JWST/NIRSpec Measurements of the Relationships between Nebular Emission-line Ratios and Stellar Mass at z ∼ 3–6

Affiliations

Alice E. Shapley: ORCiD; Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of California , Los Angeles, 430 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA ; [email protected]
Naveen A. Reddy: ORCiD; Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of California , Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
Ryan L. Sanders: ORCiD; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California , Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Michael W. Topping: ORCiD; Steward Observatory, University of Arizona , 933 N. Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
Gabriel B. Brammer: ORCiD; Cosmic Dawn Center (DAWN) , Denmark; Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen , Lyngbyvej 2, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark

Abstract

We analyze the rest-optical emission-line ratios of star-forming galaxies at 2.7 ≤ z 3.