Understanding galaxy evolution through emission lines

LJ Kewley, DC Nicholls… - Annual Review of …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
We review the use of emission lines for understanding galaxy evolution, focusing on
excitation source, metallicity, ionization parameter, ISM pressure, and electron density. We …

Extragalactic h ii regions

GA Shields - IN: Annual review of astronomy and astrophysics …, 1990 - adsabs.harvard.edu
Observational and theoretical studies of extragalactic H II regions are reviewed. The
physical properties of H II regions, their distribution in galaxies, and extinction are discussed …

Metallicity calibrations and the mass-metallicity relation for star-forming galaxies

LJ Kewley, SL Ellison - The Astrophysical Journal, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
We investigate the effect of metallicity calibrations, AGN classification, and aperture covering
fraction on the local mass-metallicity (MZ) relation using 27,730 star-forming galaxies from …

The galactic abundance gradient

PA Shaver, RX McGee, LM Newton… - Monthly Notices of …, 1983 - academic.oup.com
Radio and optical spectroscopy have been combined to measure chemical abundances in a
large and representative sample of galactic H ii regions covering a wide range in …

Spectroscopy of outlying H II regions in spiral galaxies: abundances and radial gradients

L van Zee, JJ Salzer, MP Haynes… - The Astronomical …, 1998 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the results of low-dispersion optical spectroscopy of 186 H II regions spanning a
range of radius in 13 spiral galaxies. Abundances for several elements (oxygen, nitrogen …

Realistic ionizing fluxes for young stellar populations from 0.05 to 2 Z

LJ Smith, RPF Norris… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2002 - academic.oup.com
We present a new grid of ionizing fluxes for O and Wolf—Rayet (W—R) stars for use with
evolutionary synthesis codes and single-star H ii region analyses. A total of 230 expanding …

[图书][B] Astrophysics of the diffuse universe

MA Dopita, RS Sutherland - 2013 - books.google.com
Our purpose in writing this book is to show how physics has been applied to developing our
current understanding of the phase structure, physical condi tions, chemical makeup and …

[HTML][HTML] Primordial nucleosynthesis-A critical comparison of theory and observation

J Yang, MS Turner, G Steigman… - … Journal, Part 1 …, 1984 - adsabs.harvard.edu
Primordial nucleosynthesis - A critical comparison of theory and observation ADS Classic is
now deprecated. It will be completely retired in October 2019. This page will automatically …

On the composition of H II regions in southern galaxies – III. NGC 2997 and 7793

MG Edmunds, BEJ Pagel - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 1984 - academic.oup.com
AAT/IPCS spectra have been obtained for a part of the nuclear region and for four H ii
regions in the SABc galaxy NGC 2997, and for the nucleus and five H ii regions in the …

Theoretical models for H II regions. II-The extragalactic H II region abundance sequence

MA Dopita, IN Evans - … Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol …, 1986 - adsabs.harvard.edu
With the aid of an extensive homogeneous grid of theoretical photoionization models (Evans
and Dopita, 1985), a multiline fit to the observed emission-line spectral sequence of …