWST. VI. Extreme Rest-optical Equivalent Widths Detected in NIRISS Wide Field Slitless Spectroscopy
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- Boyett_2022_ApJL_940_L52
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Wide Field Slitless Spectroscopy (WFSS) provides a powerful tool for detecting strong line emission in star-forming galaxies (SFGs) without the need for target preselection. As part of the GLASS-JWST Early Release Science (ERS) program, we leverage the near-infrared wavelength capabilities of NIRISS (1-2.2 mu m) to observe rest-optical emission lines out to z similar to 3.4, to a depth and with a spatial resolution higher than ever before (H alpha to z < 2.4; [O iii]+H beta to z < 3.4). In this Letter we constrain the rest-frame [O III]lambda 5007 equivalent width (EW) distribution for a sample of 76 1 < z < 3.4 SFGs in the A2744 Hubble Frontier Field and determine an abundance fraction of extreme emission line galaxies with EW > 750 angstrom in our sample to be 12%. We determine a strong correlation between the measured H beta and [O III]lambda 5007 EWs, supporting that the high [O III]lambda 5007 EW objects require massive stars in young stellar populations to generate the high-energy photons needed to doubly ionize oxygen. We extracted spectra for objects up to 2 mag fainter in the near-infrared than previous WFSS studies with the Hubble Space Telescope. Thus, this work clearly highlights the potential of JWST/NIRISS to provide high-quality WFSS data sets in crowded cluster environments.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 52 |
Journal | Astrophysical Journal Letters |
Volume | 940 |
Issue number | 2 |
Number of pages | 8 |
ISSN | 2041-8205 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 2022 |
- O III EMITTERS, EMISSION-LINE, SURVEY DESIGN, GALAXIES, I., EVOLUTION, SAMPLE
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