Electron temperature fluctuation in HII regions

• Grant number: 14/05168-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: April 01, 2014
• End date: March 31, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Astronomy - Astrophysics of the Interstellar Medium
• Principal Investigator: Oli Luiz Dors Junior
• Grantee: Lilia Carla Rodrigues
• Host Institution: Instituto de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento (IP&D). Universidade do Vale do Paraíba (UNIVAP). São José dos Campos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

In this project we propose to study the source of the discrepancy found in abundance determinations of HII regions obtained from emission-lines excitaded colisionally and recombination lines. For that, we will use photoionization models assuming abundance flutuations along the nebulae.