THE MOSDEF SURVEY: MASS, METALLICITY, AND STAR-FORMATION RATE AT z ∼ 2.3

Sanders, Ryan L.; Shapley, Alice E.; Kriek, Mariska; Price, Sedona H.; Reddy, Naveen A.; Freeman, William R.; Siana, Brian; Mobasher, Bahram; Shivaei, Irene; De Groot, Laura

doi:10.1088/0004-637X/799/2/138

Title: THE MOSDEF SURVEY: MASS, METALLICITY, AND STAR-FORMATION RATE AT z ∼ 2.3

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We present results on the z ∼ 2.3 mass-metallicity relation (MZR) using early observations from the MOSFIRE Deep Evolution Field survey. We use an initial sample of 87 star-forming galaxies with spectroscopic coverage of Hβ, [O III] λ5007, Hα, and [N II] λ6584 rest-frame optical emission lines, and estimate the gas-phase oxygen abundance based on the N2 and O3N2 strong-line indicators. We find a positive correlation between stellar mass and metallicity among individual z ∼ 2.3 galaxies using both the N2 and O3N2 indicators. We also measure the emission-line ratios and corresponding oxygen abundances for composite spectra in bins of stellar mass. Among composite spectra, we find a monotonic increase in metallicity with increasing stellar mass, offset ∼0.15-0.3 dex below the local MZR. When the sample is divided at the median star-formation rate (SFR), we do not observe significant SFR dependence of the z ∼ 2.3 MZR among either individual galaxies or composite spectra. We furthermore find that z ∼ 2.3 galaxies have metallicities ∼0.1 dex lower at a given stellar mass and SFR than is observed locally. This offset suggests that high-redshift galaxies do not fall on the local ''fundamental metallicity relation'' among stellar mass, metallicity, and SFR, and may providemore »« less

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Sanders, Ryan L.; Shapley, Alice E. ^[1]; Kriek, Mariska; Price, Sedona H. ^[2]; Reddy, Naveen A.; Freeman, William R.; Siana, Brian; Mobasher, Bahram; Shivaei, Irene; De Groot, Laura ^[3]

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, 430 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095 (United States)
Astronomy Department, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 (United States)
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521 (United States)

Publication Date:: Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2015

OSTI Identifier:: 22364399

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Astrophysical Journal

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 799; Journal Issue: 2; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0004-637X

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 79 ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; CORRELATIONS; ELEMENT ABUNDANCE; EMISSION SPECTRA; GALACTIC EVOLUTION; GALAXIES; INDICATORS; MASS; METALLICITY; OXYGEN; RED SHIFT; STAR EVOLUTION; STARS

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                    Sanders, Ryan L., Shapley, Alice E., Kriek, Mariska, Price, Sedona H., Reddy, Naveen A., Freeman, William R., Siana, Brian, Mobasher, Bahram, Shivaei, Irene, De Groot, Laura, and Coil, Alison L., E-mail: rlsand@astro.ucla.edu. THE MOSDEF SURVEY: MASS, METALLICITY, AND STAR-FORMATION RATE AT z ∼ 2.3.  United States: N. p., 2015. 
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                    Sanders, Ryan L., Shapley, Alice E., Kriek, Mariska, Price, Sedona H., Reddy, Naveen A., Freeman, William R., Siana, Brian, Mobasher, Bahram, Shivaei, Irene, De Groot, Laura, & Coil, Alison L., E-mail: rlsand@astro.ucla.edu. THE MOSDEF SURVEY: MASS, METALLICITY, AND STAR-FORMATION RATE AT z ∼ 2.3.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/799/2/138

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                    Sanders, Ryan L., Shapley, Alice E., Kriek, Mariska, Price, Sedona H., Reddy, Naveen A., Freeman, William R., Siana, Brian, Mobasher, Bahram, Shivaei, Irene, De Groot, Laura, and Coil, Alison L., E-mail: rlsand@astro.ucla.edu. 2015.  
        "THE MOSDEF SURVEY: MASS, METALLICITY, AND STAR-FORMATION RATE AT z ∼ 2.3".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/799/2/138.

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@article{osti_22364399,

  title        = {THE MOSDEF SURVEY: MASS, METALLICITY, AND STAR-FORMATION RATE AT z ∼ 2.3},

  author       = {Sanders, Ryan L. and Shapley, Alice E. and Kriek, Mariska and Price, Sedona H. and Reddy, Naveen A. and Freeman, William R. and Siana, Brian and Mobasher, Bahram and Shivaei, Irene and De Groot, Laura and Coil, Alison L., E-mail: rlsand@astro.ucla.edu},

  abstractNote = {We present results on the z ∼ 2.3 mass-metallicity relation (MZR) using early observations from the MOSFIRE Deep Evolution Field survey. We use an initial sample of 87 star-forming galaxies with spectroscopic coverage of Hβ, [O III] λ5007, Hα, and [N II] λ6584 rest-frame optical emission lines, and estimate the gas-phase oxygen abundance based on the N2 and O3N2 strong-line indicators. We find a positive correlation between stellar mass and metallicity among individual z ∼ 2.3 galaxies using both the N2 and O3N2 indicators. We also measure the emission-line ratios and corresponding oxygen abundances for composite spectra in bins of stellar mass. Among composite spectra, we find a monotonic increase in metallicity with increasing stellar mass, offset ∼0.15-0.3 dex below the local MZR. When the sample is divided at the median star-formation rate (SFR), we do not observe significant SFR dependence of the z ∼ 2.3 MZR among either individual galaxies or composite spectra. We furthermore find that z ∼ 2.3 galaxies have metallicities ∼0.1 dex lower at a given stellar mass and SFR than is observed locally. This offset suggests that high-redshift galaxies do not fall on the local ''fundamental metallicity relation'' among stellar mass, metallicity, and SFR, and may provide evidence of a phase of galaxy growth in which the gas reservoir is built up due to inflow rates that are higher than star-formation and outflow rates. However, robust conclusions regarding the gas-phase oxygen abundances of high-redshift galaxies await a systematic reappraisal of the application of locally calibrated metallicity indicators at high redshift.},

  doi          = {10.1088/0004-637X/799/2/138},

  url          = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22364399},
  journal      = {Astrophysical Journal},

  issn         = {0004-637X},

  number       = 2,

  volume       = 799,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2015},

  month        = {Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2015}

}

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