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JWST MIRI Detections of Hα and [O III] and a Direct Metallicity Measurement of the z = 10.17 Lensed Galaxy MACS0647-JD
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Number of Authors: 332024 (English)In: Astrophysical Journal, ISSN 0004-637X, E-ISSN 1538-4357, Vol. 973, no 2, article id 81Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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JWST spectroscopy has revolutionized our understanding of galaxies in the early Universe. Covering wavelengths up to 5.3 μm, NIRSpec can detect rest-frame optical Hα emission lines out to z = 7 and [O iii] to z = 9.5. Observing these lines in more distant galaxies requires longer wavelength spectroscopy with MIRI. Here we present MIRI Medium Resolution Spectrograph integral field unit observations of the lensed galaxy merger MACS0647-JD at z = 10.165. With exposure times of 4.2 hr in each of two bands (SHORT and LONG), we detect Hα at 9σ, [O iii] λ5008 at 11σ, and [O iii] λ4960 at 3σ. Combined with previously reported NIRSpec spectroscopy that yielded seven emission lines including the auroral line [O iii] λ4363, we present the first direct metallicity measurement of a z > 10 galaxy: 12 + log ( O / H ) = 7.79 ± 0.09 , or 0.13 − 0.03 + 0.02 Z ⊙ . This is similar to galaxies at z ∼ 4-9 with direct metallicity measurements, though higher than expected given the high specific star formation rate log(sSFR/yr−1) = −7.4 ± 0.3. We further constrain the ionization parameter log ( U ) = −1.9 ± 0.1, ionizing photon production efficiency log(ξion) = 25.3 ± 0.1, and SFR = 5.0 ± 0.6 M⊙ yr−1 within the past 10 Myr. These observations demonstrate the combined power of JWST NIRSpec and MIRI for studying galaxies in the first 500 million years.

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2024. Vol. 973, no 2, article id 81
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-237646DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ad6562ISI: 001318988000001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85205391221OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-237646DiVA, id: diva2:1926919
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