摘要: We present emission line ratios from a sample of 26 Lyman break galaxies from
$z\sim5.5-9.5$ with $-17.05.5$ spectra. We find that
the emission line ratios exhibited by these $z\sim5.5-9.5$ galaxies occupy
clearly distinct regions of line-ratio space compared to typical z~0-3
galaxies, instead being more consistent with extreme populations of
lower-redshift galaxies. This is best illustrated by the [OIII]/[OII] ratio,
tracing interstellar medium (ISM) ionisation, in which we observe more than
half of our sample to have [OIII]/[OII]>10. Our high signal-to-noise spectra
reveal more than an order of magnitude of scatter in line ratios such as
[OII]/H$\beta$ and [OIII]/[OII], indicating significant diversity in the ISM
conditions within the sample. We find no convincing detections of [NII] in our
sample, either in individual galaxies, or a stack of all G395M/F290LP spectra.
The emission line ratios observed in our sample are generally consistent with
galaxies with extremely high ionisation parameters (log $U\sim-1.5$), and a
range of metallicities spanning from $\sim0.1\times Z_\odot$ to higher than
$\sim0.3\times Z_\odot$, suggesting we are probing low-metallicity systems
undergoing periods of rapid star-formation, driving strong radiation fields.
These results highlight the value of deep observations in constraining the
properties of individual galaxies, and hence probing diversity within galaxy
population.
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ChinaXiv:202303.04135
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DOI:10.12074/202303.04135V1
CSTR:32003.36.ChinaXiv.202303.04135.V1
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