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Fig. 7

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Predicted emission-line flux ratio of [Neii]12.81/[Neiii]15.55 (upper) and [Nii]121.7/[Niii]57.21 (lower) as a function of the density-sensitive flux ratio [Nii]121.7/[Nii]205.4. Solid and dotted lines denote U-constant and nH-constant model sequences, respectively. Models with Zgas = 1.0 Z and 3.0 Z are denoted by green and red lines, respectively. Only the models with nH ≤ 102 cm-3 are plotted for Zgas = 1.0 Z, and models with nH ≤ 103 cm-3 are plotted for Zgas = 3.0 Z. This is because the [Nii] lines are faint in clouds with a high density owing to the collisional de-excitation effects.

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