Dominguez, A. and Siana, B. and Henry, A. L. and Scarlata, C. and Bedregal, A. G. and Malkan, M. and Atek, H. and Ross, N. R. and Colbert, J. W. and Teplitz, H. I. and Rafelski, M. and McCarthy, P. and Bunker, A. and Hathi, N. P. and Dressler, A. and Martin, C. L. and Masters, D. (2013) Dust Extinction from Balmer Decrements of Star-forming Galaxies at 0.75 ≤ z ≤ 1.5 with Hubble Space Telescope/Wide-Field-Camera 3 Spectroscopy from the WFC3 Infrared Spectroscopic Parallel Survey. Astrophysical Journal, 763 (2). Art. No. 145. ISSN 0004-637X. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/763/2/145. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20150707-145422929
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Abstract
Spectroscopic observations of Hα and Hβ emission lines of 128 star-forming galaxies in the redshift range 0.75 ≤ z ≤ 1.5 are presented. These data were taken with slitless spectroscopy using the G102 and G141 grisms of the Wide-Field-Camera 3 (WFC3) on board the Hubble Space Telescope as part of the WFC3 Infrared Spectroscopic Parallel survey. Interstellar dust extinction is measured from stacked spectra that cover the Balmer decrement (Hα/Hβ). We present dust extinction as a function of Hα luminosity (down to 3 × 10^(41) erg s^(–1)), galaxy stellar mass (reaching 4 × 10^8 M _☉), and rest-frame Hα equivalent width. The faintest galaxies are two times fainter in Hα luminosity than galaxies previously studied at z ~ 1.5. An evolution is observed where galaxies of the same Hα luminosity have lower extinction at higher redshifts, whereas no evolution is found within our error bars with stellar mass. The lower Hα luminosity galaxies in our sample are found to be consistent with no dust extinction. We find an anti-correlation of the [O III] λ5007/Hα flux ratio as a function of luminosity where galaxies with L _(Hα) < 5 × 10^(41) erg s^(–1) are brighter in [O III] λ5007 than Hα. This trend is evident even after extinction correction, suggesting that the increased [O III] λ5007/Hα ratio in low-luminosity galaxies is likely due to lower metallicity and/or higher ionization parameters.
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Alternate Title: | Dust extinction from Balmer decrements of star-forming galaxies at 0.75 ≤ z ≤ 1.5 with HST/WFC3 spectroscopy from the WISP survey | ||||||||||||||||||||
Additional Information: | © 2013 The American Astronomical Society. Received 2012 June 8; Accepted 2012 December 8; Published 2013 January 17. The authors thank Naveen Reddy for reading and improving the paper and David Sobral for fruitful discussions. We also thank the anonymous referee for helpful suggestions. This work is based on observations made with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, which is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., under NASA contract NAS 5-26555. These observations are associated with programs 11696, 12283, and 12568. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Subject Keywords: | dust, extinction; galaxies: evolution; galaxies: high-redshift | ||||||||||||||||||||
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DOI: | 10.1088/0004-637X/763/2/145 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Official Citation: | Dust Extinction from Balmer Decrements of Star-forming Galaxies at 0.75 ≤ z ≤ 1.5 with Hubble Space Telescope/Wide-Field-Camera 3 Spectroscopy from the WFC3 Infrared Spectroscopic Parallel Survey. A. Domínguez et al. 2013 ApJ 763 145 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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