Flash-photoionized nebulae

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May 1989

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 340, May 1, 1989, p. 344-350.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Astronomical Spectroscopy, Nebulae, Photoionization, Abundance, Black Body Radiation, Gas Ionization, Ionization Cross Sections, Radiant Flux Density, Ultraviolet Spectra

Scientific paper

Under conditions of high radiation intensity and low gas density, recombination may be neglected in determining the ionization state of a photoionized gas. Calculations of the ionization structure of nebulae in this 'flash-photoionized' regime are reported. Very hard spectra of ionizing ultraviolet radiation may be produced by filtration of the ionizing flux through a neutral hydrogen layer which preferentially absorbs photons just above the hydrogen photoionization threshold. Fluxes with these hard spectra produce gas layer in which helium is largely doubly ionized while hydrogen is largely neutral. Such a layer leads to anomalously high ratios of He II to H I recombination line strengths. These results are applied to the problem of the spectrum of the arc in the cluster of galaxies A370. It is found that the spectrum may possibly be reconciled with the light echo model.

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