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Dielectronic Recombination in the Gaseous Nebulae as a Cooling Process

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2017

A.F. Kholtygin*
Affiliation:
S.-Petersbourg Univ. Astron. Obs., 198904, St. Petergof, Russia

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The dielectronic recombination (DR) is of importance at ‘low’ (nebular) temperature. This process leads to cooling the electron gas in nebulae. The cooling rate by recombination of ion X+n is

Type
III. Highlights on the Nebulae
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1993 

References

1. Nussbaumer, H., Storey, P.J. (1984) ‘Dielectronic recombination at low temperature. II: Recombination coefficients for lines at C, N, O’, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 56, 293312.Google Scholar