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We have derived the oxygen abundance for a sample of nearby galaxies in the Data Release 5 of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) which possess at least two independent spectra of one or several HII regions with a detected [OIII]4363…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 L. S. Pilyugin , T. X. Thuan

Our purpose is to find which is the most reliable one among various oxygen abundance determination methods. We will test the validity of several different oxygen abundance determination methods using methods of modern statistics. These…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-10-25 F. Shi , G. Zhao , James Wicker

To calibrate the relationship between Ne3O2 (Ne3O2 = log(\neiii$\lambda3869$/\oii$\lambda3727$)) and oxygen abundances, we present a sample of $\sim$3000 $\hii$ galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) data release four. They are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-19 F. Shi , G. Zhao , Y. C. Liang

Using a large sample of 38,478 star-forming galaxies selected from the Second Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey database (SDSS-DR2), we derive analytical calibrations for oxygen abundances from several metallicity-sensitive…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Y. C. Liang , S. Y. Yin , F. Hammer , L. C. Deng , H. Flores , B. Zhang

We aim to derive the electron temperature Te in the gas of metal-rich star-forming galaxies, which can be obtained from their ratios of auroral lines [O II]7320,7330 to nebular lines [O II]3727, in order to establish a more robust…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Y. C. Liang , F. Hammer , S. Y. Yin , H. Flores , M. Rodrigues , Yanbin Yang

We determine the gas-phase oxygen abundance for a sample of 695 galaxies and H II regions with reliable detections of [O III]4363, using the temperature-sensitive Te method. Our aims are to estimate the validity of empirical methods such as…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 S. Y. Yin , Y. C. Liang , F. Hammer , J. Brinchmann , B. Zhang , L. C. Deng , H. Flores

This is the fifth paper in a series studying the stellar components, star formation histories, star formation rates and metallicities of a blue compact galaxy (BCG) sample. Based on our high-quality ground-based spectroscopic observations,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 F. Shi , X. Kong , C. Li , F. Z. Cheng

We have re-evaluated empirical expressions for the abundance determination of N, O, Ne, S, Cl, Ar and Fe taking into account the latest atomic data and constructing an appropriate grid of photoionization models with state-of-the art model…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-07-28 Y. I. Izotov , G. Stasinska , G. Meynet , N. G. Guseva , T. X. Thuan

We present high S/N spectroscopy of 15 emission-line galaxies (ELGs) cataloged in the KPNO International Spectroscopic Survey (KISS), selected for their possession of high equivalent width [O III] lines. The primary goal of this study was…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-08-19 Alec S. Hirschauer , John J. Salzer , Fabio Bresolin , Ivo Saviane , Irina Yegorova

We spectroscopically analyzed a sample of 85 Sloan Digital Sky Survey compact, oxygen-dominated galaxies located at redshift $z\sim0.001-0.350$, selected because of their large equivalent width of [O III]$\lambda$5007 (larger than 200\AA).…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-07-28 B. E. Miranda-Pérez , A. M. Hidalgo-Gámez

We present 6.5-meter MMT and 3.5m APO spectrophotometry of 69 H II regions in 42 low-metallicity emission-line galaxies, selected from the Data Release 7 of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey to have mostly [O III]4959/Hbeta < 1 and [N…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-29 Y. I. Izotov , T. X. Thuan , N. G. Guseva

We select 947 star-forming galaxies from SDSS-DR7 with [O~{\sc iii}]$\lambda$4363 emission lines detected at a signal-to-noise {ratio }larger than 5$\sigma$. Their electron temperatures and direct oxygen abundances are {then }determined.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-19 WeiBin Shi , YanChun Liang , Xu Shao , XiaoWei Liu , Gang Zhao , Francois Hammer , Yong Zhang , Hector Flores , GuiPing Ruan , Li Zhou

We have derived element abundances in 310 emission-line galaxies from the Early Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) for which the [O {\sc iii}] 4363 emission line was detected, allowing abundance determination by direct…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Y. I. Izotov , G. Stasinska , N. G. Guseva , T. X. Thuan

We compare the oxygen abundance (O/H) of the Narrow Line Regions (NLRs) of Seyfert 2 AGNs obtained through strong-line methods and from direct measurements of the electron temperature (Te-method). The aim of this study is to explore the…

The oxygen abundances for four dwarf spiral galaxies have been determined using long-slit spectroscopy. The abundances of these galaxies have not previously reported in the literature. Several HII regions were detected in each galaxy. The…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-01 A. M. Hidalgo-Gamez , D. Ramirez-Fuentes , J. J. Gonzalez

(abridged) We present 8.2m VLT spectroscopic observations of 28 HII regions in 16 emission-line galaxies and 3.6m ESO telescope spectroscopic observations of 38 HII regions in 28 emission-line galaxies. These emission-line galaxies were…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-30 N. G. Guseva , P. Papaderos , H. T. Meyer , Y. I. Izotov , K. J. Fricke

We present 6.5-meter MMT spectrophotometry of 20 H II regions in 13 extremely metal-poor emission-line galaxies selected from the Data Release 5 of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey to have [O III] 4959/Hbeta < 1 and [N II] 6583/Hbeta < 0.05.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Y. I. Izotov , T. X. Thuan

We present the largest direct-method abundance catalogue of galaxies to date, containing measurements of 49$\,$959 star-forming galaxies at $z < 0.96$ from DESI Data Release 2. By directly measuring electron temperatures across multiple…

(abridged) We present deep spectroscopy of a large sample of low-metallicity emission-line galaxies. The main goal of this study is to derive element abundances in these low-metallicity galaxies. We analyze 121 VLT spectra of HII regions in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-11-08 N. G. Guseva , Y. I. Izotov , G. Stasinska , K. J. Fricke , C. Henkel , P. Papaderos

We propose two statistical methods to derive oxygen abundances in HII regions and star forming galaxies and calibrate them with a sample of several hundred giant HII regions in spiral and blue compact galaxies as well as of galaxies from…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Grazyna Stasinska
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