Image Details

Choose export citation format:

CECILIA: Gas-phase Physical Conditions and Multielement Chemistry at Cosmic Noon

  • Authors: Noah S. J. Rogers, Allison L. Strom, Gwen C. Rudie, Ryan F. Trainor, Caroline von Raesfeld, Menelaos Raptis, Nathalie A. Korhonen Cuestas, Tim B. Miller, Charles C. Steidel, Michael V. Maseda, Yuguang Chen, 昱光 陈, David R. Law

Noah S. J. Rogers et al 2026 The Astrophysical Journal Letters 997 .

  • Provider: AAS Journals

Caption: Figure 7.

Direct 12 + log(O/H) measured in galaxies at z > 1.3 are plotted against Te[O II] or Te[N II] when available (left), Te[S III] (middle), and Te[O III] (right). The shapes represent whether the Te in each panel are directly measured or inferred from a Te scaling relation: yellow circles are direct Te measurements from CECILIA (yellow squares represent direct Te[N II]); red circles are CECILIA galaxies with inferred Te; purple and white triangles are literature SFGs where the specific Te has been directly measured and inferred, respectively. The expected anticorrelation between O/H and Te is observed, and the CECILIA galaxies with low direct Te[O II] and Te[S III] extend the trend to the highest O/H. Above the right panel, we provide the auroral-to-nebular [O III] line ratio required to produce the direct or inferred Te. Few high-z galaxies have [O III] auroral-to-nebular line ratios ≤0.007 predicted in the most metal-rich CECILIA galaxies.

Other Images in This Article

Show More

Copyright and Terms & Conditions

Additional terms of reuse