Strong Line Metallicity Calibrators Applied to SDSS Galaxies

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2005-08-29

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0508627v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Proceedings contribution for "The Fabulous Destiny of Galaxies; Bridging the Past and Present"

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We calculate the oxygen abundances for ~45,000 star-forming galaxies selected from the SDSS using nine popular `strong-line' metallicity diagnostics. We find that individual galaxies can have metallicities which differ by factors of up to ~4, depending on the choice of abundance diagnostic. The resulting mass-metallicity relations subsequently exhibit significant offsets, with a range of 0.5 dex in metallicity at a given mass. This demonstrates that different metallicity diagnostics should not be used interchangeably for determining oxygen abundances. We also show that SDSS spectra are dominated by the central galactic component which introduces a noticeable aperture effect.

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