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view Abstract Citations (21) References (21) Co-Reads Similar Papers Volume Content Graphics Metrics Export Citation NASA/ADS A comparison of forbidden-line and optical continuum electron temperatures in gaseous nebulae. Barker, T. Abstract Photoelectric scanner observations have been made of the Balmer and Paschen discontinuities in several positions in a number of planetary nebulae and the Orion Nebula. Electron temperatures determined from these measurements are shown to be in generally good agreement with those found from forbidden lines; there is definitely no evidence that forbidden-line electron temperatures are systematically higher, as some previous investigations have found. This result suggests that in some studies metal-to-hydrogen abundance ratios in gaseous nebulae have been overestimated by nearly a factor of 2. Publication: The Astrophysical Journal Pub Date: February 1979 DOI: 10.1086/156796 Bibcode: 1979ApJ...227..863B Keywords: Abundance; Electron Energy; Forbidden Bands; Nebulae; Planetary Nebulae; Hydrogen Clouds; Line Spectra; Temperature Measurement; Astrophysics; Electron Temperatures:Gaseous Nebulae; Electron Temperatures:Orion Nebula; Forbidden Lines:Planetary Nebulae full text sources ADS | data products SIMBAD (7)
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