Metals in Star-forming Galaxies with KCWI. I. Methodology and First Results on the Abundances of Iron, Magnesium, and Oxygen

Understanding the chemical enrichment of different elements is crucial to gaining a complete picture of galaxy chemical evolution. In this study, we present a new sample of 46 low-redshift, low-mass star-forming galaxies at M _* ∼ 10 ^8−10 M _⊙ along with two quiescent galaxies at M _* ∼ 10 ^8.8 M _...

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Published in:	The Astrophysical Journal
Main Authors:	Zhuyun Zhuang, Evan N. Kirby, Charles C. Steidel, Mithi A. C. de los Reyes, Nikolaus Z. Prusinski, N. Leethochawalit, Minjung Park, Charlie Conroy, Evan H. Nuñez
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	IOP Publishing 2024-01-01
Subjects:	Chemical abundances Galaxy abundances Scaling relations Metallicity Galaxies Galaxy stellar content
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad5ff8