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Topic: Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena ×Clear all

8 claims from 4 papers

1. Physics and Astronomy › Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena

   [O iii]/[N ii] as an abundance indicator at high redshift

   Pettini and Pagel · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2004

   The paper reappraises the [O III]/[N II] line ratio, first used in 1979, as an oxygen abundance indicator with modern calibration data, and reports advantages over R23 and N2, particularly at high redshift.

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   1. UncheckedThe [O III]/[N II] line ratio is argued to have advantages over R23 and N2 for estimating oxygen abundance, especially in high-redshift star-forming galaxies.“Among `empirical' methods of estimating oxygen abundances in extragalactic HII regions, the use of the ratio of nebular lines of [O III] and [N II], first introduced by Alloin et al. in 1979, is reappraised with modern calibration data and shown to have certain advantages over R23 = ([O II] + [O II…”

2. Physics and Astronomy › Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena

   The Origin of the Mass‐Metallicity Relation: Insights from 53,000 Star‐forming Galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

   Tremonti, Heckman, Kauffmann et al. · The Astrophysical Journal · 2004

   Using Sloan Digital Sky Survey data for about 53,000 star-forming galaxies at z ~ 0.1, the paper studies the mass-metallicity relation and interprets it as evidence for galactic winds removing metals.

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   1. UncheckedIn about 53,000 nearby star-forming galaxies, stellar mass and gas metallicity correlate tightly, to within ±0.1 dex, across a wide range of masses.“We find a tight (±0.1 dex) correlation between stellar mass and metallicity spanning over 3 orders of magnitude in stellar mass and a factor of 10 in metallicity.”
   2. UncheckedIn about 53,000 star-forming galaxies, metallicity rises steeply with stellar mass at lower masses but flattens above roughly 10^10.5 solar masses.“The relation is relatively steep from 10 8.5 to 10 10.5 M ☉ h , in good accord with known trends between luminosity and metallicity, but flattens above 10 10.5 M ☉ .”
   3. UncheckedMetal loss is strongly anticorrelated with baryonic mass: low-mass dwarf galaxies are about 5 times more metal depleted than L* galaxies at z ~ 0.1.“We show that metal loss is strongly anticorrelated with baryonic mass, with low-mass dwarf galaxies being 5 times more metal depleted than L * galaxies at z ~ 0.1.”

3. Physics and Astronomy › Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena

   The Seventeenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys: Complete Release of MaNGA, MaStar, and APOGEE-2 Data

   Abdurrouf, Accetta, Aerts et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series · 2022

   This paper documents SDSS-IV's final data release, DR17, which completes the MaNGA, MaStar and APOGEE-2 data and adds new spectra and 25 new or updated Value Added Catalogs.

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   1. UncheckedThe final SDSS-IV data release includes the full MaNGA Stellar Library, with observations of almost 30,000 stars taken in bright time.“The complete release of the MaNGA Stellar Library (MaStar) accompanies this data, providing observations of almost 30,000 stars through the MaNGA instrument during bright time.”

4. Physics and Astronomy › Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena

   Dark energy, spatial curvature, and star formation efficiency from JWST photometric and spectroscopic high-redshift galaxies

   Comini, Vagnozzi and Loeb · Journal of High Energy Astrophysics · 2026

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   1. Unchecked“Within the flat $Λ$CDM model, once cosmological parameters are marginalized over, the CEERS sample provides a weak $2σ$ lower limit of $ε\gtrsim 0.07$, compatible with astrophysical expectations.”
   2. Unchecked“In contrast, the FRESCO sample requires $ε\gtrsim 0.5$ at $2σ$, with values $ε\lesssim 0.2$ disfavored at $>5σ$.”
   3. Unchecked“These results do not qualitatively change when we allow $w$ and/or $Ω_K$ to vary, with no evidence for deviations from $w=-1$ or $Ω_K=0$.”