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in these objects, as well as the interstellar reddening. We determine the electron temperature,
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the electron density, and the ionic abundances from the dereddened fluxes of _collisionally excited lines_ (CEL)
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and _recombination lines_ (RL) identified in nebular spectra
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[see e.g. @Danehkar:2013; @Danehkar:2014; @Danehkar:2016; @Danehkar:2018].
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(see e.g. @Danehkar:2013; @Danehkar:2014; @Danehkar:2016; @Danehkar:2018).
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``proEQUIB`` is a library including several application programming interface (API) functions developed
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in the Interactive Data Language (IDL),
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which can be used to determine temperatures,
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densities, and chemical abundances from emission lines of ionized nebulae.
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This IDL library can also be used with the GNU Data Language (GDL) [@Arabas:2010; @Coulais:2010],
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This IDL library can also be used by the GNU Data Language (GDL) (@Arabas:2010; @Coulais:2010),
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which is a free and open-source alternative IDL compiler.
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This IDL/GDL package employs the IDL library ``AtomNeb`` _Atomic Data for Ionized Nebulae_ [@Danehkar:2018b],
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This IDL/GDL package employs the IDL library ``AtomNeb`` _Atomic Data for Ionized Nebulae_ (@Danehkar:2018b),
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which contains collision strengths and transition probabilities for collisional excitation calculations,
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and recombination coefficients for recombination calculations.
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This package includes several API functions to determine physical conditions and
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chemical abundances from CEL and RL, derive interstellar extinctions
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from Balmer lines, and deredden the observed fluxes:
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- The API functions for _CEL analysis_ were developed in the IDL programming
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language based on the algorithm of the FORTRAN program EQUIB [@Howarth:1981; @Howarth:2016].
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- The API functions for the _CEL analysis_ were developed in the IDL programming
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language based on the algorithm of the FORTRAN program ``EQUIB`` (@Howarth:1981; @Howarth:2016),
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which calculates atomic level populations and line emissivities in
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statistical equilibrium in multi-level atoms for the given physical conditions.
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These API functions can be used to determine the electron temperature, the electron density,
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and the ionic abundances from the dereddened fluxes of _collisionally excited lines_ emitted from
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ionized gaseous nebulae.
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- The API functions for _RL analysis_ were developed in IDL according to the algorithm
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- The API functions for the _RL analysis_ were developed in IDL according to the algorithm
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of the recombination scripts by X. W. Liu and Y. Zhang included in the FORTRAN
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program MOCASSIN [@Ercolano:2003; @Ercolano:2005]. These API functions can be used to
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program ``MOCASSIN`` (@Ercolano:2003; @Ercolano:2005). These API functions can be used to
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determine the ionic abundances from the dereddened fluxes of _recombination lines_ emitted from
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ionized nebulae.
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- The API functions for _reddening analysis_ were developed based on the methods
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of the reddening functions in STSDAS IRAF Package [@Bushouse:1994; @Shaw:1994].
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- The API functions for the _reddening analysis_ were developed based on the methods
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of the reddening functions from the Space Telescope Science Data Analysis System
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(``STSDAS``) IRAF Package (@Bushouse:1994; @Shaw:1994).
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These API functions can be employed to obtain _interstellar extinctions_ for
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different reddening laws from the observed fluxes of Balmer lines detected
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in nebular spectra, and deredden the measured fluxes of emission lines.
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``proEQUIB`` has recently been used for plasma diagnostics and abundance analysis
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of some planetary nebulae [@Danehkar:2016; @Danehkar:2018]. This IDL/GDL package heavily
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relies on the IDL Astronomy User's library [@Landsman:1993; @Landsman:1995]
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and the IDL library AtomNeb [@Danehkar:2018b]. The API functions of this IDL library
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of some planetary nebulae (@Danehkar:2016; @Danehkar:2018). This IDL/GDL package heavily
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relies on the IDL Astronomy User's library (@Landsman:1993; @Landsman:1995)
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and the IDL library ``AtomNeb`` (@Danehkar:2018b). The API functions of this IDL library
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can easily be utilized to generate spatially-resolved maps of extinction,
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temperature, density, and chemical abundances from integral field spectroscopic observations
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[see e.g. @Danehkar:2013; @Danehkar:2014; @Danehkar:2014b].
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(see e.g. @Danehkar:2013; @Danehkar:2014; @Danehkar:2014b).
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# Acknowledgements
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