3 papers
astro-ph.GA2025
A Theoretical Three-Dimensional Diagram to Separate Star Formation, Active Galactic Nuclei, and Shocks in Galaxies
Peixin Zhu, Lisa J. Kewley, Ralph S. Sutherland +1
The excitation sources in galaxies are frequently mixed due to AGN and stellar feedback, including star formation, active galactic nuclei (AGNs), and shock excitation. Disentanglin…
astro-ph.GA2025
Strong nebular HeII emission induced by He ionizing photons escaping through the clumpy winds of massive stars
Arpita Roy, Mark R. Krumholz, Stefania Salvadori +8
The origin of nebular HeII-emission in both local and high-redshift galaxies remains an unsolved problem. Various theories have been proposed to explain it, including HeII-ionizati…
astro-ph.GA2024
Theoretical Diagnostics for Narrow Line Regions of Active Galactic Nuclei
Peixin Zhu, Lisa J. Kewley, Ralph Sutherland
Gas metallicity, ionization parameter, and gas pressure can affect the observed ratios of specific strong emission lines within galaxies. While the theoretical strong lines diagnos…