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A Comparison of Radio-Frequency and Optical Studies of Selected Planetary Nebulae

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

L. H. Aller*
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Angeles

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The thermal radio-frequency emission, Ev, per unit volume per unit frequency interval may be computed (e.g. from equations given by Oster) and compared with the volume emissivity E(Hβ) in the optical Hβ transition.

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Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1969

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