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arxiv: 1408.2213 · v2 · pith:RWW3XSLQnew · submitted 2014-08-10 · ⚛️ physics.atom-ph · astro-ph.SR· physics.comp-ph

Emission and recombination coefficients for hydrogen with kappa-distributed electron energies

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We provide a data set of emission and recombination coefficients of hydrogen using a kappa-distribution of electron energies rather than the more traditional Maxwell-Boltzmann (MB) distribution. The data are mainly relevant to thin and relatively cold plasma found in planetary nebulae and H II regions. The data set extends the previous data sets provided by Storey and Hummer which were computed using a MB distribution. The data set, which is placed in the public domain, is structured as a function of electron number density, temperature and kappa. Interactive fortran 77 and C++ data servers are also provided as an accessory to probe the data and obtain Lagrange-interpolated values for any choice of all three variables between the explicitly computed values.

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