Physical Processes in Gaseous Nebulae. V. Electron Temperatures.
Abstract
The relation between the electron temperature of a gaseous nebula and the temp- erature of the exciting star is derived and applied to an optically thin nebula. The bn's have been recomputed both with the radiation field included and as a function of the temperature of the exciting star. The Balmer decrement proves to be steeper when the influence of Lyman line absorption is included
- Publication:
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The Astrophysical Journal
- Pub Date:
- November 1938
- DOI:
- 10.1086/143997
- Bibcode:
- 1938ApJ....88..422B