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Chemical evolution of DLA systems | | F. Matteucci
; P. Molaro
; G. Vladilo
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9 May 1996 | | Subject: | astro-ph | | Abstract: | High redshift DLA systems suggest that the relative abundances of elements might be roughly solar, although with absolute abundances of more than two orders of magnitude below solar. The result comes from observations of the [SII/ZnII] ratio, which is a reliable diagnostic of the true abundance, and from DLA absorbers with small dust depletion and negligible HII contamination. In particular, in two DLA systems nitrogen is detected and at remarkably high levels (Vladilo et al. 1995, Molaro et al. 1995, Green et al. 1995, Kulkarni et al. 1996). Here we compare the predictions from chemical evolution models of galaxies of different morphological type with the abundances and abundance ratios derived for such systems. We conclude that solar ratios and relatively high nitrogen abundances can be obtained in the framework of a chemical evolution model assuming short but intense bursts of star formation, which in turn trigger enriched galactic winds, and a primary origin for nitrogen in massive stars. Such a model is the most successful in describing the chemical abundances of dwarf irregular galaxies and in particular of the peculiar galaxy IZw18. Thus, solar ratios at very low absolute abundances, if confirmed, seem to favour dwarf galaxies rather than spirals as the progenitors of at least some of the DLA systems. | | Source: | arXiv, astro-ph/9605039 | | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites | |
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