7 papers
UV Star-Formation Rates of the SHIELD Dwarf Galaxies
David G. Gormanous, Anjali S. Dziarski, John J. Salzer +11
The Survey of HI in Extremely Low-mass Dwarfs (SHIELD) is a multi-wavelength observational project targeting gas-rich, star-forming dwarf galaxies at the faint end of the HI mass f…
The Environments of Star-Forming Galaxies Detected in the SFACT Survey: Do Mergers and Interactions Drive the Star Formation?
Brooke Kimsey-Miller, John J. Salzer, Kristin N. Baker +3
We conduct an environmental analysis around 167 star-forming galaxies (SFGs) detected by the Star Formation Across Cosmic Time (SFACT) survey over the redshift range 0.129 z…
The LBT Y Project IV: A New Value of the Primordial Helium Abundance
Erik Aver, Evan D. Skillman, Richard W. Pogge +7
We present a new determination of the primordial helium abundance based on new, high-quality Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) observations of 54 metal-poor H II regions. These regio…
The LBT Project III: LUCI Spectra of Metal-Poor Nebulae
Miqaela K. Weller, Richard W. Pogge, Evan D. Skillman +6
Accurately determining the elemental abundances of a low metallicity nebula strongly depends on measuring the density (n) and temperature (T) of the gas. Because these two…
The LBT Project II: MODS Spectra, Physical Conditions, and Oxygen Abundances in Local Metal-Poor Nebulae
Noah S. J. Rogers, Evan D. Skillman, Richard W. Pogge +7
Empirically measuring the primordial He mass fraction, , requires a significant number of low-metallicity nebulae with direct constraints on He/H and O/H abundances. Thi…
The LBT Project I: An Improved Determination of the Primordial Helium Abundance -- Project Description, Sample Selection, Observations, and Methodology
Evan D. Skillman, Richard W. Pogge, Erik Aver +9
Extremely low metallicity HII regions have been observed with the goal of determining the primordial helium abundance (). , combined with standard big bang nu…