Metal enrichment of galaxies in a massive node of the Cosmic Web at $z \sim 3$
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| author | Wang, Xiaohan Cantalupo, S. Wang, Weichen Galbiati, M. Steidel, Charles C. Pensabene, A. Mao, Shude Travascio, A. Lazeyras, T. Ledos, N. Quadri, G. |
| author_facet | Wang, Xiaohan Cantalupo, S. Wang, Weichen Galbiati, M. Steidel, Charles C. Pensabene, A. Mao, Shude Travascio, A. Lazeyras, T. Ledos, N. Quadri, G. |
| contents | We present the mass-metallicity relation for star-forming galaxies in the MUSE Quasar Nebula 01 (MQN01) field, a massive cosmic web node at $z \sim 3.245$, hosting one of the largest overdensities of galaxies and AGNs found so far at $z > 3$. Through James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Near Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) spectra and images from JWST and Hubble Space Telescope (HST), we identify a sample of 9 star-forming galaxies in the MQN01 field with detection of nebular emission lines ($\rm Hβ$, [OIII], $\rm Hα$, [NII]), covering the mass range of $\rm 10^{7.5}M_\odot - 10^{10.5}M_\odot$. We present the relations of the emission-line flux ratios versus stellar mass for the sample and derive the gas-phase metallicity based on the strong line diagnostics of [OIII]$\lambda5008$/$\rm Hβ$ and [NII]$\lambda6585$/$\rm Hα$. Compared to the typical, field galaxies at similar redshifts, MQN01 galaxies show relatively higher [NII]$\lambda6585$/$\rm Hα$ and lower [OIII]$\lambda5008$/$\rm Hβ$ at the same stellar mass, which implies a higher metallicity by about $0.25\pm 0.07$ dex with respect to the field mass-metallicity relation. These differences are decreased considering the ``Fundamental Metallicity Relation'', i.e. if the galaxies' Star Formation Rates (SFR) are also taken into account. We argue that these results are consistent with a scenario in which galaxies in overdense regions assemble their stellar mass more efficiently (or, equivalently, start forming at earlier epochs) compared to field galaxies at similar redshifts. |
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| spellingShingle | Metal enrichment of galaxies in a massive node of the Cosmic Web at $z \sim 3$ Wang, Xiaohan Cantalupo, S. Wang, Weichen Galbiati, M. Steidel, Charles C. Pensabene, A. Mao, Shude Travascio, A. Lazeyras, T. Ledos, N. Quadri, G. Astrophysics of Galaxies We present the mass-metallicity relation for star-forming galaxies in the MUSE Quasar Nebula 01 (MQN01) field, a massive cosmic web node at $z \sim 3.245$, hosting one of the largest overdensities of galaxies and AGNs found so far at $z > 3$. Through James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Near Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) spectra and images from JWST and Hubble Space Telescope (HST), we identify a sample of 9 star-forming galaxies in the MQN01 field with detection of nebular emission lines ($\rm Hβ$, [OIII], $\rm Hα$, [NII]), covering the mass range of $\rm 10^{7.5}M_\odot - 10^{10.5}M_\odot$. We present the relations of the emission-line flux ratios versus stellar mass for the sample and derive the gas-phase metallicity based on the strong line diagnostics of [OIII]$\lambda5008$/$\rm Hβ$ and [NII]$\lambda6585$/$\rm Hα$. Compared to the typical, field galaxies at similar redshifts, MQN01 galaxies show relatively higher [NII]$\lambda6585$/$\rm Hα$ and lower [OIII]$\lambda5008$/$\rm Hβ$ at the same stellar mass, which implies a higher metallicity by about $0.25\pm 0.07$ dex with respect to the field mass-metallicity relation. These differences are decreased considering the ``Fundamental Metallicity Relation'', i.e. if the galaxies' Star Formation Rates (SFR) are also taken into account. We argue that these results are consistent with a scenario in which galaxies in overdense regions assemble their stellar mass more efficiently (or, equivalently, start forming at earlier epochs) compared to field galaxies at similar redshifts. |
| title | Metal enrichment of galaxies in a massive node of the Cosmic Web at $z \sim 3$ |
| topic | Astrophysics of Galaxies |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.19608 |