The oxygen abundance gradient in M101: the reliability of the P method
Astrophysics
2009-11-10 v1
Abstract
We present the oxygen abundance determination for 90 HII regions in the inner parts of the grand design galaxy M101. The abundances were derived employing the P method (Pilyugin 2001a). A comparison is made with previous determinations using another calibration and direct measurements of electron temperature to derive the oxygen abundance. The results show agreement with the abundances derived from the electron temperature method and also show that the older calibration is not as accurate as the P method.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0404573,
title = {The oxygen abundance gradient in M101: the reliability of the P method},
author = {B. Cedres and M. A. Urbaneja and J. Cepa},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0404573},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
4 pages, 3 figures. Accepted for publication in A&A