- Dai, Y Sophia;
- Malkan, Matthew M;
- Teplitz, Harry I;
- Scarlata, Claudia;
- Alavi, Anahita;
- Atek, Hakim;
- Bagley, Micaela;
- Baronchelli, Ivano;
- Battisti, Andrew;
- Bunker, Andrew J;
- Hathi, Nimish P;
- Henry, Alaina;
- Huang, Jiasheng;
- Jin, Gaoxiang;
- Li, Zijian;
- Martin, Crystal;
- Mehta, Vihang;
- Phillips, John;
- Rafelski, Marc;
- Rutkowski, Michael;
- Xu, Hai;
- Xu, Cong K;
- Zanella, Anita
We identify a sample of spectroscopically measured emission line galaxy (ELG) Pairs up to z = 1.6 from the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) Infrared Spectroscopic Parallels (WISP) survey. WISP obtained slitless, near-infrared grism spectroscopy along with direct imaging in the J and H bands by observing in the pure-parallel mode with the WFC3 on board the Hubble Space Telescope. From our search of 419 WISP fields covering an area of ∼0.5 deg2, we find 413 ELG pair systems, mostly H α emitters. We then derive reliable star formation rates (SFRs) based on the attenuation-corrected H α fluxes. Compared to isolated galaxies, we find an average SFR enhancement of 40%–65%, which is stronger for major Pairs and Pairs with smaller velocity separations (Δ v < 300 km s−1). Based on the stacked spectra from various subsamples, we study the trends of emission line ratios in pairs, and find a general consistency with enhanced lower ionization lines. We study the pair fraction among ELGs, and find a marginally significant increase with redshift f ∝ (1 + z) α , where the power-law index α = 0.58 ± 0.17 from z ∼ 0.2 to ∼1.6. The fraction of active galactic nuclei is found to be the same in the ELG Pairs as compared to the isolated ELGs.