Investigating the electron temperature of [Ar IV] in planetary nebulae using the DESIRED database

J. García-Rojas, E. Reyes-Rodríguez, J. E. Méndez-Delgado +9

(Abridged) We investigate the behaviour of the electron temperature derived from [Ar IV] lines, Te([Ar IV]), in a sample of PNe to characterize the thermal structure of high-excita…