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原子数据选择对星云丰度测定的影响

The impact of atomic data selection on nebular abundance determinations

Leticia Juan de Dios, Mónica Rodríguez

摘要:

在我们测定星云化学丰度时,原子数据是系统不确定性的一个重要来源。然而,我们对这些不确定性没有很好的估计,因为很难评估计算中所涉及的原子数据的准确性。在这里,我们探索这些不确定性的大小,使用52个不同的跃迁概率和碰撞强度,以及它们所有可能的组合,计算的物理条件和总丰度的O,N,S,Ne,Cl和Ar的行星状星云和H II区域的样本。我们发现,原子数据的变化引入的差异,在推导出的丰度比低至0.1 $-$ 0.2德克斯在低密度,但达到或超过0.6 $-$ 0.8德克斯在密度超过10 $^{4}$ cm $^{-3}$在几个丰度比,如O/H和N/O。从52个数据集中去除引入最大差异的四个数据集,总的不确定性降低,但高密度物体的O/H和N/O值仍然达到四个不确定因子。我们确定的原子数据,介绍了大部分的不确定性,其中涉及用于确定密度的离子,即S $^{+}$,O $^{+}$,氯$^{++}$,和Ar $^{+3}$密度诊断线的跃迁概率,和Ar $^{+3}$的碰撞强度。为了得到更可靠的高密度星云化学丰度值,需要改进这些数据的计算。同时,我们的结果可以用来估计原子数据在星云丰度测定中引入的不确定性。

英文摘要:

Atomic data are an important source of systematic uncertainty in our determinations of nebular chemical abundances. However, we do not have good estimates of these uncertainties since it is very difficult to assess the accuracy of the atomic data involved in the calculations. We explore here the size of these uncertainties by using 52 different sets of transition probabilities and collision strengths, and all their possible combinations, to calculate the physical conditions and the total abundances of O, N, S, Ne, Cl, and Ar for a sample of planetary nebulae and H II regions. We find that atomic data variations introduce differences in the derived abundance ratios as low as 0.1$-$0.2 dex at low density, but that reach or surpass 0.6$-$0.8 dex at densities above 10$^{4}$ cm$^{-3}$ in several abundance ratios, like O/H and N/O. Removing from the 52 datasets the four datasets that introduce the largest differences, the total uncertainties are reduced, but high density objects still reach uncertainty factors of four for their values of O/H and N/O. We identify the atomic data that introduce most of the uncertainty, which involves the ions used to determine density, namely, the transition probabilities of the S$^{+}$, O$^{+}$, Cl$^{++}$, and Ar$^{+3}$ density diagnostic lines, and the collision strengths of Ar$^{+3}$. Improved calculations of these data will be needed in order to derive more reliable values of chemical abundances in high density nebulae. In the meantime, our results can be used to estimate the uncertainties introduced by atomic data in nebular abundance determinations.

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