Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-03-09
Astron.J.131:2078-2088,2006
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Accepted by AJ. Figure 1 can be downloaded from http://www.astroscu.unam.mx/~anamaria/eso245.html
Scientific paper
10.1086/500810
We have studied the spectral characteristics of the Diffuse Ionized Gas in two irregular galaxies with low metallicities and intermediate Star Formation Rates: ESO 245-G05 and Gr 8. The [OIII]/Hbeta in these galaxies is higher than in the DIG of spiral galaxies but not as high as in other irregular galaxies previously studied, such as IC 10 and NGC 6822. The [NII]/Halpha and [SII]/Halpha ratios have very small values, indicating the absence of shocks as the ionization source for this gas. This ionization can be explained in both galaxies with photon leakage from the HII regions as the only source. The percentage of photons escaped from the HII regions is small in ESO 245-G05, of only 35%, but varies from 35% up to 60% in Gr 8. We also investigated if the differences found between spiral and irregular galaxies in the [OIII]/Hbeta and the [NII]/Halpha ratio are due to differences in the metal content between these types of galaxies. Although the number of galaxies studied is not very large, it can be concluded that the [OIII]/Hbeta is not related with the oxygen content, while the situation is more ambiguous for the [NII]/Halpha ratio.
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