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Integral field spectroscopy of nitrogen overabundant blue compact dwarf galaxies

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Perez-Montero et al. as discussed by the authors performed integral field spectroscopy of nitrogen overabundant blue compact dwarf galaxies and found that nitrogen is a critical element for the formation of galaxies.
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This is an electronic version of an article published in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Perez-Montero, E., Vilchez, J.M., Cedres, B., Hagele, G.F., Molla, M., Kehrig, C., Diaz, A.I., Garcia-Benito, R. and D. Martin-Gordon. Integral field spectroscopy of nitrogen overabundant blue compact dwarf galaxies. Astronomy and Astrophysics 532 (2011): A141

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