scholarly journals The Magellanic Clouds and the Primordial Helium Abundance

2000 ◽  
Vol 198 ◽  
pp. 194-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel Peimbert ◽  
Antonio Peimbert
Keyword(s):  
Neutral Hydrogen ◽  
Magellanic Clouds ◽  
Heavy Elements ◽  
H Ii Regions ◽  
Helium Abundance ◽  
Temperature Variations ◽  
Systematic Effects ◽  
H Ii Region ◽  
Primordial Helium

A new determination of the pregalactic helium abundance based on the Magellanic Clouds H II regions is discussed. This determination amounts to Yp = 0.2345 ± 0.0030 and is compared with those derived from giant extragalactic H II regions in systems with extremely low heavy elements content. It is suggested that the higher primordial value derived by other authors from giant H II region complexes could be due to two systematic effects: the presence of neutral hydrogen inside the helium Strömgren sphere and the presence of temperature variations inside the observed volume.

scholarly journals A new determination of the primordial helium abundance using the analyses of H ii region spectra from SDSS

2021 ◽  
Vol 502 (2) ◽  
pp. 3045-3056
Author(s):  
O A Kurichin ◽  
P A Kislitsyn ◽  
V V Klimenko ◽  
S A Balashev ◽  
A V Ivanchik
Keyword(s):  
Sloan Digital Sky Survey ◽  
H Ii Regions ◽  
Helium Abundance ◽  
Physical Conditions ◽  
Sky Survey ◽  
H Ii Region ◽  
Standard Cosmological Model ◽  
Primordial Helium ◽  
Good Agreement

ABSTRACT The precision measurement of the primordial helium abundance Yp is a powerful probe of the early Universe. The most common way to determine Yp is the analyses of observations of metal-poor H ii regions found in blue compact dwarf galaxies. We present the spectroscopic sample of 100 H ii regions collected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The final analysed sample consists of our sample and HeBCD data base from Izotov et al. (2007). We use a self-consistent procedure to determine physical conditions, current helium abundances, and metallicities of the H ii regions. From a regression to zero metallicity, we have obtained Yp = 0.2462 ± 0.0022, which is one of the most stringent constraints obtained with such methods up to date and is in a good agreement with the Planck result $Y_{\rm p}^{\it {\mathrm{ Planck}}} = 0.2471 \pm 0.0003$. Using the determined value of Yp and the primordial deuterium abundance taken from Particle Data Group (Zyla et al. 2020) we put a constraint on the effective number of neutrino species Neff = 2.95 ± 0.16, which is consistent with the Planck one Neff = 2.99 ± 0.17. Further increase of statistics potentially allows us to achieve Planck accuracy, which in turn will become a powerful tool for studying the self-consistency of the standard cosmological model and/or physics beyond.

scholarly journals Determination of the Primordial Helium Abundance Based on NGC 346, an H ii Region of the Small Magellanic Cloud

2019 ◽  
Vol 876 (2) ◽  
pp. 98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mabel Valerdi ◽  
Antonio Peimbert ◽  
Manuel Peimbert ◽  
Andrés Sixtos
Keyword(s):  
Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Helium Abundance ◽  
Small Magellanic Cloud ◽  
H Ii Region ◽  
Primordial Helium

scholarly journals Measurements of 4He in metal-poor extragalactic H ii regions: the primordial Helium abundance and the ΔY/ΔO ratio

2009 ◽  
Vol 5 (S268) ◽  
pp. 91-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel Peimbert ◽  
A. Peimbert ◽  
L. Carigi ◽  
V. Luridiana
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Evolution ◽  
H Ii Regions ◽  
Helium Abundance ◽  
Galactic Chemical Evolution ◽  
Primordial Helium

AbstractWe present a review on the determination of the primordial helium abundance Yp, based on the study of hydrogen and helium recombination lines in extragalactic H ii regions. We also discuss the observational determinations of the increase of helium to the increase of oxygen by mass ΔY/ΔO, and compare them with predictions based on models of galactic chemical evolution.

The primordial helium abundance determination using multicomponent photoionization modelling of low-metallicity H II regions

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-23
Author(s):  
I. Koshmak ◽  
B. Melekh
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Compositions ◽  
H Ii Regions ◽  
Helium Abundance ◽  
Rotating Stars ◽  
Chemical Abundances ◽  
Free Expansion ◽  
Outer Component ◽  
Low Metallicity ◽  
H Ii Region ◽  
Primordial Helium

The method for the multicomponent photoionization modelling (MPhM) of low-metallicity H II regions surrounding the starburst region was developed. The internal structure of the H II region has been determined using the evolutionary modelling of the superwind bubble surrounding the star-forming region. Models of Chevalier and Clegg (1985) and Weaver et al. (1977) have been used to determine the radial distribution of the gas density, the velocity of gas layers, and the temperature within internal components (the region of the superwind free expansion and the cavity, respectively). The chemical abundances in region of the superwind free expansion were obtained from the evolutionary population synthesis with including of rotating stars. The chemical abundances within cavity were defined by averaging over mass the chemical compositions of mixture of the abundances of gas from superwind and ones within outer component, because of gas evaporation from external component into the cavity. External components of our models describe a high-density, thin shell of gas formed by superwind shock and a typical undisturbed hydrodynamically H II region, respectively. Evolutionary grids of multicomponent low-metallicity models are calculated. A comparative analysis of the results of their calculation with the observed data has been carried out. The ionic abundances averaged over modelling volume as well as chemical composition assumed in models were used to derive the new expressions for ionization-correction factors that were used to redetermine the chemical compositions of 88 H II regions in blue compact dwarf galaxies. It must be noticed that we used for this propose the ionic abundances obtained by Izotov et al. (2007). In result the primordial helium abundance and its enrichment during stellar chemical evolution of matter were determined.

scholarly journals Planetary Nebulae and the Pregalactic Helium Abundance

1989 ◽  
Vol 131 ◽  
pp. 213-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter J. Maciel
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Composition ◽  
Recent Work ◽  
Planetary Nebulae ◽  
H Ii Regions ◽  
Helium Abundance

Recent work has emphasized the determination of the pregalactic helium abundance by mass Yp and the slope ΔY/ΔZ based on the chemical composition of both galactic and extragalactic H II regions (Pagel, 1987; Pagel et al., 1986).

The Effect of Collisional Enhancement of Balmer Lines on the Determination of the Primordial Helium Abundance

2003 ◽  
Vol 592 (2) ◽  
pp. 846-865 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Luridiana ◽  
A. Peimbert ◽  
M. Peimbert ◽  
M. Cervino
Keyword(s):  
Helium Abundance ◽  
Balmer Lines ◽  
Primordial Helium

scholarly journals Blue Compact Galaxies and the Primordial Helium Abundance Determination

1998 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 137-138
Author(s):  
Y.I. Izotov ◽  
T.X. Thuan
Keyword(s):  
Linear Regression ◽  
H Ii Regions ◽  
Helium Abundance ◽  
Line Intensities ◽  
Low Metallicity ◽  
Physical Effects ◽  
Primordial Helium ◽  
Compact Galaxies ◽  
Abundance Determination

Abstract We use a sample of 45 low-metallicity H II regions to determine the primordial helium abundance Yp. We have carefully investigated the physical effects which may make the He I line intensities deviate from their recombination values such as collisional and fluorescent enhancements, underlying He I stellar absorption and absorption by Galactic interstellar Na, I. By extrapolating the Y vs. O/H linear regression to O/H = 0, we obtain Yp = 0.245±0.002. Our Yp gives 0.06±0.01.

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