6 papers
Investigating the electron temperature of [Ar IV] in planetary nebulae using the DESIRED database
J. GarcÃa-Rojas, E. Reyes-RodrÃguez, 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…
The DESIRED electron temperature relations in star-forming regions of the local Universe
M. Orte-GarcÃa, C. Esteban, J. GarcÃa-Rojas +7
(Abridged) Aims. We present a homogeneous observational study of electron temperature () relations between ionic species: ([N II]), ([O II]), $T_{\…
The DESIRED strong-line calibrations: I. New empirical metallicity relations for the local and high-redshift universe
F. F. Rosales-Ortega, J. E. Méndez-Delgado, J. U. Guerrero-González +16
We present the most comprehensive set of empirical optical strong-line metallicity calibrations to date, based on the DEep Spectra of Ionised REgions Database (DESIRED), the larges…
The DESIRED temperature-metallicity relations in star-forming regions: probing the Galactic radial and azimuthal metallicity distributions
I. Rafael MartÃnez-Hernández, J. Eduardo Méndez-Delgado, César Esteban +17
We analyse a sample of 225 star-forming regions from the DESIRED-E project, each with simultaneous determinations of the electron temperature from ionized nitrogen and oxygen, $T_{…
Alpha-element abundance patterns in star-forming regions of the local Universe
C. Esteban, J. E. Méndez-Delgado, J. GarcÃa-Rojas +6
(Abridged) We reassess the alpha-element abundance ratios (Ne/O, S/O, Ar/O) with respect to metallicity in ~1000 spectra of Galactic and extragalactic HII regions and star-forming…
Generalized ([OIII])-(HeI) Discrepancies in Ionized Nebulae: Possible Evidence of Case B Deviations and Temperature Inhomogeneities
J. E. Méndez-Delgado, E. D. Skillman, E. Aver +11
The physics of recombination lines (RLs) in the HeI singlet system is expected to be relatively simple, supported by accurate atomic models. We examine the intensities of HeI singl…