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http://dx.doi.org/10.5303/PKAS.2004.19.1.017

INTENSITY RATIO OF [O I] λ6300 AND Hα IN COLLISIONAL IONIZATION EQUILIBRIUM  

SEON KWANG-IL (Korea Astronomy Observatory)
LEE DAE-HEE (Korea Astronomy Observatory)
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Publications of The Korean Astronomical Society / v.19, no.1, 2004 , pp. 17-20 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper, the intensity ratio of [O I] $\lambda6300$ and $H_\alpha$ lines, which plays an important role in the study of warm (or diffuse) ionized interstellar medium, is calculated assuming collisional ionization equilibrium (or coronal equilibrium). The calculated ratio is compared with the previous works, and with the observations, obtained by Reynolds (1989) and Reynolds et al. (1998) with the Wisconsin Ha Mapper facility, toward the directions that sample the faint interstellar emission-line background. The comparison confirms that most of the Ha originates from nearly fully ionized regions along the lines of sight rather than from partially ionized H I clouds or layers of H II on the surfaces of H I clouds.
Keywords
interstellar medium; atomic processes and interactions;
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