Metal Abundances of KISS Galaxies. II. Nebular Abundances of 12 Low-Luminosity Emission-Line Galaxies
Abstract
We present follow-up spectra of 39 emission-line galaxies (ELGs) from the KPNO International Spectroscopic Survey (KISS). Many targets were selected as potentially low-metallicity systems based on their absolute B magnitudes and the metallicity-luminosity relation. The spectra, obtained with the Lick 3 m telescope, cover the full optical region from [O II] λλ3726, 3729 to beyond [S II] λλ6717, 6731 and include measurement of [O III] λ4363 in 12 objects. The spectra are presented and tables of the strong line ratios are given. For 12 high signal-to-noise ratio spectra, we determine abundance ratios of oxygen, nitrogen, neon, sulfur, and argon. We find these galaxies to be metal deficient with three systems approaching O/H of 1/25th solar. We compare the abundance results from the temperature-based Te method to the results from the strong-line p3 method of Pilyguin.
- Publication:
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The Astronomical Journal
- Pub Date:
- February 2004
- DOI:
- 10.1086/381067
- arXiv:
- arXiv:astro-ph/0401131
- Bibcode:
- 2004AJ....127..686M
- Keywords:
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- Galaxies: Abundances;
- Galaxies: Starburst;
- Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- Accepted for publication in the Astronomical Journal (Feb. 2004)