%0 Generic %1 kreckel2014metallicity %A Kreckel, K. %A Croxall, K. %A Groves, B. %A van de Weygaert, R. %A Pogge, R. W. %D 2014 %K dwarf galaxy isolation metallicity %T The metallicity of void dwarf galaxies %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1410.5821 %X The current Lambda CDM cosmological model predicts that galaxy evolution proceeds more slowly in lower density environments, suggesting that voids are a prime location to search for relatively pristine galaxies that are representative of the building blocks of early massive galaxies. To test this, we compare the evolutionary properties of a sample of dwarf galaxies selected specifically to lie in voids with a sample of similar isolated dwarf galaxies in average density environments. We measure gas-phase oxygen abundances and gas fractions for eight dwarf galaxies (M_r > -16.2), carefully selected to reside within the lowest density environments of seven voids, and apply the same calibrations to existing samples of isolated dwarf galaxies. We find no significant difference between these void dwarf galaxies and the isolated dwarf galaxies, suggesting that dwarf galaxy chemical evolution proceeds independent of the large-scale environment.

@misc{kreckel2014metallicity, abstract = {The current Lambda CDM cosmological model predicts that galaxy evolution proceeds more slowly in lower density environments, suggesting that voids are a prime location to search for relatively pristine galaxies that are representative of the building blocks of early massive galaxies. To test this, we compare the evolutionary properties of a sample of dwarf galaxies selected specifically to lie in voids with a sample of similar isolated dwarf galaxies in average density environments. We measure gas-phase oxygen abundances and gas fractions for eight dwarf galaxies (M_r > -16.2), carefully selected to reside within the lowest density environments of seven voids, and apply the same calibrations to existing samples of isolated dwarf galaxies. We find no significant difference between these void dwarf galaxies and the isolated dwarf galaxies, suggesting that dwarf galaxy chemical evolution proceeds independent of the large-scale environment.}, added-at = {2014-10-23T10:03:09.000+0200}, author = {Kreckel, K. and Croxall, K. and Groves, B. and van de Weygaert, R. and Pogge, R. W.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/233b2ec81c40b2ab279f36a6989182ba6/miki}, description = {[1410.5821] The metallicity of void dwarf galaxies}, interhash = {ea545b877582b7cf647773fff7a19495}, intrahash = {33b2ec81c40b2ab279f36a6989182ba6}, keywords = {dwarf galaxy isolation metallicity}, note = {cite arxiv:1410.5821Comment: 6 pages, 3 figures, submitted to ApJ Letters}, timestamp = {2014-10-23T10:03:09.000+0200}, title = {The metallicity of void dwarf galaxies}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1410.5821}, year = 2014 }