Morphologies of Galaxies at z≳ 9 Uncovered by JWST/NIRCam Imaging: Cosmic Size Evolution and an Identification of an Extremely Compact Bright Galaxy at z∼ 12

Y Ono, Y Harikane, M Ouchi, H Yajima… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We present morphologies of galaxies at z≳ 9 resolved by JWST/NIRCam 2–5 μm imaging.
Our sample consists of 22 galaxy candidates identified by stringent dropout and photo-z …

EMPRESS. XIII. Chemical Enrichment of Young Galaxies Near and Far at z∼ 0 and 4–10: Fe/O, Ar/O, S/O, and N/O Measurements with a Comparison of Chemical …

K Watanabe, M Ouchi, K Nakajima… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
We present gas-phase elemental abundance ratios of thirteen local extremely metal-poor
galaxies (EMPGs), including our new Keck/LRIS spectroscopy determinations together with …

EMPRESS. VII. Ionizing Spectrum Shapes of Extremely Metal-poor Galaxies: Uncovering the Origins of Strong He ii and the Impact on Cosmic Reionization

H Umeda, M Ouchi, K Nakajima, Y Isobe… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Strong high-ionization lines such as He ii of young galaxies are puzzling at high and low
redshift. Although recent studies suggest the existence of nonthermal sources, whether their …

Low-luminosity galaxies in the early universe have observed sizes similar to star cluster complexes

RJ Bouwens, GD Illingworth… - The Astronomical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We compare the sizes and luminosities of faint z= 6–8 galaxies magnified by the Hubble
Frontier Fields clusters with star-forming regions, as well as more evolved objects, in the …

EMPRESS. IV. Extremely Metal-poor Galaxies Including Very Low-mass Primordial Systems with M*= 104–105 M⊙ and 2%–3%(O/H): High (Fe/O) Suggestive of …

Y Isobe, M Ouchi, A Suzuki, TJ Moriya… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We present Keck/LRIS follow-up spectroscopy for 13 photometric candidates of extremely
metal-poor galaxies (EMPGs) selected by a machine-learning technique applied to the deep …

Impact of very massive stars on the chemical evolution of extremely metal-poor galaxies

S Goswami, L Silva, A Bressan, V Grisoni… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
Context. In recent observations of extremely metal-poor, low-mass, starburst galaxies,
almost solar Fe/O ratios are reported, despite N/O ratios consistent with the low metallicity …

EMPRESS. VI. Outflows Investigated in Low-mass Galaxies with M∗= 104–107 M⊙: Weak Feedback in Low-mass Galaxies?

Y Xu, M Ouchi, M Rauch, K Nakajima… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We study emission line profiles of 21 nearby low-mass (M*= 10 4–10 7 M⊙) galaxies in
deep medium-high resolution spectra taken with Magellan/MagE. These low-mass galaxies …

EMPRESS. XII. Statistics on the Dynamics and Gas Mass Fraction of Extremely Metal-poor Galaxies

Y Xu, M Ouchi, Y Isobe, K Nakajima… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the demography of the dynamics and gas mass fraction of 33 extremely metal-
poor galaxies (EMPGs) with metallicities of 0.015–0.195 Z⊙ and low stellar masses of 10 4 …

The z ≲ 1 drop of cosmic dust abundance in a semi-analytic framework

M Parente, C Ragone-Figueroa… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Observations suggest that the amount of galactic dust in the Universe decreased by a factor
of∼ 2–3 during the last∼ 8 Gyr. However, cosmological models of galaxy evolution usually …

EMPRESS. XI. SDSS and JWST Search for Local and z∼ 4–5 Extremely Metal-poor Galaxies (EMPGs): Clustering and Chemical Properties of Local EMPGs

M Nishigaki, M Ouchi, K Nakajima, Y Ono… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We search for local extremely metal-poor galaxies (EMPGs), selecting photometric
candidates by broadband color excess and machine-learning techniques with the SDSS …