The bends in the slopes of radial abundance gradients in the disks of spiral galaxies – do they exist? |
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| Authors: | Leonid Pilyugin |
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| Institution: | (1) Main Astronomical Observatory of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 27 Zabolotnogo str., 03680 Kiev, Ukraine |
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| Abstract: | Spiral galaxies with a reported bend in the slope of the oxygen abundance O/HR
23, derived with the traditionally used R23-method, are examined. It is shown that the artificial origin of the reported bends can be naturally explained. Two causes
of the false bend in the slope of O/HR
23 are indicated.
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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| Keywords: | galaxies: abundances galaxies: ISM galaxies: spiral |
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