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Sep 1988
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988apj...332..752d&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 332, Sept. 15, 1988, p. 752-761. Research supported by the Robert A. Welch
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Abundance, Galactic Evolution, H Ii Regions, Irregular Galaxies, Carbon, Emission Spectra, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Photoionization, Supernovae
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The first measurements of the semiforbidden C III 1909 A and forbidden N II 6583 A emission lines in I Zw 18 are reported. These data are combined with previously published spectrophotometry in order to derive the carbon and nitrogen abundances in I Zw 18 with the aid of a nebular model. The CNO abundances in I Zw 18 are found to exceed those found in the Magellanic Clouds and other well-observed oxygen-poor irregular galaxies and are more similar to those in the sun and nearby Galactic H II regions. It is argued that I Zw 18 may be older and more chemically evolved than previously believed, and that its extremely low O/H results from escape of O-rich supernova ejecta from the Galaxy or from dilution by accretion of primordial gas. Alternatively, I Zw 18 may have formed from a preenriched intergalactic medium. Spectroscopic diagnostics for composite photoionization models to fit the spectrum of I Zw 18 are discussed.
Dufour Reginald James
Garnett Donald R.
Shields Gregory A.
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