Australian National University / King Abdulaziz University / /
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chemical abundances / excitation threshold energy / collisional excitation energy thresholds / equilibrium energy distribution / chemical abundance determinations / high energy electrons / energy distributions / gas flow / suprathermal energy distributions / equilibrium electron energy distribution / energy injection mechanisms / high-energy electrons / energy transport / energy input / low energy / energy level / low-energy electrons / gas-giant planets / satisfactory solution / energy range / internal energy peak / high-energy tail / measured electron energy distributions / internal energy / excitation energy / local gas pressure / high energy tail / energy density / electron energy distributions / high energy tails / high energy / lower energy levels / possible energy injection mechanisms / energy dependence / power law / lower energy state / hot-tailed electron energy distributions / high energy excess / energy redistribution timescale / high energy end / high energy power-law tail / low energy recombination line electrons / extended energy ratio range / threshold energy / monatomic gas / power-law tail / energy distribution / upper energy level / low energy electrons / system kinetic energy / proton energy distributions / energy terms / magnetic energy / electron energy distribution / energy / /
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Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics / African Union / Astronomy Department / Australian Research Council / Australian National University / King Abdulaziz University / /
Draft version June 20, 2012 Preprint typeset using LATEX style emulateapj v[removed]RESOLVING THE ELECTRON TEMPERATURE DISCREPANCIES IN H ii REGIONS AND PLANETARY NEBULAE: κ–DISTRIBUTED ELECTRONS David C. Nicholls1 ,