A Preliminary Budget for the Ionizing Photons in HII Regions of M51

Gutiérrez, L.; Beckman, J. E.
Bibliographical reference

The Impact of HST on European Astronomy, Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings. ISBN 978-90-481-3399-4. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2010, p. 77

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2010
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2
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2
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The purpose of this work is to quantify the ionizing photon budget in the HII regions, deriving the fraction of the Lyman continuum (Lyc) absorbed by dust or escaping from the regions. An underlying aim is to explore the degree of inhomogeneity of a typical HII region.