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most citedEMPRESS. V. Metallicity Diagnostics of Galaxies over 12+log(O/H)=~6.9-8.9 Established by a Local Galaxy Census: Preparing for JWST Spectroscopy

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astro-ph.GA2026

Gas-Phase Metallicity and Nitrogen Abundances in Low-Mass Galaxies Down to at -- from JWST Lensing Cluster Surveys

Hiroya Umeda, Masami Ouchi, Kimihiko Nakajima +7

We analyze 405 deep JWST/NIRSpec spectra of star-forming galaxies at -- from DREAMS and other lensing-cluster surveys to study chemical enrichment in intrinsically fai…

astro-ph.GA2026

Chemical Abundance Ratios of Nitrogen Rich Galaxies Identified at : Observational Demographics and Models

Kuria Watanabe, Masami Ouchi, Kimihiko Nakajima +13

We present chemical abundance ratios of 8 nitrogen-rich ([N/O]) galaxies at identified by the first 4 years of the JWST observations, and compare these ratios wi…

astro-ph.GA2026★ 1 cited

Back to Normal Again: Possible Destinies of JWST overmassive SMBHs and "Little Red Dots" in the View of Shin-Uchuu Simulation

Haojie Hu, Hiroto Yanagisawa, Moka Nishigaki +3

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has enabled the discovery of hundreds of supermassive black holes (SMBHs) at redshifts . A non-negligible fraction of these SMBH…

astro-ph.GA2026

JWST Spectroscopic Census of ALMA Faint Submillimeter Galaxies in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field

Tomokazu Kiyota, Masami Ouchi, Daisuke Iono +6

We present a JWST/NIRSpec rest-frame optical spectroscopic census of ALMA 1-mm continuum sources in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (UDF) identified by the deep ALMA UDF and ASPECS pro…

astro-ph.GA2025

DREAMS.II. Galaxy Demographics from Direct Te-Based Metallicities at z~2-10: Tracing the Evolution of the Mass-Metallicity and Fundamental Relations

Moka Nishigaki, Kimihiko Nakajima, Masami Ouchi +6

We present the statistics of line ratios and direct Te-based metallicities from JWST medium-resolution spectra of 292 galaxies at z=2-10, combining DREAMS observations with those o…

astro-ph.GA2025

An Ultra-Faint, Chemically Primitive Galaxy Forming in the Reionization Era

Kimihiko Nakajima, Masami Ouchi, Yuichi Harikane +9

The formation of the first stars and galaxies marked the onset of chemical enrichment, yet direct observations of such primordial systems remain elusive. Here we present James Webb…

astro-ph.GA2025

ChemicalUniverseMachine I: Uncovering the Cosmic Evolution of Metals in the Galaxy-ISM-CGM Ecosystem

Moka Nishigaki, Peter Behroozi, Masami Ouchi +5

We present an empirical chemical evolution model that explains the distribution of metals in the interstellar medium (ISM) and the circumgalactic medium (CGM) of galaxies based on…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

Fe Abundances of Early Galaxies at Derived with Deep JWST Spectra

Minami Nakane, Masami Ouchi, Kimihiko Nakajima +12

We derive Fe-abundance ratios of 7 galaxies at with whose JWST/NIRSpec spectra achieve very high signal-to-noise ratios, , a…

astro-ph.GA2024

EMPRESS. X. Spatially resolved mass-metallicity relation in extremely metal-poor galaxies: evidence of episodic star-formation fueled by a metal-poor gas infall

Kimihiko Nakajima, Masami Ouchi, Yuki Isobe +47

Using the Subaru/FOCAS IFU capability, we examine the spatially resolved relationships between gas-phase metallicity, stellar mass, and star-formation rate surface densities (Sigma…

astro-ph.GA2024

Low [O/Fe] Ratio in a Luminous Galaxy at the Early Cosmic Epoch (): Signature of Short Delay Time or Bright Hypernovae/Pair-Instability Supernovae?

Minami Nakane, Masami Ouchi, Kimihiko Nakajima +12

We present an [O/Fe] ratio of a luminous galaxy GN-z11 at derived with the deep public JWST/NIRSpec data. We fit the medium-resolution grating (G140M, G235M, and G395M) d…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 1 cited

EMPRESS. XIV. Strong High Ionization Lines of Young Galaxies at : Ionizing Spectra Consistent with the Intermediate Mass Black Holes with

Shun Hatano, Masami Ouchi, Hiroya Umeda +16

We present ionizing spectra estimated at 13.6--100 eV for ten dwarf galaxies with strong high ionization lines of He {\sc {ii}}4686 and [Ne {\sc{v}}]3426 ([Ne {\sc{iv}}]24…

astro-ph.GA2023

EMPRESS. XIII. Chemical Enrichments of Young Galaxies Near and Far at z ~ 0 and 4-10: Fe/O, Ar/O, S/O, and N/O Measurements with Chemical Evolution Model Comparisons

Kuria Watanabe, Masami Ouchi, Kimihiko Nakajima +14

We present gas-phase elemental abundance ratios of 7 local extremely metal-poor galaxies (EMPGs) including our new Keck/LRIS spectroscopy determinations together with 33 JWST $z\si…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 2 cited

Near-infrared Variability Detected in the Young Star-Forming Dwarf Galaxy SBS 0335-052E

Shun Hatano, Mitsuru Kokubo, Masami Ouchi +17

SBS~0335-052E is a young star-forming dwarf galaxy with a total stellar mass of and an extremely low metallicity (), which…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 8 cited

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

Yi Xu, Masami Ouchi, Yuki Isobe +49

We present demography of the dynamics and gas-mass fraction of 33 extremely metal-poor galaxies (EMPGs) with metallicities of and low stellar masses of $10^4-…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 13 cited

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

Moka Nishigaki, Masami Ouchi, Kimihiko Nakajima +16

We search for local extremely metal-poor galaxies (EMPGs), selecting photometric candidates by broadband color excess and machine-learning techniques with the SDSS photometric data…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 10 cited

Classification of cosmic structures for galaxies with deep learning: connecting cosmological simulations with observations

Shigeki Inoue, Xiaotian Si, Takashi Okamoto +1

We explore the capability of deep learning to classify cosmic structures. In cosmological simulations, cosmic volumes are segmented into voids, sheets, filaments and knots, accordi…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 104 cited

EMPRESS. V. Metallicity Diagnostics of Galaxies over 12+log(O/H)=~6.9-8.9 Established by a Local Galaxy Census: Preparing for JWST Spectroscopy

Kimihiko Nakajima, Masami Ouchi, Yi Xu +13

We present optical-line gas metallicity diagnostics established by the combination of local SDSS galaxies and the largest compilation of extremely metal-poor galaxies (EMPGs) inclu…

astro-ph.GA2022

EMPRESS. IX. Extremely Metal-Poor Galaxies are Very Gas-Rich Dispersion-Dominated Systems: Will JWST Witness Gaseous Turbulent High-z Primordial Galaxies?

Yuki Isobe, Masami Ouchi, Kimihiko Nakajima +49

We present kinematics of 6 local extremely metal-poor galaxies (EMPGs) with low metallicities () and low stellar masses (). Tak…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 47 cited

EMPRESS. IV. Extremely Metal-Poor Galaxies (EMPGs) Including Very Low-Mass Primordial Systems with M*=10^4--10^5 M_sun and 2--3% (O/H)_sun: High (Fe/O) Suggestive of Metal Enrichment by Hypernovae/Pair-Instability Supernovae

Yuki Isobe, Masami Ouchi, Akihiro Suzuki +22

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 (~26…