Examining the Offset Between Nebular and Stellar Oxygen Abundances in the Local Group Dwarf Irregular Galaxy WLM

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Dec 2004

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American Astronomical Society Meeting 205, #93.17; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 36, p.1494

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New optical spectra of 13 H II regions in WLM were obtained with the EFOSC2 instrument on the 3.6-m telescope at La Silla. From measurements of the temperature-sensitive [O III]λ 4363 Å emission line, we derive a mean oxygen abundance of 12+log(O/H) = 7.83 ± 0.06, which corresponds to [O/H] = -0.83 dex, or 15% of the solar value. Our reported nebular oxygen abundance agrees with values published in the literature, and is marginally consistent with the mean stellar magnesium abundance [Mg/H] = -0.62. However, there is still a 0.62 dex discrepancy between the oxygen abundance derived for the A-type supergiant star WLM 15 ([O/H] = -0.21) and the nebular value. There may be a connection between the position of WLM 15, the location of a second H I peak, and regions of higher internal extinction on the southeast side of the galaxy. E. D. S. and H. L. acknowledge partial support from a NASA LTSARP grant NAG 5--9221 and from the University of Minnesota. K. A. V. thanks the National Science Foundation for support through a CAREER award AST 99--84073.

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