Temperature Variations and Abundance Determinations in Planetary Nebulae
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
It is argued that an important fraction of PNe present large temperature variations that are not due to observational errors nor to incomplete atomic physics. Seven possible causes for these variations are reviewed, one of them is presented for the first time.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0203141,
title = {Temperature Variations and Abundance Determinations in Planetary Nebulae},
author = {Silvia Torres-Peimbert and Manuel Peimbert},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0203141},
year = {2007}
}
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8 pages, ASP Conference Series, Planetary Nebulae and Their Role in the Universe