LATIS: The Stellar Mass-Metallicity Relation of Star-forming Galaxies at z ∼ 2.5

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作者
Chartab, Nima [1 ]
Newman, Andrew B. [1 ]
Rudie, Gwen C. [1 ]
Blanc, Guillermo A. [1 ,2 ]
Kelson, Daniel D. [1 ]
机构
[1] Observ Carnegie Inst Sci, 813 Santa Barbara St, Pasadena, CA 91101 USA
[2] Univ Chile, Dept Astron, Camino Observ 1515, Los Condes, Santiago, Chile
来源
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL | 2024年 / 960卷 / 01期
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
GAS-PHASE METALLICITY; MOSDEF SURVEY; DUST ATTENUATION; PHOTOMETRIC REDSHIFTS; FORMATION HISTORIES; QUIESCENT GALAXIES; CHEMICAL EVOLUTION; VANDELS SURVEY; LINE RATIOS; SPECTRA;
D O I
10.3847/1538-4357/ad0554
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We present the stellar mass-stellar metallicity relation for 3491 star-forming galaxies at 2 less than or similar to z less than or similar to 3 using rest-frame far-ultraviolet spectra from the Ly alpha Tomography IMACS Survey (LATIS). We fit stellar population synthesis models from the Binary Population And Spectral Synthesis code (v2.2.1) to medium-resolution (R similar to 1000) and high signal-to-noise (>30 per 100 km s(-1) over the wavelength range 1221-1800 & Aring;) composite spectra of galaxies in bins of stellar mass to determine their stellar metallicity, primarily tracing Fe/H. We find a strong correlation between stellar mass and stellar metallicity, with stellar metallicity monotonically increasing with stellar mass at low masses and flattening at high masses (M-* greater than or similar to 10(10.3)M(circle dot)). Additionally, we compare our stellar metallicity measurements with the gas-phase oxygen abundance of galaxies at similar redshift and estimate the average [alpha/Fe] similar to 0.6. Such high alpha-enhancement indicates that high-redshift galaxies have not yet undergone significant iron enrichment through Type Ia supernovae. Moreover, we utilize an analytic chemical evolution model to constrain the mass loading parameter of galactic winds as a function of stellar mass. We find that as the stellar mass increases, the mass loading parameter decreases. The parameter then flattens or reaches a turning point at around M-* similar to 10(10.5)M(circle dot). Our findings may signal the onset of black-hole-driven outflows at z similar to 2.5 for galaxies with M-* greater than or similar to 10(10.5) M-circle dot.
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