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Table 1

Main I Zw 18 properties used in this study.

Parameter Value Reference

Coordinates (J2000) 09h34m02.2s, + 55d14m28.0s
Distance 18.2 Mpc (1)
M(H0) (main body) 108M (2,3)
M(H0) (NW) 2 × 107M (this study)
M(H+) (NW) 3.4 × 106M (4)
M 1−20 × 106M (5, 6)
M (NW) ~3 × 105M (7)
M dust a M, M (6)
D/Gb (6)
L FIR 2.88 ± 0.13 × 107L (6)
L UV 1.06 × 108L (8)
SFR 0.1M yr-1 (9)

Abundances 12 + log (C/H) = 6.59 (4)
12 + log (N/H) = 5.57 (4)
12 + log (O/H) = 7.22 (4)
12 + log (Ne/H) = 6.41 (4)
12 + log (Si/H) = 6.00 (4)
12 + log (S/H) = 5.63 (4)
12 + log (Fe/H) = 5.79 (4)
12 + log (Ar/H) = 5.79 (4)

Notes.

(a)

The dust mass is given for two dust compositions (Galliano et al. 2011, “standard” and “AC”) with different emissivities (Rémy-Ruyer et al. 2015).

(b)

Dust-to-gas mass ratio.

Reference. (1) Aloisi et al. (2006); see also Sect. 2.1; (2) Lelli et al. (2012); (3) van Zee et al. (1998); (4) Péquignot (2008); see also Sect. 2.4; (5) Schneider et al. (2016); (6) Rémy-Ruyer et al. (2015); (7) Stasinska & Schaerer (1999); (8) Heckman et al. (1998); (9) Cannon et al. (2005); see also Sect. 2.3.

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