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Distance = 450 pcDiameter ~ 1° (similarto the full moon)Composition:• Ionized gas:H ~ 90% (by number)He ~ 10% (by number)•
The Trapezium Clusterdominant star: 1 Ori-Cspectral type O6V: T ~ 20 000 Kemits a great number of energeticphotons that ionize the gas
Page 1: Today:Recap on 1 st lecture:- Basic
Page 8 and 9: Dark CloudsBok globules• relative
Page 12 and 13: ISM: average properties• Mean den
Page 14: A global view
Page 18 and 19: Cold, neutral medium (CNM)• domin
Page 20 and 21: www.milkywayproject.org
Page 22 and 23: Lagoon nebula
Page 25 and 26: PhotoionisationPhotoionisation: the
Page 27 and 28: Photoionisation: the removal of ele
Page 29 and 30: Balmer seriesLyman series(UV)Recomb
Page 31 and 32: Optical SpectrumPlanetary Nebula: N
Page 33 and 34: AtomsThe Maxwellian DistributionVel
Page 35: cross sectionse nucleuselectric fie
Page 39 and 40: For a typical O-star (e.g. the O6V
Page 42 and 43: M43Real examples1. no. of ionising
Page 44 and 45: However, Q per ionization is: (3/2)
Page 46 and 47: excitation/de-excitation of bound e
Page 48 and 49: Collisionally excited lines (CELs)B
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Page 52 and 53: compare energy level diagrams1S 05.
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Forbidden line coolingtransition ra
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www.jodcast.netTopical podcast with
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DensitiesObservations n e ~ 100 cm
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Fraction of O2+ ions able to emit 4
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End of last lecture
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Today:HII regions: Practical method
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compare energy level diagrams1S 05.
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DensitiesObservations n e ~ 100 cm
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Practical methods and examples
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eal example
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• End of stellar existence for lo
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Optical Recombination Lines• ORLs
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Possible solutions?• Possibility
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Any other ideas?• Possibility 3:
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Knots: Abell 30• Results of empir
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Conclusions• Cold H-deficient kno
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