@@ -27,46 +27,49 @@ information about the physical conditions and chemical abundances of ionized gas
2727in these objects, as well as the interstellar reddening. We determine the electron temperature,
2828the electron density, and the ionic abundances from the dereddened fluxes of _ collisionally excited lines_ (CEL)
2929and _ recombination lines_ (RL) identified in nebular spectra
30- [ see e.g. @Danehkar :2013; @Danehkar :2014; @Danehkar :2016; @Danehkar :2018] .
30+ ( see e.g. @Danehkar :2013; @Danehkar :2014; @Danehkar :2016; @Danehkar :2018) .
3131
3232`` proEQUIB `` is a library including several application programming interface (API) functions developed
3333in the Interactive Data Language (IDL),
3434which can be used to determine temperatures,
3535densities, and chemical abundances from emission lines of ionized nebulae.
36- This IDL library can also be used with the GNU Data Language (GDL) [ @Arabas :2010; @Coulais :2010] ,
36+ This IDL library can also be used by the GNU Data Language (GDL) ( @Arabas :2010; @Coulais :2010) ,
3737which is a free and open-source alternative IDL compiler.
38- This IDL/GDL package employs the IDL library `` AtomNeb `` _ Atomic Data for Ionized Nebulae_ [ @Danehkar :2018b] ,
38+ This IDL/GDL package employs the IDL library `` AtomNeb `` _ Atomic Data for Ionized Nebulae_ ( @Danehkar :2018b) ,
3939which contains collision strengths and transition probabilities for collisional excitation calculations,
4040and recombination coefficients for recombination calculations.
4141This package includes several API functions to determine physical conditions and
4242chemical abundances from CEL and RL, derive interstellar extinctions
4343from Balmer lines, and deredden the observed fluxes:
4444
45- - The API functions for _ CEL analysis_ were developed in the IDL programming
46- language based on the algorithm of the FORTRAN program EQUIB [ @Howarth :1981; @Howarth :2016] .
45+ - The API functions for the _ CEL analysis_ were developed in the IDL programming
46+ language based on the algorithm of the FORTRAN program `` EQUIB `` (@Howarth :1981; @Howarth :2016),
47+ which calculates atomic level populations and line emissivities in
48+ statistical equilibrium in multi-level atoms for the given physical conditions.
4749These API functions can be used to determine the electron temperature, the electron density,
4850and the ionic abundances from the dereddened fluxes of _ collisionally excited lines_ emitted from
4951ionized gaseous nebulae.
5052
51- - The API functions for _ RL analysis_ were developed in IDL according to the algorithm
53+ - The API functions for the _ RL analysis_ were developed in IDL according to the algorithm
5254of the recombination scripts by X. W. Liu and Y. Zhang included in the FORTRAN
53- program MOCASSIN [ @Ercolano :2003; @Ercolano :2005] . These API functions can be used to
55+ program `` MOCASSIN `` ( @Ercolano :2003; @Ercolano :2005) . These API functions can be used to
5456determine the ionic abundances from the dereddened fluxes of _ recombination lines_ emitted from
5557ionized nebulae.
5658
57- - The API functions for _ reddening analysis_ were developed based on the methods
58- of the reddening functions in STSDAS IRAF Package [ @Bushouse :1994; @Shaw :1994] .
59+ - The API functions for the _ reddening analysis_ were developed based on the methods
60+ of the reddening functions from the Space Telescope Science Data Analysis System
61+ (`` STSDAS `` ) IRAF Package (@Bushouse :1994; @Shaw :1994).
5962These API functions can be employed to obtain _ interstellar extinctions_ for
6063different reddening laws from the observed fluxes of Balmer lines detected
6164in nebular spectra, and deredden the measured fluxes of emission lines.
6265
6366`` proEQUIB `` has recently been used for plasma diagnostics and abundance analysis
64- of some planetary nebulae [ @Danehkar :2016; @Danehkar :2018] . This IDL/GDL package heavily
65- relies on the IDL Astronomy User's library [ @Landsman :1993; @Landsman :1995]
66- and the IDL library AtomNeb [ @Danehkar :2018b] . The API functions of this IDL library
67+ of some planetary nebulae ( @Danehkar :2016; @Danehkar :2018) . This IDL/GDL package heavily
68+ relies on the IDL Astronomy User's library ( @Landsman :1993; @Landsman :1995)
69+ and the IDL library `` AtomNeb `` ( @Danehkar :2018b) . The API functions of this IDL library
6770can easily be utilized to generate spatially-resolved maps of extinction,
6871temperature, density, and chemical abundances from integral field spectroscopic observations
69- [ see e.g. @Danehkar :2013; @Danehkar :2014; @Danehkar :2014b] .
72+ ( see e.g. @Danehkar :2013; @Danehkar :2014; @Danehkar :2014b) .
7073
7174# Acknowledgements
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