Electron temperatures and densities of planetary nebulae determined from the nebular hydrogen recombination spectrum and temperature and density variations

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 351, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 935-955

  Zhang, Y ^a,b   Liu, X W ^a   Wesson, R ^c   Storey, P J ^c   Liu, Y ^a,d   Danziger, I J ^e  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atomic processes; ISM: abundances; Planetary nebulae: general

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; GALAXIES; HYDROGEN;

ATOMIC PROCESS; BALMER JUMPS; CONTINUUM EMISSION; DENSITY VARIATIONS; ISM: ABUNDANCE; PLANETARY NEBULA; PLANETARY NEBULAE:GENERAL; REPRESENTATIVE VALUES; SPECTRA'S; TEMPERATURE VARIATION;

STARS;

EID: 3042776467     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07838.x     Document Type: Article

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