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S2N2金属丰度校准品和M 33丰度梯度

The S2N2 metallicity calibrator and the abundance gradient of M 33

K. Viironen, G. Delgado-Inglada, A. Mampaso, L. Magrini, R. L. M. Corradi

摘要:

我们引入log(Ha/[SII]6717+6731)与log(Ha/[NII]6583)(S2 N2)诊断图作为外星系HII区的金属丰度和电离参数指标。从实验和理论两方面研究了HII区在S_2N_2图中的位置。我们发现,对于广泛的金属丰度,S2 N2图给出单值的结果在金属丰度电离参数平面。我们证明了S2 N2图是估算高红移(z ~ 2)HII星系金属丰度的有力工具。最后,我们从S2 N2图中导出了M33中76个HII区域的金属丰度,并计算出该星系的O/H丰度梯度为-0.05(+-0.01)dex kpc^-1。

英文摘要:

We introduce the log(Ha/[SII]6717+6731) vs. log(Ha/[NII]6583) (S2N2) diagnostic diagram as metallicity and ionisation parameter indicator for HII regions in external galaxies. The location of HII regions in the S2N2 diagram was studied both empirically and theoretically. We found that, for a wide range of metallicities, the S2N2 diagram gives single valued results in the metallicity-ionisation parameter plane. We demonstrate that the S2N2 diagram is a powerful tool to estimate metallicities of high-redshift (z ~ 2) HII galaxies. Finally, we derive the metallicity for 76 HII regions in M33 from the S2N2 diagram and calculate an O/H abundance gradient for this galaxy of -0.05 (+-0.01) dex kpc^-1.

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