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There are known differences between the physical properties of HII and diffuse ionized gas (DIG), but most of the studied regions in the literature are relatively bright. We compiled a faint sample of 390 HII regions with median…

We present spectroscopic observations of ionized gas in the disk-halo regions of five edge-on galaxies, covering a wavelength range from [OII] 3727A to [SII] 6716.4A. The inclusion of the [OII] emission provides additional constraints on…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 B. Otte , J. S. Gallagher , R. J. Reynolds

We analyze the diffuse ionized gas (DIG) in the first Galactic quadrant from l=18deg to 40deg using radio recombination line (RRL) data from the Green Bank Telescope. These data allow us to distinguish DIG emission from HII region emission…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-11-15 Matteo Luisi , L. D. Anderson , Dana S. Balser , Trey V. Wenger , T. M. Bania

Using integral field spectroscopic data of 24 nearby spiral galaxies obtained with the Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE), we derive empirical calibrations to determine the metallicity of the diffuse ionized gas (DIG) and/or of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-02-13 Nimisha Kumari , Roberto Maiolino , Francesco Belfiore , Mirko Curti

We have studied the spectral characteristics of the Diffuse Ionized Gas in two irregular galaxies with low metallicities and intermediate Star Formation Rates: ESO 245-G05 and Gr 8. The [OIII]/Hbeta in these galaxies is higher than in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 A. M. Hidalgo-Gamez

Galaxy metallicity scaling relations provide a powerful tool for understanding galaxy evolution, but obtaining unbiased global galaxy gas-phase oxygen abundances requires proper treatment of the various line-emitting sources within…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-12-13 Ryan L. Sanders , Alice E. Shapley , Kai Zhang , Renbin Yan

Two-dimensional (2D) line ratio diagnostic diagrams have become a key tool in understanding the excitation mechanisms of galaxies. The curves used to separate the different regions - HII-like or else excited by an active galactic nucleus…

Optical emission lines are used to categorize galaxies into three groups according to their dominant central radiation source: active galactic nuclei, star formation, or low-ionization (nuclear) emission regions [LI(N)ERs] that may trace…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-07-07 Dhanesh Krishnarao , Robert A. Benjamin , L. Matthew Haffner

In order to investigate the contribution of diffuse components to their total HI emission, we have obtained high precision HI line flux densities with the 100m Green Bank Telescope for a sample of 100 isolated spiral and irregular galaxies…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 David E. Hogg , Morton S. Roberts , Martha P. Haynes , Ronald J. Maddalena

We present a new catalog of HII regions based on the integral field spectroscopy (IFS) data of the extended CALIFA and PISCO samples. The selection of HII regions was based on two assumptions: a clumpy structure with high contrast of…

The metallicity of diffuse ionised gas (DIG) cannot be determined using strong emission line diagnostics, which are calibrated to calculate the metallicity of Hii regions. Because of this, resolved metallicity maps from integral field…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-06-15 Benjamin Metha , Michele Trenti , Tingjin Chu , Andrew Battisti

We use narrow-band Halpha+[NII] imaging data gathered during VESTIGE, a blind survey of the Virgo cluster carried out with MegaCam at the CFHT, to identify HII regions in 385 galaxies showing ionised gas emission. We identify 76645 HII…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-05-07 A. Boselli , M. Fossati , Y. Roehlly , M. Boquien , J. Braine , P. Cote , J. C. Cuillandre , B. Epinat , L. Ferrarese , S. Gwyn , G. Hensler

Using data from the all-sky Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) satellite, we made a catalog of over 8000 Galactic HII regions and HII region candidates by searching for their characteristic mid-infrared (MIR) morphology. WISE has…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-18 L. D. Anderson , T. M. Bania , Dana S. Balser , V. Cunningham , T. V. Wenger , B. M. Johnstone , W. P. Armentrout

We present the ionised gas properties and metallicity gradients of 43 galaxies observed by the MEGADES survey. Using the MEGARA (Multi-Espectrografo en GTC de Alta Resolucion para Astronomia) instrument, our data combine relatively high…

We present for the first time a new data set of emission line widths for 118 star-forming regions in HII galaxies (HIIGs). This homogeneous set is used to investigate the L-sigma relation in conjunction with optical spectrophotometric…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-18 Vinicius Bordalo , Eduardo Telles

We present spectroscopic data of ionized gas in the disk--halo regions of three edge-on galaxies, NGC 891, NGC 4631 and NGC 3079, covering a wavelength range from [\ion{O}{2}] $\lambda$3727\AA to [\ion{S}{2}] $\lambda$6716.4\AA. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 B. Otte , R. J. Reynolds , J. S. Gallagher , A. M. N. Ferguson

(Abridged) We present H-alpha images of five edge-on galaxies: NGC 891, NGC 4631, NGC 4244, NGC 3003, and UGC 9242. We also analyze [SII] 6717+6731A and [OIII] 5007A images of NGC 4631. We analyze the ionized gas content, with particular…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Charles Hoopes , Rene Walterbos , Richard Rand

Observations of ionised H$\alpha$ gas in high-redshift disc galaxies have ubiquitously found significant line broadening, $\sigma_{\rm H\alpha}\sim10-100$ km s$^{-1}$. To understand whether this broadening reflects gas turbulence within the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-09-17 Timmy Ejdetjärn , Oscar Agertz , Göran Östlin , Martin P. Rey , Florent Renaud

The Green Bank Telescope (GBT) Diffuse Ionized Gas Survey (GDIGS) traces ionized gas in the Galactic midplane by observing radio recombination line (RRL) emission from 4-8 GHz. The nominal survey zone is $32.3^{\circ}> {\ell} > -5^{\circ}$,…

We present spectroscopic observations of diffuse ionized gas (DIG) in M33 near the HII region NGC 604. We present the first detection of [OI] 6300 in the DIG of M33, one of the critical lines for distinguishing photo- from shock ionization…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 E. S. Voges , R. A. M. Walterbos