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2004MNRAS.353.1231L - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 353, 1231-1250 (2004/October-1)
Chemical abundances of planetary nebulae from optical recombination lines - I. Observations and plasma diagnostics.
LIU Y., LIU X.-W., LUO S.-G. and BARLOW M.J.
Abstract (from CDS):
We have determined UV to optical extinction curves towards these PNe by examining observed fluxes of HI and HeII recombination lines, radio free-free continuum flux density, and UV to optical nebular continua. For 11 PNe in our sample, the derived optical reddening curves are found to be consistent with the standard Galactic extinction law for a total-to-selective extinction ratio, R≡A(V)/E_B-V_= 3.1. However, the optical extinction curve towards Hu 1-2 yields R= 2.0. The UV extinction towards Hu 1-2 and NGC 6572 is also found to be much steeper than the standard Galactic reddening law. In contrast, the UV extinction curve along the sight lines towards NGC 6210 is found to be much shallower, although in the latter case the uncertainties involved are quite large.
Electron temperatures and densities have been derived using a variety of diagnostic ratios of collisionally excited lines (CELs) in the UV, optical and infrared. The results show clear stratifications, both in temperature and density. Lines emitted by ions formed in regions of higher ionization degree yield higher temperatures than lines arising from regions of lower ionization degree, while densities deduced from ratios of infrared diagnostic CELs of low critical densities, such as the [OIII] 88-µm/52-µm ratio, are systematically lower than those derived from UV and optical diagnostic lines, which in general have much higher critical densities than the infrared fine-structure lines.
Electron temperatures have also been derived from the ratio of the nebular continuum Balmer discontinuity to H 11 for 11 PNe. For four of these, the Balmer jump temperatures are more than 1000 K lower than values derived from the [OIII] optical collisionally excited diagnostic line ratio. With a difference of 3580 K, NGC 40 has the lowest Balmer jump temperature relative to the [OIII] optical forbidden-line temperature. High-order Balmer line decrements have been used to determine electron densities. The results are consistent with values derived from forbidden-line density-diagnostics.
Abstract Copyright: 2004 RAS
Journal keyword(s): ISM: abundances - planetary nebulae: general
CDS comments: Page 1239: DBB 80 = IREC 80, page 1240: Abell 30 = PN A66 30.
Simbad objects: 25
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