HII Regions

Derek Raine

Abstract


HII regions are clouds of gas which are kept ionised by a source of ionising radiation. The gas is ionised to a depth known as  the Stromgren radius. Emission lines are produced by recombination  of ions and electrons in the gas. We review the relevant properties.


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