{"paper":{"title":"New Strong Line Abundance Diagnostics for \\HII Regions: Effects of $\\kappa$-Distributed Electron Energies and New Atomic Data","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":[],"primary_cat":"astro-ph.CO","authors_text":"David C. Nicholls, Fr\\'ed\\'eric P. A. Vogt, Lisa J. Kewley, Michael A. Dopita, Ralph S. Sutherland","submitted_at":"2013-07-23T05:43:06Z","abstract_excerpt":"Recently, \\citet{Nicholls12}, inspired by \\emph{in situ} observations of solar system astrophysical plasmas, suggested that the electrons in \\HII regions are characterised by a $\\kappa$-distribution of electron energies rather than by a simple Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution. Here we have collected together the new atomic data within a modified photoionisation code to explore the effects of both the new atomic data and the $\\kappa$-distribution on the strong-line techniques used to determine chemical abundances in \\HII regions. By comparing the recombination temperatures ($T_{\\rm rec}$) with th"},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1307.5950","kind":"arxiv","version":1},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}