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Caption: Figure 4.
Density trends in the CECILIA galaxies (red circles) and local EELGs (light-blue squares). Each point represents the simultaneous measurement of ne[O II] and ne[S II], and the dotted line reflects equivalent densities. The dark-red and light-blue stars are the average ne measured in CECILIA and at z = 0, respectively. The top panel plots the histogram distribution of 23 ne[S II] measurements in the CECILIA sample, where the red bins represent the galaxies with simultaneous ne[O II]. In agreement with previous findings, the direct measurements of ne[S II] and ne[O II] from the CECILIA galaxies indicate that the ISM density at Cosmic Noon is elevated with respect to the ne measured in the local Universe. Furthermore, ne[S II] and ne[O II] show good agreement, as may be expected for two ions primarily originating in the same ionization zone.
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