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most citedStrong Nebular Line Ratios in the Spectra of z~2-3 Star-forming Galaxies: First Results from KBSS-MOSFIRE

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39 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

KBSS-InCLOSE II: First Detailed Insights on the Inner CGM of Low-Mass Galaxies

Evan Haze Nunez-Cravin, Charles C. Steidel, Gwen C. Rudie +7

We present results from an extension to the Keck Baryonic Structure Survey (KBSS) that focuses on the Inner Circumgalactic Medium (CGM) of QSO Line Of Sight Emitting galaxies at z$…

astro-ph.GA2026

CECILIA: Multi-line Constraints on Excess Nebular Emission from Low-Ionization Gas at Cosmic Noon

Caroline von Raesfeld, Allison L. Strom, Audrey Clarendon +7

Spectroscopy from JWST has offered unique insights into elemental abundance patterns at Cosmic Noon (z~2-3), most notably a growing census of sub-solar S/O. These new measurements,…

astro-ph.GA2026

CECILIA: Using Flexible Photoionization Models to Accurately Measure Abundances without Auroral Lines

Nathalie A. Korhonen Cuestas, Allison L. Strom, Yijia Li +6

JWST has facilitated the detection of faint, auroral emission lines needed to directly measure the electron temperature and elemental abundances in high-redshift galaxies. However,…

astro-ph.GA2026

Scaling Relations of Galactic Outflows Across Cosmic Time: New Insights from Cosmic Noon

Tiffany Liou, Xinfeng Xu, Allison L. Strom +8

Galactic outflows play a significant role in regulating galaxy evolution. Scaling relations between stellar mass (), star formation (SFR), and outflow properties have been…

astro-ph.GA2025

CECILIA: The Mass-Metallicity Relation of Low-Mass Galaxies at Cosmic Noon

Menelaos Raptis, Gwen C. Rudie, Ryan F. Trainor +9

A galaxy's metallicity and its relation to stellar mass encode the history of gas accretion, star formation, and outflows within cosmic ecosystems. We present new constraints on th…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

CECILIA: Gas-Phase Physical Conditions and Multi-Element Chemistry at Cosmic Noon

Noah S. J. Rogers, Allison L. Strom, Gwen C. Rudie +9

Galaxies at Cosmic Noon (z2-3) are characterized by rapid star formation that will lead to significant metal enrichment in the interstellar medium (ISM). While much observati…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 2 cited

CECILIA: Ultra-Deep Rest-Optical Spectra of Faint Galaxies at Cosmic Noon

Menelaos Raptis, Ryan F. Trainor, Allison L. Strom +6

Intrinsically faint galaxies at offer critical insights into early galaxy formation, tracing low-metallicity, low-mass systems during Cosmic Noon and serving as analogs…

astro-ph.GA2025

Exploring the Relationship Between Stellar Mass, Metallicity, and Star Formation Rate at in KBSS-MOSFIRE

Nathalie A. Korhonen Cuestas, Allison L. Strom, Tim B. Miller +4

The metal enrichment of a galaxy is determined by the cycle of baryons in outflows, inflows, and star formation. The relative contribution and timescale of each process sets the re…

astro-ph.IM2024

On the Use of Letters of Recommendation in Astronomy and Astrophysics Graduate Admissions

Darcy Barron, Rachel Bezanson, Laura Blecha +8

Letters of recommendation are a common tool used in graduate admissions. Most admissions systems require three letters for each applicant, burdening both letter writers and admissi…

astro-ph.GA2023

CECILIA: Direct O, N, S, and Ar Abundances in Q2343-D40, a Galaxy at 3

Noah S. J. Rogers, Allison L. Strom, Gwen C. Rudie +3

Measurements of chemical abundances in high- star-forming (SF) galaxies place important constraints on the enrichment histories of galaxies and the physical conditions in the ea…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 28 cited

CECILIA: The Faint Emission Line Spectrum of z~2-3 Star-forming Galaxies

Allison L. Strom, Gwen C. Rudie, Ryan F. Trainor +7

We present the first results from CECILIA, a Cycle 1 JWST NIRSpec/MSA program that uses ultra-deep ~30 hour G235M/F170LP observations to target multiple electron temperature-sensit…

astro-ph.HE2023

Measurements of the Crab Pulsar's Giant Radio Pulse Amplitude Power-Law Index Using Low-Frequency Arecibo and Green Bank Telescope Observations

F. Crawford, T. J. W. Lazio, A. McEwen +4

We report two low-frequency measurements of the power-law index for the amplitudes of giant radio pulses from the Crab pulsar. The two observations were taken with the Arecibo and…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 29 cited

The Circumgalactic Medium of Extreme Emission Line Galaxies at z ~ 2: Resolved Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer Modeling of Spatially Extended Lyman-alpha Emission in the KBSS-KCWI Survey

Dawn K. Erb, Zhihui Li, Charles C. Steidel +5

The resonantly scattered Lyman- line illuminates the extended halos of neutral hydrogen in the circumgalactic medium of galaxies. We present integral field Keck Cosmic Web Image…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 6 cited

Reconciling the Results of the z~2 MOSDEF and KBSS-MOSFIRE Surveys

Jordan N. Runco, Naveen A. Reddy, Alice E. Shapley +21

The combination of the MOSDEF and KBSS-MOSFIRE surveys represents the largest joint investment of Keck/MOSFIRE time to date, with ~3000 galaxies at 1.4<=z<=3.8, roughly half of whi…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 54 cited

Chemical abundance scaling relations for multiple elements in z~2-3 star-forming galaxies

Allison L. Strom, Gwen C. Rudie, Charles C. Steidel +1

The chemical abundance patterns of gas and stars in galaxies are powerful probes of galaxies' star formation histories and the astrophysics of galaxy assembly but are challenging t…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 41 cited

The KBSS-KCWI Survey: The connection between extended Ly halos and galaxy azimuthal angle at

Yuguang Chen, Charles C. Steidel, Dawn K. Erb +9

We present the first statistical analysis of kinematically-resolved, spatially-extended Ly emission around galaxies in the Keck Baryonic Structure Survey (KBSS) using…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 73 cited

The Keck Baryonic Structure Survey: Using foreground/background galaxy pairs to trace the structure and kinematics of circumgalactic neutral hydrogen at

Yuguang Chen, Charles C. Steidel, Cameron B. Hummels +13

We present new measurements of the spatial distribution and kinematics of neutral hydrogen in the circumgalactic and intergalactic medium surrounding star-forming galaxies at z ~ 2…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 40 cited

Predicting Ly Emission from Galaxies via Empirical Markers of Production and Escape in the KBSS

Ryan F. Trainor, Allison L. Strom, Charles C. Steidel +3

Ly emission is widely used to detect and confirm high-redshift galaxies and characterize the evolution of the intergalactic medium. However, many galaxies do not display Ly e…

astro-ph.GA2019

Multi-Filament Inflows Fueling Young Star Forming Galaxies

D. Christopher Martin, Donal O'Sullivan, Mateusz Matuszweski +13

Theory suggests that there are two primary modes of accretion through which dark matter halos acquire the gas to form and fuel galaxies, hot and cold mode accretion. In cold mode a…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 112 cited

The Column Density, Kinematics, and Thermal State of Metal-Bearing Gas within the Virial Radius of z~2 Star-Forming Galaxies in the Keck Baryonic Structure Survey

Gwen C. Rudie, Charles C. Steidel, Max Pettini +5

We present results from the Keck Baryonic Structure Survey (KBSS) including the first detailed measurements of the column densities, kinematics, and internal energy of metal-bearin…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 10 cited

The SCUBA-2 Web Survey: I. Observations of CO(3-2) in hyper-luminous QSO fields

Ryley Hill, Scott C. Chapman, Douglas Scott +8

A primary goal of the SCUBA-2 Web survey is to perform tomography of the early inter-galactic medium by studying systems containing some of the brightest quasi-stellar objects (QSO…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 15 cited

Imaging Spectroscopy of Ionized Gaseous Nebulae around Optically Faint AGN at Redshift z ~ 2

David R. Law, Charles C. Steidel, Yuguang Chen +3

We present Keck/OSIRIS laser guide-star assisted adaptive optics (LGSAO) integral field spectroscopy of [O III] 5007 Angstrom nebular emission from twelve galaxies hosting opticall…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 320 cited

The Keck Lyman Continuum Spectroscopic Survey (KLCS): The Emergent Ionizing Spectrum of Galaxies at

C. C. Steidel, M. Bogosavljevic, A. E. Shapley +5

We present results of a deep spectroscopic survey designed to quantify the statistics of the escape of ionizing photons from star-forming galaxies at z~3. We measure the ratio of i…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 85 cited

Dust Attenuation, Star Formation, and Metallicity in z ~ 2-3 Galaxies from KBSS-MOSFIRE

Rachel L. Theios, Charles C. Steidel, Allison L. Strom +3

We present a detailed analysis of 317 star-forming galaxies from the Keck Baryonic Structure Survey (KBSS). Using complementary spectroscopic observations wit…