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The AURORA Survey: The Mass–Metallicity and Fundamental Metallicity Relations at z ∼ 2.3 Based Purely on Direct Te Metallicities

  • Authors: Ali Ahmad Khostovan, Ryan L. Sanders, Alice E. Shapley, Michael W. Topping, Naveen A. Reddy, Alex M. Garcia, Danielle A. Berg, Leonardo Clarke, Fergus Cullen, Richard S. Ellis, N. M. Förster Schreiber, Karl Glazebrook, Tucker Jones, Derek J. McLeod, Anthony J. Pahl, Max Pettini, Paul Torrey

Ali Ahmad Khostovan et al 2026 The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1003 .

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Caption: Figure 3.

Fundamental metallicity relation with two different values of α that minimizes the scatter in ﹩12+\mathrm{log}({\rm{O}}/{\rm{H}})﹩ at z ∼ 0. Our measurements show how combining both [O III] and [O II] auroral lines results in a ∼1.5 dex coverage in μ from direct Te measurements. We find our measurements are in strong agreement with the R. L. Sanders et al. (2021) FMR (right) with only a deviation at μ > 8.7, although still within 1σ errors. The left panel shows the comparison with the M. Curti et al. (2020) FMR, where we find agreement within 1σ but ∼0.07 dex systematically lower ﹩12+\mathrm{log}({\rm{O}}/{\rm{H}})﹩ at fixed μ, which is within the typical uncertainties of strong-line calibrations. Overall, this suggests that the same physical processes regulating star formation, stellar mass buildup, and chemical enrichment at z ∼ 0 are in place at cosmic noon.

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