Detection of [OI] 6300 and Other Diagnostic Emission Lines in the Diffuse Ionized Gas of M33 with Gemini-North

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2006-05-09

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0605238v1

Astrophys.J. 644 (2006) L29-L32

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

12 pages, 4 figures, accepted by ApJL

Scientific paper

10.1086/505575

We present spectroscopic observations of diffuse ionized gas (DIG) in M33 near the HII region NGC 604. We present the first detection of [OI] 6300 in the DIG of M33, one of the critical lines for distinguishing photo- from shock ionization models. We measure [OI]/Ha in the range of 0.04 to 0.10 and an increase in this ratio with decreasing emission measure. Our measurements of [SII]/Ha and [NII]/Ha also rise with decreasing emission measure, while our [OIII]/Hb measurements remain fairly constant. We have one tentative detection of He I in the region of brightest emission measure, with a ratio of He I/Ha = 0.033 +- 0.019, indicating that the helium is at least partially ionized. We compare our observed emission line ratios to photoionization models and find that field star ionization models do not fit our data well. Leaky HII region models are consistent with our data, without the need to invoke additional ionization mechanisms to fit our [OI] or [OIII] measurements. The closest large HII region is NGC 604 and is therefore a likely candidate for the source of the ionizing photons for the gas in this region.

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