The evolution of CNO elements in galaxies

D Romano - The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review, 2022 - Springer
After hydrogen and helium, oxygen, carbon, and nitrogen—hereinafter, the CNO elements—
are the most abundant species in the universe. They are observed in all kinds of …

A first look at the abundance pattern—O/H, C/O, and Ne/O—in z> 7 galaxies with JWST/NIRSpec

KZ Arellano-Córdova, DA Berg… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We analyze the rest-frame near-UV and optical nebular spectra of three z> 7 galaxies from
the Early Release Observations taken with the Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) on the …

CLASSY IV. Exploring UV diagnostics of the interstellar medium in local high-z analogs at the dawn of the JWST era

M Mingozzi, BL James… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) Legacy Archive Spectroscopic SurveY
(CLASSY) provides the first high-resolution spectral catalog of 45 local high-z analogs in the …

The Gaia-ESO survey: Mapping the shape and evolution of the radial abundance gradients with open clusters

L Magrini, CV Vázquez, L Spina, S Randich… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
Context. The spatial distribution of elemental abundances and their time evolution are
among the major constraints to disentangling the scenarios of formation and evolution of the …

Mapping the Galactic metallicity gradient with open clusters: the state-of-the-art and future challenges

L Spina, L Magrini, K Cunha - Universe, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this paper, we make use of data collected for open cluster members by high-resolution
spectroscopic surveys and programmes (ie, APOGEE, Gaia-ESO, GALAH, OCCASO, and …

Large metallicity variations in the Galactic interstellar medium

A De Cia, EB Jenkins, AJ Fox, C Ledoux… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
The interstellar medium (ISM) comprises gases at different temperatures and densities,
including ionized, atomic and molecular species, and dust particles. The neutral ISM is …

HOMERUN: A new approach to photoionization modeling-I. Reproducing observed emission lines with percent accuracy and obtaining accurate physical properties of …

A Marconi, A Amiri, A Feltre, F Belfiore, G Cresci… - Astronomy & …, 2024 - aanda.org
We present HOMERUN (Highly Optimized Multi-cloud Emission-line Ratios Using photo-
ionizatioN), a new approach to modeling emission lines from photoionized gas that can …

Oxygen, sulfur, and iron radial abundance gradients of classical Cepheids across the Galactic thin disk

R Da Silva, V D'orazi, M Palla, G Bono… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
Context. Classical Cepheids (CCs) are solid distance indicators and tracers of young stellar
populations. Dating back to the beginning of the 20th century, they have been safely …

Light elements in the Universe

S Randich, L Magrini - Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Due to their production sites, as well as to how they are processed and destroyed in stars,
the light elements are excellent tools to investigate a number of crucial issues in modern …

Gradients of chemical abundances in the Milky Way from H ii regions: distances derived from Gaia EDR3 parallaxes and temperature inhomogeneities

JE Méndez-Delgado, A Amayo… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
We present a reassessment of the radial abundance gradients of He, C, N, O, Ne, S, Cl, and
Ar in the Milky Way using the deep optical spectra of 42 H ii regions presented in Arellano …