The chemical composition of galactic and extragalactic H II regions

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Abundance, Chemical Composition, Galactic Structure, H Ii Regions, H Lines, Intergalactic Media, Nebulae, Electron Density (Concentration), Forbidden Bands, Helium, Neon, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Planetary Nebulae, Spiral Galaxies, Sulfur, Tables (Data)

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Line intensities are compiled for a large number of galactic H II regions, and physical conditions and chemical abundances are computed. Detailed observations of extragalactic H II regions are examined in order to deduce the electron temperatures from a measurement of the forbidden N II line at 5755 A and to deduce a more accurate sulfur abundance from the forbidden S III line at 6312 A. The questions of abundance gradients in the Galaxy and of line intensities as abundance indicators are considered. Improved abundances are presented for an inner-arm H II region in M101, and abundance gradients across M101 are compared with those in the Galaxy. The results show that: (1) there are oxygen and nitrogen abundance gradients among H II regions in the Galaxy; (2) certain line ratios exhibit generally the same gradients in the Galaxy as in other spiral galaxies; and (3) abundance gradients in M101 are similar to those in the Galaxy.

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