- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/500/2359
- Title:
- HII region emission-line fluxes analysis
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/500/2359
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Studies of gas-phase radial metallicity profiles in spirals published in the last decade have diminished the importance of galactic bars as agents that mix and flatten the profiles, contradicting results obtained in the 1990s. We have collected a large sample of 2831 published HII region emission-line fluxes in 51 nearby galaxies, including objects both with and without the presence of a bar, with the aim of revisiting the issue of whether bars affect the radial metal distribution in spirals. In this first paper of a series of two, we present the galaxy and the HII region samples. The methodology is homogeneous for the whole data sample and includes the derivation of HII region chemical abundances, structural parameters of bars and discs, galactocentric distances, and radial abundance profiles. We have obtained O/H and N/O abundance ratios from the Te-based (direct) method for a sub-sample of 610 regions, and from a variety of strong-line methods for the whole HII region sample. The strong-line methods have been evaluated in relation to the Te-based one from both a comparison of the derived O/H and N/O abundances for individual HII regions, and a comparison of the abundance gradients derived from both methodologies. The median value and the standard deviation of the gradient distributions depend on the abundance method, and those based on the O3N2 indicator tend to flatten the steepest profiles, reducing the range of observed gradients. A detailed analysis and discussion of the derived O/H and N/O radial abundance gradients and y-intercepts for barred and unbarred galaxies is presented in the companion Paper II (Zurita et al., 2021MNRAS.500.2380Z). The whole HII region catalogue including emission-line fluxes, positions and derived abundances is made publicly available on the CDS VizieR facility, together with the radial abundance gradients for all galaxies.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/602/200
- Title:
- HII regions abundances in blue compact galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/602/200
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We use spectroscopic observations of a sample of 82 HII regions in 76 blue compact galaxies to determine the primordial helium abundance Yp and the slope dY/dZ from the Y-O/H linear regression. To improve the accuracy of the dY/dZ measurement, we have included new spectrophotometric observations of 33 HII regions that span a large metallicity range, with oxygen abundance 12+log(O/H) varying between 7.43 and 8.30 (Z_{sun}_/30<=Z<=Z_{sun}_/4). Most of the new galaxies were selected from the First Byurakan, the Hamburg/SAO, and the University of Michigan objective prism surveys.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/636/214
- Title:
- HII regions in dwarf irregular galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/636/214
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present long-slit optical spectroscopy of 67 HII regions in 21 dwarf irregular galaxies to investigate the enrichment of oxygen, nitrogen, neon, sulfur, and argon in low-mass galaxies. Oxygen abundances are obtained via direct detection of the temperature-sensitive emission lines for 25 HII regions; for the remainder of the sample, oxygen abundances are estimated from strong-line calibrations. The direct abundance determinations are compared to the strong-line abundance calibrations of both McGaugh (1991ApJ...380..140M) and Pilyugin (2000A&A...362..325P).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/529/A149
- Title:
- HII regions in low-metallicity galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/529/A149
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- 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 46 low-metallicity emission-line galaxies. Of these spectra 83 are archival VLT/FORS1+UVES spectra of HII regions in 31 low-metallicity emission-line galaxies that are studied for the first time with standard direct methods to determine the electron temperatures, the electron number densities, and the chemical abundances.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/545/A43
- Title:
- HII regions in NGC 628 and NGC 6946
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/545/A43
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present here two HII region catalogues with azimuthal resolution for the two grand design galaxies NGC 628 and NGC 6946. With the help of these catalogues, we study several properties of the star-forming processes occurring in spiral galaxies. We obtained direct imaging in the narrow-band filters centred at H{alpha}, H{beta}, [OII]{lambda}3727, and [OIII]{lambda}{lambda}4959, 5007 and their respective continua. After the calibration and correction of the data, we obtained for each HII region the de-reddened fluxes in the aforementioned lines, the size, the H{alpha} equivalent width, and, using two different empirical calibrations, the metallicity. Employing a method based on the Delaunay triangulation, a two-dimensional (2D) representation of the metallicity was obtained.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/116/2805
- Title:
- H II regions in spiral galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/116/2805
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of low-dispersion optical spectroscopy of 186 HII regions spanning a range of radius in 13 spiral galaxies. Abundances for several elements (oxygen, nitrogen, neon, sulfur, and argon) were determined for 185 of the HII regions. As expected, low metallicities were found for the outlying HII regions of these spiral galaxies. Radial abundance gradients were derived for the 11 primary galaxies; similar to results for other spiral galaxies, the derived abundance gradients are typically -0.04 to -0.07dex/kpc.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/104/92
- Title:
- HII Regions Properties in M101
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/104/92
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Spectrophotometrically calibrated CCD imagery of two overlapping 16 arc min fields in the SAB(rs)cdI galaxy M101 in the emission of H alpha, [O III] lambda 5007, H beta, and [S II] lambda 6723 are used to study various physical properties of the H II region population. Individual H II regions are identified and mapped using an automated algorithm, thus eliminating personal bias in the measurements. Characteristics of the population studied include the H II region luminosity function and radial variations in extinction, [O III]/H beta, O/H, [S II]/H alpha, ionization parameter, and numbers of ionizing photons. In addition, radial and azimuthal variations in the H II surface density are studied in comparison to that of H I and H_2 inferred from radio 21 cm and CO observations. It is demonstrated that the magnitude of trends and ``gradients'' found from such analyses depend on the surface brightness threshold set in defining the H II region boundaries; so results are presented for both low (log S(H alpha) = -15.7 ergs/s/cm^2/arcsec^2; 625 H II regions) and high (-15.0; 248 H II regions) thresholds. Radial gradients in both extinction, C(H beta), and O/H are seen in the H II region population -- with a distinct flattening in the O/H gradient seen in the outer disk beginning at about 10 kpc. The luminosity function of the H II region population found is similar to previous studies, though both the high and low ends are sensitive to the threshold levels set. Other parameters, such as the ionization parameters, luminosities, and size distribution, show no evidence for systematic variations with galactocentric distance. Current star formation processes active in the disk of M101 are analyzed two-dimensionally by comparison of the distribution of ionized and neutral hydrogen. The star formation efficiency shows considerable variation across the disk, suggesting significant spatial variation in the critical density for cloud collapse across the disk of M101 and thus departures from the simple Toomre model.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/785/126
- Title:
- HIRES radial velocity measurements
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/785/126
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In this paper we search for distant massive companions to known transiting gas giant planets that may have influenced the dynamical evolution of these systems. We present new radial velocity observations for a sample of 51 planets obtained using the Keck HIRES instrument, and find statistically significant accelerations in fifteen systems. Six of these systems have no previously reported accelerations in the published literature: HAT-P-10, HAT-P-22, HAT-P-29, HAT-P-32, WASP-10, and XO-2. We combine our radial velocity fits with Keck NIRC2 adaptive optics (AO) imaging data to place constraints on the allowed masses and orbital periods of the companions responsible for the detected accelerations. The estimated masses of the companions range between 1-500 M_Jup_, with orbital semi-major axes typically between 1-75 AU. A significant majority of the companions detected by our survey are constrained to have minimum masses comparable to or larger than those of the transiting planets in these systems, making them candidates for influencing the orbital evolution of the inner gas giant. We estimate a total occurrence rate of 51%+/-10% for companions with masses between 1-13 M_Jup_ and orbital semi-major axes between 1-20 AU in our sample. We find no statistically significant difference between the frequency of companions to transiting planets with misaligned or eccentric orbits and those with well-aligned, circular orbits. We combine our expanded sample of radial velocity measurements with constraints from transit and secondary eclipse observations to provide improved measurements of the physical and orbital characteristics of all of the planets included in our survey.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/833/270
- Title:
- HI-selected-Lyman limit system metallicities
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/833/270
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We measured metallicities for 33 z=3.4-4.2 absorption line systems drawn from a sample of HI-selected-Lyman limit systems (LLSs) identified in Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) quasar spectra and stratified based on metal line features. We obtained higher-resolution spectra with the Keck Echellette Spectrograph and Imager, selecting targets according to our stratification scheme in an effort to fully sample the LLS population metallicity distribution. We established a plausible range of HI column densities and measured column densities (or limits) for ions of carbon, silicon, and aluminum, finding ionization-corrected metallicities or upper limits. Interestingly, our ionization models were better constrained with enhanced {alpha}-to-aluminum abundances, with a median abundance ratio of [{alpha}/Al]=0.3. Measured metallicities were generally low, ranging from [M/H]=-3 to -1.68, with even lower metallicities likely for some systems with upper limits. Using survival statistics to incorporate limits, we constructed the cumulative distribution function (CDF) for LLS metallicities. Recent models of galaxy evolution propose that galaxies replenish their gas from the low-metallicity intergalactic medium (IGM) via high-density HI "flows" and eject enriched interstellar gas via outflows. Thus, there has been some expectation that LLSs at the peak of cosmic star formation (z~3) might have a bimodal metallicity distribution. We modeled our CDF as a mix of two Gaussian distributions, one reflecting the metallicity of the IGM and the other representative of the interstellar medium of star-forming galaxies. This bimodal distribution yielded a poor fit. A single Gaussian distribution better represented the sample with a low mean metallicity of [M/H]~-2.5.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/833/283
- Title:
- HI-selected Lyman limit systems metallicities
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/833/283
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the first results from our KODIAQ Z survey aimed at determining the metallicity distribution and physical properties of the z>~2 partial and full Lyman limit systems (pLLSs and LLSs; 16.2<=logN_HI_<19), which are probed of the interface regions between the intergalactic medium (IGM) and galaxies. We study 31 HI-selected pLLSs and LLSs at 2.3<z<3.3 observed with Keck/HIRES in absorption against background QSOs. We compare the column densities of metal ions to HI and use photoionization models to assess the metallicity. The metallicity distribution of the pLLSs/LLSs at 2.3<z<3.3 is consistent with a unimodal distribution peaking at [X/H]~-2. The metallicity distribution of these absorbers therefore evolves markedly with z since at z<~1 it is bimodal with peaks at [X/H]~-1.8 and -0.3. There is a substantial fraction (25%-41%) of pLLSs/LLSs with metallicities well below those of damped Ly{alpha} absorbers (DLAs) at any studied z from z<~1 to z~2-4, implying reservoirs of metal-poor, cool, dense gas in the IGM/galaxy interface at all z. However, the gas probed by pLLSs and LLSs is rarely pristine, with a fraction of 3%-18% for pLLSs/LLSs with [X/H]<=-3. We find C/{alpha} enhancement in several pLLSs and LLSs in the metallicity range -2<~[X/H]<~-0.5, where C/{alpha} is 2-5 times larger than observed in Galactic metal-poor stars or high-redshift DLAs at similar metallicities. This is likely caused by preferential ejection of carbon from metal-poor galaxies into their surroundings.
