First direct metallicity measurement of a lensed star-forming galaxy at z = 1.7

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Yuan, Tiantian
Kewley, Lisa

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Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd.

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We present the rest-frame optical spectrum of a strongly lensed galaxy at redshift z = 1.7 behind the cluster Abell 1689. We detect the temperature sensitive auroral line [OIII] λ4363, which allows the first direct metallicity measurement for galaxies at

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Astrophysical Journal Letters

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2037-12-31