Table 2: I Zw 18 NW: model parameters and properties.
Parameters Runa Modelb
of model N0-N1 M1 M2 M3 M4
  2-3 4 5 6 7
Central source parameters
T1/104 K 10. 10. 8. 8. 12.
L1/1041 erg s-1 3.5-1.6 3.5 2.0 1.6 1.25
$\delta _4$ .12-.67 0.73 0.83 0.93 0.24
T2/104 K 4. 4. 4. 5. 4.
L2/1041 erg s-1 3.5-1.6 3.5 2.0 1.6 2.5
log(Q) - 51. 1.04-.71 1.054 0.829 0.779 0.734
-log( $Q_{\rm He}$/Q) .462-.447 0.445 0.523 0.493 0.539
Ionized shell parameters
$\epsilon $ .0042-.31 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
$P_{\rm in}/k$/105 CGS 38.-8.3 5.01 3.40 2.96 2.71
$P_{\rm out}/k$/105 CGS - 23.2 21.7 25.4 26.8
$\tau_{\rm c}$ - 5.7 4.9 4.0 4.3
$f^{\rm cov}_1$ 1.-0.43 0.20 0.26 0.23 0.29
$f^{\rm cov}_2$ - - 0.30 0.50 0.60
$\tau_{\rm m}$ or $\tau_{\rm m}$(2) .96-300. 270. 1.21 1.46 1.00
Elemental abundances by number (H = 107)
C 60-52 45.8 38.8 35.3 47.4
N 8.1-5.3 3.9 4.1 4.0 3.8
O 198-192 172. 168. 162. 173.
Ne 33-30 26.4 25.7 24.8 26.9
S (Table 1) 3.4-3.9 5.0 4.3 4.3 5.0
Ar .77-.90 1.14 0.99 0.98 1.13
Fe 4.8-5.8 5.8 6.1 6.0 6.5
Mean shell properties weighted by $N_{\rm e} $ $\times $ $N_{\rm ion}$, except for $N_{\rm e} $
$Q_{\rm abs}$/Q .20-.43 .200 .343 .380 .426
$M_{\rm gas}$/106 $M_{\odot} $ .15-.92 1.02 1.52 1.74 1.79
H+/H .998-.98 .957 .961 .963 .948
O0/O .00-.017 .041 .038 .037 .052
O+/O .076-.10 .122 .125 .129 .131
O2+/O .910-.85 .784 .793 .790 .773
O3+/O .014-.03 .049 .043 .043 .042
$T_{\rm e} $(H+)/104 K 1.65-1.73 1.873 1.859 1.896 1.839
$T_{\rm e} $(O0)/104 K 1.61-1.14 1.040 1.013 1.012 1.003
$T_{\rm e} $(O+)/104 K 1.63-1.43 1.320 1.315 1.309 1.272
$T_{\rm e} $(O2+)/104 K 1.66-1.75 1.911 1.915 1.961 1.898
$T_{\rm e} $(O3+)/104 K 1.76-2.1 2.576 2.402 2.449 2.479
$N_{\rm e} $(H+)/ cm-3 99-18 17.3 11.1 9.8 9.4
$N_{\rm e} $(O0)/ cm-3 99-8.5 46.7 34.0 37.8 41.1
$N_{\rm e} $(O+)/ cm-3 99-16 62.7 48.0 54.0 54.8
$N_{\rm e} $(O2+)/ cm-3 99-18 15.4 10.2 8.9 8.5
$N_{\rm e} $(O3+)/ cm-3 100-19 10.1 7.4 6.3 5.7
t2(H+) .002-.014 .032 .026 .028 .030
t2(O0) .001-.018 .022 .024 .023 .020
t2(O+) .0013-.02 .021 .024 .024 .023
t2(O2+) .002-.008 .013 .010 .010 .010
t2(O3+) .0010-05 .0008 .0006 .0007 .0016
a Constant $N_{\rm H} $. N0: $N_{\rm H} $ = 92 cm-3; N1: $N_{\rm H} $ = 17.0 cm-3.
b $N_{\rm H} $ from thermal pressure of Eq. (1).


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