Measuring nebular temperatures: The effect of new collision strengths with equilibrium and κ-distributed electron energies

Nicholls , David; Dopita, Michael; Sutherland, Ralph; Kewley, Lisa; Palay, Ethan

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Measuring nebular temperatures: The effect of new collision strengths with equilibrium and κ-distributed electron energies

Date

2013

Authors

Nicholls , David

Dopita, Michael

Sutherland, Ralph

Kewley, Lisa

Palay, Ethan

Publisher

Institute of Physics Publishing

Abstract

In this paper we develop tools for observers to use when analyzing nebular spectra for temperatures and metallicities, with two goals: to present a new, simple method to calculate equilibrium electron temperatures for collisionally excited line flux ratio