CLASSY. VIII. Exploring the source of ionization with UV interstellar medium diagnostics in local high-z analogs

M Mingozzi, BL James, DA Berg… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
In the current JWST era, rest-frame UV spectra play a crucial role in enhancing our
understanding of the interstellar medium (ISM) and stellar properties of the first galaxies in …

Extremely metal-poor galaxies with HST/COS: laboratories for models of low-metallicity massive stars and high-redshift galaxies

P Senchyna, DP Stark, J Chevallard… - Monthly Notices of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Ultraviolet (UV) observations of local star-forming galaxies have begun to establish an
empirical baseline for interpreting the rest-UV spectra of reionization-era galaxies. However …

Chemical abundances in Seyfert galaxies–V. The discovery of shocked emission outside the AGN ionization axis

RA Riffel, OL Dors, M Armah… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
We present maps for the electron temperature in the inner kpc of three luminous Seyfert
galaxies: Mrk 79, Mrk 348, and Mrk 607 obtained from Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph …

Chemical abundances in Seyfert galaxies–X. Sulphur abundance estimates

OL Dors, M Valerdi, RA Riffel, R Riffel… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
For the first time, the sulphur abundance relative to hydrogen (S/H) in the narrow-line
regions of a sample of Seyfert 2 nuclei (Sy 2s) has been derived via direct estimation of the …

Chemical abundances in Seyfert galaxies–IX. Helium abundance estimates

OL Dors, M Valerdi, P Freitas-Lemes… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
For the first time, the helium abundance relative to hydrogen (He/H), which relied on direct
measurements of the electron temperature, has been derived in the narrow line regions …

Gas-phase metallicity determinations in nearby AGNs with SDSS-IV MaNGA: evidence of metal-poor accretion

JC do Nascimento, OL Dors… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
We derive the metallicity (traced by the O/H abundance) of the narrow-line region (NLR) of
108 Seyfert galaxies as well as radial metallicity gradients along their galaxy discs and of …

Chemical abundances of Seyfert 2 AGNs–III. Reducing the oxygen abundance discrepancy

OL Dors, R Maiolino, MV Cardaci… - Monthly Notices of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
We investigate the discrepancy between oxygen abundance estimations for narrow-line
regions of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) type Seyfert 2 derived using direct estimations of the …

Optical and mid-infrared line emission in nearby Seyfert galaxies

A Feltre, C Gruppioni, L Marchetti, A Mahoro… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
Line ratio diagnostics provide valuable clues as to the source of ionizing radiation in
galaxies with intense black hole accretion and starbursting events, such as local Seyfert …

Properties of five z ∼ 0.3–0.4 confirmed LyC leakers: VLT/XShooter observations

NG Guseva, YI Izotov, D Schaerer… - Monthly Notices of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT Using new Very Large Telescope (VLT)/XShooter spectral observations we
analyse the physical properties of five z∼ 0.3–0.4 confirmed Lyman continuum (LyC) …

Chemodynamics of green pea galaxies–I. Outflows and turbulence driving the escape of ionizing photons and chemical enrichment

L Hogarth, R Amorín, JM Vílchez… - Monthly Notices of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
We investigate the ionized gas kinematics, physical properties, and chemical abundances of
Sloan Digital Sky Survey J 142947, a Green Pea galaxy at redshift z∼ 0.17 with strong …