Pressure broadening of radio recombination lines from multiple-component H II regions

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics

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H Ii Regions, H Lines, Hydrogen Ions, Pressure Broadening, Radiative Recombination, Radio Spectra, Spectral Line Width, H Alpha Line, H Beta Line, Luminous Intensity

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Theoretical calculations are presented which show that the peak integrated line intensity can fall dramatically due to the pressure broadening of lines from individual components within an unresolved H II region, with relatively little effect on the integrated line width. Such effects can explain the very low line-to-continuum ratios sometimes measured in aperture synthesis observations. They can also explain the low beta/alpha intensity ratios, even when the widths of the alpha and beta lines are equal; a low beta/alpha intensity ratio does not necessarily imply non-LTE.

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