• DOI:10.1088/0004-637X/738/1/27
Corpus ID: 119252119

H II REGION METALLICITY DISTRIBUTION IN THE MILKY WAY DISK

@article{Balser2011HIR,
  title={H II REGION METALLICITY DISTRIBUTION IN THE MILKY WAY DISK},
  author={D. Balser and R. Rood and T. Bania and L. Anderson},
  journal={The Astrophysical Journal},
  year={2011},
  volume={738},
  pages={27}
}

• D. Balser, R. Rood, +1 author L. Anderson
• Published 2011
• Physics
• The Astrophysical Journal

The distribution of metals in the Galaxy provides important information about galaxy formation and evolution. H II regions are the most luminous objects in the Milky Way at mid-infrared to radio wavelengths and can be seen across the entire Galactic disk. We used the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) Green Bank Telescope to measure radio recombination line and continuum emission in 81 Galactic H II regions. We calculated LTE electron temperatures using these data. In thermal… Expand

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