The evolution of H II galaxies: testing the bursting scenario through the use of self-consistent models
Abstract
We have computed a series of realistic and self-consistent models of the emitted spectra of H II galaxies. Our models combine different codes of chemical evolution, evolutionary population synthesis and photoionization. The emitted spectrum of H II galaxies is reproduced by means of the photoionization code CLOUDY, using as ionizing spectrum the spectral energy distribution of the modelled H II galaxy, which in turn is calculated according to a star formation history and a metallicity evolution given by a chemical evolution model that follows the abundances of 15 different elements. The contribution of emission lines to the broad-band colours is explicitly taken into account.
- Publication:
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Pub Date:
- February 2008
- DOI:
- 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.12875.x
- arXiv:
- arXiv:0712.2944
- Bibcode:
- 2008MNRAS.385..854M
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 13 figures and 2 tables, accepted for publication in MNRAS Main Journal