4 papers
Investigating the electron temperature of [Ar IV] in planetary nebulae using the DESIRED database
J. GarcÃa-Rojas, E. Reyes-RodrÃguez, J. E. Méndez-Delgado +9
(Abridged) We investigate the behaviour of the electron temperature derived from [Ar IV] lines, Te([Ar IV]), in a sample of PNe to characterize the thermal structure of high-excita…
Why the Northern Hemisphere Needs a 30-40 m Telescope and the Science at Stake: Northern Local Star-forming Dwarf Galaxies. Analogues of the First Galaxies and Probes of the Cosmic Metallicity Scale
C. Esteban, J. M. Vilchez, J. GarcÃa-Rojas +15
Star-forming dwarf galaxies in the local Universe, especially extremely metal-poor ones, can be considered analogous to early galaxies of the Epoch of Reionization (z >= 6). Curren…
Alpha-element abundance patterns in star-forming regions of the local Universe
C. Esteban, J. E. Méndez-Delgado, J. GarcÃa-Rojas +6
(Abridged) We reassess the alpha-element abundance ratios (Ne/O, S/O, Ar/O) with respect to metallicity in ~1000 spectra of Galactic and extragalactic HII regions and star-forming…
Chlorine abundances in star-forming regions of the local Universe
M. Orte-GarcÃa, C. Esteban, J. E. Méndez-Delgado +4
Aims. We study the behaviour of Cl abundance and its ratios with respect to O, S and Ar abundances in a sample of more than 200 spectra of Galactic and extragalactic H ii regions a…