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Classification parameters for the emission-line spectra of extragalactic objects

1981/02/01 by J. A. Baldwin, M. M. Phillips, R. Terlevich · 5,177 citations
Chemistry · Engineering · #Advanced Measurement and Detection Methods #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Atomic physics #Emission spectrum #Excitation #Excited state #Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma #Line (geometry) #Physics #Planetary nebula #Shock wave #Spectral line #Spectroscopy and Laser Applications #Stars

paper · pdf · doi:10.1086/130766

published in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 93, 5 (Institute of Physics)

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Abstract

An investigation is made of the merits of various emission-line intensity ratios for classifying the spectra of extragalactic objects. It is shown empirically that several combinations of easily-measured lines can be used to separate objects into one of four categories according to the principal excitation mechanism: normal H II regions, planetary nebulae, objects photoionized by a power-law continuum, and objects excited by shock-wave heating. A two-dimensional quantitative classification scheme is suggested.

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