Mapping electron temperature variations across a spiral arm in NGC 1672

We report one of the first extragalactic observations of electron temperature variations across a spiral arm. Using Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer mosaic observations of the nearby galaxy NGC 1672, we measure the [N ii]λ5755 auroral line in a sample of 80 H ii regions in the eastern spiral arm of...

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Hauptverfasser: Ho, I-Ting (VerfasserIn) , Kreckel, Kathryn (VerfasserIn) , Glover, Simon (VerfasserIn) , Kruijssen, Diederik (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2019 November 6
In: The astrophysical journal. Part 2, Letters
Year: 2019, Jahrgang: 885, Heft: 2, Pages: L31
ISSN:2041-8213
DOI:10.3847/2041-8213/ab4feb
Online-Zugang:Verlag, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ab4feb
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Verfasserangaben:I.-Ting Ho, Kathryn Kreckel, Sharon E. Meidt, Brent Groves, Guillermo A. Blanc, Frank Bigiel, Daniel A. Dale, Eric Emsellem, Simon C.O. Glover, Kathryn Grasha, Lisa J. Kewley, J.M. Diederik Kruijssen, Philipp Lang, Rebecca McElroy, Rolf-Peter Kudritzki, Patricia Sanchez-Blazquez, Karin Sandstrom, Francesco Santoro, Eva Schinnerer, and Andreas Schruba

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