Abstract
We present here spatially-resolved optical spectroscopic observations of four nearby dwarf Wolf-Rayet (WR) galaxies. The ages of the most recent starburst events in these galaxies are found between 3 and 10 Myr. The gas-phase metallicities [12+log(O/H)] for the spatially-resolved star-forming regions are derived using several indicators. The star-forming regions within the galaxies are found chemically homogeneous within the uncertainties in the estimates. Nitrogen-enrichment as expected in the WR regions is not detected. This implies that metal-enrichment due to supernovae explosions in the most recent star-forming episode is not being detected here. It is suggested that the newly synthesized metals still reside in hot gas-phase. The metals from the previous episodes, cooled by now and well mixed across the whole extent of galaxies, are making galaxies chemically homogeneous with normal N/O ratio. These galaxies are residing in dense environments with galaxy density in the range of $8-80$ Mpc$^{-3}$.
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