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M 33的金属丰度梯度:HII区的化学丰度

The metallicity gradient of M 33: chemical abundances of HII regions

L. Magrini, J. M. Vilchez, A. Mampaso, R. L. M. Corradi, P. Leisy

摘要:

我们目前的光谱观测的样本72发射线对象,主要包括HII地区,在螺旋星系M 33。光谱是用4.2米WHT望远镜上的多目标宽视场光谱仪AF 2/WYFFOS获得的。线强度,消光,和电子密度确定了整个样品的对象。本工作的目的是推导出一组HII区域的化学和物理参数,并从它们的金属丰度梯度。电子温度和化学丰度推导出的14个HII区域,其中[OII]和[OIII]发射线通量进行了测量,包括电子温度敏感的发射线[OIII] 436.3 nm,在少数情况下[NII] 575.5 nm。电离校正因子(ICF)方法被用来推导总化学丰度。丰度梯度的存在是从几个发射线比率的径向行为推断出来的,并从14个HII区域中直接得出的化学丰度进行了精确测量。我们的HII区的氧丰度,位于~2至~7.2 kpc的径向区域,给出了氧梯度-0.054+/-0.011 dex/kpc。使用我们和以前在大量HII区的直接电子温度测定以及年轻恒星的丰度测定获得的M33的总氧梯度呈现两个斜坡形状:中心区域(R<3 kpc)为-0.19 dex/kpc,外部区域(R>= 3 kpc)为-0.038 dex/kpc。

英文摘要:

We present spectroscopic observations of a sample of 72 emission-line objects, including mainly HII regions, in the spiral galaxy M 33. Spectra were obtained with the multi-object, wide field spectrograph AF2/WYFFOS at the 4.2m WHT telescope. Line intensities, extinction, and electron density were determined for the whole sample of objects. The aim of the present work was to derive chemical and physical parameters of a set of HII regions, and from them the metallicity gradient. Electron temperatures and chemical abundances were derived for the 14 HII regions where both [OII] and [OIII] emission line fluxes were measured, including the electron temperature sensitive emission line [OIII] 436.3 nm and in a few cases [NII] 575.5 nm. The ionization correction factor (ICF) method was used to derive the total chemical abundances. The presence of abundance gradients was inferred from the radial behaviour of several emission-line ratios, and accurately measured from chemical abundances directly derived in 14 HII regions. The oxygen abundances of our HII regions, located in the radial region from ~2 to ~7.2 kpc, gave an oxygen gradient -0.054+/-0.011 dex/kpc The overall oxygen gradient for M 33 obtained using ours and previous oxygen determinations in a large number of HII regions with direct electron temperature determination as well as abundance in young stars presented a two slope shape: -0.19 dex/kpc for the central regions (R<3kpc), and -0.038dex/kpc for the outer regions (R>=3kpc).

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