We present rest-frame optical emission-line flux ratio measurements for five
We use Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Camera 3 G102 and G141 grism spectroscopy to measure rest-frame optical emission-line ratios of 533 galaxies at
- Award ID(s):
- 1945546
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10363236
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- DOI PREFIX: 10.3847
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- Journal Name:
- The Astrophysical Journal
- Volume:
- 926
- Issue:
- 2
- ISSN:
- 0004-637X
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- Medium: X Size: Article No. 161
- Size(s):
- ["Article No. 161"]
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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