Abstract
Smits has recently calculated theoretical He I intensities for a large number of lines for conditions appropriate to gaseous nebulae. These are likely to remain the definitive calculations for some time to come. A comparison of these line ratios with observed values in three nebulae reveals some discrepancies. We show that these discrepancies are reduced when collisional effects from the metastable 23S level are included, and that it is not necessary to invoke an unknown depopulation mechanism for the He I23S level.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1996
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/282.3.723
Repository Citation
Kingdon, J. B. and Ferland, Gary J., "Theoretical HeI Line Intensities in Gaseous Nebulae: NGC 1976, 6572 and IC 4997" (1996). Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications. 50.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/physastron_facpub/50
Notes/Citation Information
Published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, v. 282, issue 3, p. 723-725.
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