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 faint, low-mass galaxies. The sample covers to and reaches , with 50% of the sources at magnified by . From individual spectra and mass-binned stacks, we derive the gas-phase metallicity together with nitrogen and carbon abundances using the rest-frame UV and optical lines. \Add{We derive new empirical strong-line metallicity calibrations using direct-method measurements from stellar-mass-binned stacks, reaching a representative stellar mass of . Applying these calibrations, we trace the mass–metallicity relation down to , where it reaches , with a low-mass slope slightly steeper than the local relation and in broad agreement with hydrodynamical simulations.} In the stack, N/O from N,{\sc iv}], exceeds that from [N,{\sc ii}], by dex. The UV–optical difference could indicate a localized, highly ionized N-rich component whose high N/O and subsolar C/O resemble nitrogen-rich globular-cluster populations with . \Add{The combination of these abundance patterns and a He,{\sc ii},\W4686/H ratio of , well above BPASS predictions, suggests that WR stars may contribute both prompt CNO-cycle enrichment and hard ionizing radiation, with the inferred WR population potentially supplying enough nitrogen to account for the excess on globular-cluster scales.

生成讲解博客的中文版本

生成AI智能校验的中文版本