Investigating the Chemical Homogeneity of Low-Metallicity Blue Compact Dwarf Galaxies Using Integral Field Spectroscopy

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It has been claimed in the past that in low-metallicity Blue Compact Dwarf (BCDs) galaxies, the N/O value is independent of metallicity (O/H ratio), implying the need to invoke a primary production of nitrogen in intermediate-mass stars, in addition to the secondary nitrogen produced from the CNO cycle in high-mass stars. In order to better understand this controversial issue we undertook an integral field spectroscopic study of the nebular gas within a sample of BCDs previously thought to have anomalously high N/O values. Here we present the results of this study for 3 BCDs: two with anomalous N/O values (Mrk 996 and UM 420) and one with more normal N/O values (UM 462). We describe in detail how we derived the physical conditions (Te, Ne) as a function of position within the galaxy, and as a consequence, how this revealed both revised metallicities and normal N/O ratios and uncovered one of the first clear evidences of nitrogen self-enrichment of an H ii region from WR stars.

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