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A&A
Volume 688, August 2024
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Article Number | A28 | |
Number of page(s) | 18 | |
Section | Catalogs and data | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202348185 | |
Published online | 30 July 2024 |
Extreme-emission-line galaxies in the MUSE Hubble Ultra Deep Field Survey
1
Instituto de Astrofísica, Facultad de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile,
Campus San Joaquín, Av. Vicuña Mackenna 4860, Macul,
Santiago
7820436,
Chile
e-mail: ignaciodelmoralcastro.astro@gmail.com
2
Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, University of Groningen,
PO Box 800,
9700 AV
Groningen,
The Netherlands
3
Facultad de Física, Universidad de La Laguna,
Avda. Astrofísico Fco. Sánchez s/n,
38200
La Laguna,
Tenerife,
Spain
4
Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía – CSIC,
Glorieta de la Astronomía s/n,
18008
Granada,
Spain
5
Centro Astronómico Hispano en Andalucía, Observatorio de Calar Alto,
Sierra de los Filabres,
04550
Gérgal,
Spain
Received:
6
October
2023
Accepted:
7
April
2024
Aims. We aim to apply a methodology to build a sample of extreme-emission-line galaxies (EELGs) using integral field spectroscopy data. In this work, we followed the spectroscopic criteria corresponding to EELG selection and used the MUSE Hubble Ultra-Deep Field Survey, which includes the deepest spectroscopic survey ever performed.
Methods. Objects in the primary (extended) sample were detected requiring a rest-frame equivalent width of EWo ⩾300 Å (200 Å ≤ EWo ≤ 300 Å) in any of the emission lines of [O II]λλ3726, 7329, [O III]λλ5007, 4959, or Hα. A detailed closer inspection of the spectra of the candidates selected has been performed on a one-by-one basis in order to confirm their classification. For this sample, the line fluxes, physical properties, and chemical abundances of the EELGs have been derived, as well as their spatially resolved structure and kinematics.
Results. Four (five) of the galaxies in the primary (extended) sample, ~57% (~83%), were spatially resolved. Three (none) of them present a clear pattern compatible with rotation. We show how our entire EELG sample shares the same loci defined by high-redshift galaxies (ɀ ≈ 6–8) for the mass-metallicity relation, illustrating their role as local analogs.
Key words: galaxies: evolution / galaxies: starburst / galaxies: star formation
© The Authors 2024
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