Element Abundances in Nearby Galaxies
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
In these lectures I present a highly opinionated review of the observed patterns of metallicity and element abundance ratios in nearby spiral, irregular, and dwarf elliptical galaxies, with connection to a number of astrophysical issues associated with chemical evolution. I also discuss some of the observational and theoretical issues associated with measuring abundances in H II regions and gas and stellar surface densities in disk galaxies. Finally, I will outline a few open questions that deserve attention in future investigations.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0211148,
title = {Element Abundances in Nearby Galaxies},
author = {Donald R. Garnett},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0211148},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
48 pages, 21 postscript figures, uses CUP conference style (included); invited review for the XIII Canary Islands Winter School on Astrophysics