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Chemical Abundances in Our Galaxy and Other Galaxies Derived from H ii Regions

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We discuss the accuracy of the abundance determinations of H u regions in our Galaxy and Other galaxies. We focus on the main observational constraints derived from abundance determinations that have implications for models of galactic chemical evolution: a) the helium to hydrogen abundance ratio, He/H; b) the oxygen to hydrogen abundance ratio, O/H; c) the carbon to oxygen abundance ratio, C/O; d) the helium to oxygen and helium to heavy elements abundance ratios, ΔY/ΔO and ΔY/ΔZ; and e) the primordial helium abundance, Y p .

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Peimbert, M., Carigi, L., Peimbert, A. (2001). Chemical Abundances in Our Galaxy and Other Galaxies Derived from H ii Regions. In: Vílchez, J.M., Stasińska, G., Pérez, E. (eds) The Evolution of Galaxies. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3313-7_32

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