Metal-poor Wolf-Rayet star enriching the ISM by nitrogen in the galaxy NGC 4068
Abstract
We discovered a nebula in the low-metallicity (Z=0.1 ) nearby ( Mpc) dwarf galaxy NGC 4068, which reveals broad Hα line profile and unusual emission line fluxes in its spectrum. The object also shows significant nitrogen overabundance, not typical for metal-poor environment. We assumed that the nebula could be ionized by an evolved massive star with , Wolf-Rayet or Blue Supergiant, and built models of the nebula using Cloudy and CMFGEN codes. Our models successfully reproduce the optical emission spectrum of the object, including the peculiar [SII]/[NII] ratio and the presence of the HeII λ4686 line.
- Publication:
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IAU Symposium
- Pub Date:
- 2024
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921322002460
- Bibcode:
- 2024IAUS..361..513Y
- Keywords:
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- stars: Wolf-Rayet;
- stars: mass loss;
- ISM: abundances