On the determination of N and O abundances in low-metallicity systems

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 645, Issue 2 I, 2006, Pages 1076-1091

  Nava, Aida ^a   Casebeer, Darrin ^a   Henry, Richard B C ^a   Jevremovic, Darko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: abundances; Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: irregular; H II regions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746932107     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/504416     Document Type: Article

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