Modelling Starburst in HII galaxies: From chemical to spectro-photometric evolutionary self-consistent models

TL;DR

This paper presents self-consistent models combining chemical evolution, stellar population synthesis, and photoionization to accurately reproduce the spectral and chemical properties of HII galaxies.

Contribution

It introduces a comprehensive modeling approach that integrates chemical, spectro-photometric, and photoionization models for HII galaxies, improving the understanding of their starburst phenomena.

Findings

Models successfully reproduce observed abundances and diagnostic diagrams.

Spectral energy distributions match observed colours and equivalent width relations.

The approach provides a consistent framework for studying HII galaxy evolution.

Abstract

We have computed a series of realistic and self-consistent models that reproduce the properties of HII galaxies. The emitted spectrum of HII galaxies is reproduced by means of the photoionization code CLOUDY, using as ionizing spectrum the spectral energy distribution of the modelled HII galaxy, calculated using new and updated stellar population synthesis model (PopStar, Molla et al. 08) This, in turn, is calculated according to a star formation history and a metallicity evolution given by a chemical evolution code. Our technique reproduces observed abundances, diagnostic diagrams, colours and equivalent width vs. colour relations for local HII galaxies