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The emission line sequence of H II galaxies | | G. Stasinska
; Y. Izotov
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22 Dec 2002 | | Subject: | astro-ph | | Affiliation: | LUTH, Observatoire de Meudon, Meudon, France), Y. Izotov (Main Astronomical Observatory, Kyiv, Ukraine | | Abstract: | We consider 400 H II galaxies in which the oxygen abundances were obtained by electron temperature based methods. We split the sample in three metallicity bins. In each bin, a narrow sequence is found not only in pure emission line ratio diagrams but also in terms of Hbeta equivalent width, indicating the existence of an evolutionary sequence. Our diagrams show unambiguously the existence of an evolution on a timescale of a few Myr. We compare the observed sequences with photoionization models of appropriate metallicity. In order to understand the evolution of H II galaxies one needs to consider the evolution of the gas as well as that of the stars. The observations require EW(Hbeta) to decrease more rapidly than predicted by the passive evolution of a starburst. A photoionized adiabatic expanding bubble with a covering factor decreasing with time reproduces most diagrams. However, the question of the heating of H II galaxies and the origin of the nebular He II 4686 emission are not settled. We find evidence for self-enrichment in nitrogen on a time scale of several Myr. | | Source: | arXiv, astro-ph/0301442 | | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites | |
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