Nebular spectroscopy: A guide on H II regions and planetary nebulae

Abstract

We present a tutorial on the determination of the physical conditions and chemical abundances in gaseous nebulae. We also include a brief review of recent results on the study of gaseous nebulae, their relevance for the study of stellar evolution, galactic chemical evolution, and the evolution of the universe. One of the most important problems in abundance determinations is the existence of a discrepancy between the abundances determined with collisionally excited lines and those determined by recombination lines, this is called the ADF (abundance discrepancy factor) problem; we review results related to this problem. Finally, we discuss possible reasons for the large t${}^2$ values observed in gaseous nebulae.

arXiv comment29 pages, six figures. Accepted for publication as invited tutorial in PASP

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