Carbon and Oxygen Abundances from Recombination Lines in Low Metallicity H II Regions

Esteban C.; García-Rojas J.; Mesa-Delgado A.

Vol. 44 No. 1 (2014), Contributions

Vol. 44 No. 1 (2014)

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Carbon and Oxygen Abundances from Recombination Lines in Low Metallicity H II Regions

Esteban C.⁺⁻
García-Rojas J.⁺⁻
Mesa-Delgado A.⁺⁻

Esteban C.

Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38200 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain

García-Rojas J.

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Mesa-Delgado A.

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H II regions
Galaxies: Abundances
Galaxies: Irregular
Galaxies: Compact

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Carbon and Oxygen Abundances from Recombination Lines in Low Metallicity H II Regions. (2014). Revista Mexicana De Astrofísica Y Astronomía Serie De Conferencias, 44(1), 18-18. https://astronomia.unam.mx/journals/rmxac/article/view/2014rmxac..44...18e

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Abstract

We have measured C II and O II recombination lines in several H II regions of low-metallicity dwarf galaxies. These objects show lower C/O ratios than H II regions in spiral galaxies, indicating different chemical evolution histories.

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