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Discovery of Eight New Extremely Metal--Poor Galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Discovery of Eight New Extremely Metal--Poor Galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

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Discovery of Eight New Extremely Metal--Poor Galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

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Discovery of Eight New Extremely Metal--Poor Galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

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Ithaca: Cornell University Library, arXiv.org

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arXiv.org, 2003-07

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English

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Ithaca: Cornell University Library, arXiv.org

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We report the discovery of eight new extremely metal-poor galaxies (XMPGs; 12+log(O/H) < 7.65) and the recovery of four previously known or suspected XMPGs (IZw18, HS0822+3542, HS0837+4717 and A1116+517) using Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) spectroscopy. These new objects were identified after an analysis of 250,000 galaxy spectra within an area o...

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Discovery of Eight New Extremely Metal--Poor Galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2088817762

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2088817762

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2331-8422

DOI

10.48550/arxiv.0307401

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