Investigating the Drivers of Electron Temperature Variations in H ii Regions with Keck-KCWI and VLT-MUSE

H ii region electron temperatures are a critical ingredient in metallicity determinations, and recent observations have revealed systematic variations in the temperatures measured using different ions. We present electron temperatures (T e ) measured using the optical auroral lines ([N ii]λ5756, [O...

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Principais autores: Rickards Vaught, RJ, Sandstrom, KM, Belfiore, F, Kreckel, K, Méndez-Delgado, JE, Emsellem, E, Groves, B, Blanc, GA, Dale, DA, Egorov, OV, Glover, SCO, Grasha, K, Klessen, RS, Neumann, J, Williams, TG
Formato: Journal article
Idioma:English
Publicado em: American Astronomical Society 2024