Kinematic Evidence for Superbubbles in I ZW 18: Constraints on the Star Formation History and Chemical Evolution

1 July 1996

journal article
Published by American Astronomical Society in The Astrophysical Journal

Vol. 465, 680
https://doi.org/10.1086/177453

Abstract

We have combined measurements of the kinematics, morphology, and oxygen abundance of the ionized gas in \IZw18, one of the most metal-poor galaxies known, to examine the star formation history and chemical mixing processes.Comment: 31 pages including 6 figures. Accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journa

Keywords

GALAXIES: ABUNDANCES
GALAXIES: EVOLUTION
GALAXIES: INDIVIDUAL ALPHANUMERIC: I ZW 18
GALAXIES: KINEMATICS AND DYNAMICS
GALAXIES: NUCLEI

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