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2019MNRAS.482.3803P - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 482, 3803-3821 (2019/January-3)

Optical spectroscopy of star-forming regions in dwarf Wolf-Rayet galaxies.

PASWAN A., OMAR A. and JAISWAL S.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present here spatially resolved optical spectroscopic observations of four nearby dwarf Wolf-Rayet (WR) galaxies. The ages of the most recent starburst events in these galaxies are found between 3 and 10 Myr. The gas-phase metallicities [12+log(O/H)] for the spatially resolved star-forming regions are derived using several indicators. The star-forming regions within the galaxies are found chemically homogeneous within the uncertainties in the estimates. Nitrogen-enrichment as expected in the WR regions is not detected. This implies that metal-enrichment due to supernovae explosions in the most recent star-forming episode is not being detected here. It is suggested that the newly synthesized metals still reside in hot gas-phase. The metals from the previous episodes, cooled by now and well mixed across the whole extent of galaxies, are making galaxies chemically homogeneous with normal nitrogen-to-oxygen ratio. These galaxies are residing in dense environments with galaxy density in the range of 8-80 Mpc–3.

Abstract Copyright: © 2018 The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society

Journal keyword(s): galaxies: starburst - galaxies: dwarf - galaxies: abundances - galaxies: ISM - stars: Wolf-Rayet

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