Calibrating nebular diagnostics of T_* and abundance

Details Calibrating nebular diagnostics of T_* and abundance Calibrating nebular diagnostics of T_* and abundance

2001-01-16

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0101273v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

6 pages, 3 figures, uses rmaa.cls (included); invited contribution to "Ionized Gaseous Nebulae", Rev.Mex.A.A., Ser.Conf

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We obtained nebular spectroscopy of LMC HII regions having classified stellar populations, thereby strongly constraining the ionization input parameters. Using photoionization models, we then evaluate the performance of nebular diagnostics of T_* and abundance. We introduce [Ne III]/H-beta as a nebular diagnostic of the ionizing stellar T_*. In contrast to the widely-used \eta-prime parameter, [Ne III]/H-beta has greater sensitivity to mid and early O-stars, and is robust to nebular morphology and the presence of shocks. We present a preliminary calibration of both T_* diagnostics for LMC metallicity. We also introduce S234 = ([S II] + [S III] + [S IV])/H-beta as a diagnostic of S abundance. S234 is much less sensitive to the nebular ionization parameter than is S23 or R23. The intensity of [S IV]10.5 microns is easily estimated from the optical and near-IR line ratios. We present calibrations of S23 and S234 that are reliable at metallicities Z < 0.5 Z_sol.

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