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Table 7

Comparison of ionization structures and emission properties of the homogeneous and inhomogeneous H ii regions shown in Fig. 4.

0.1 Z 1.0 Z
homogeneous fractal homogeneous fractal

integrated ionization fractions in %

I II III IV I II III IV I II III IV I II III IV
H 73.6 26.4 83.4 16.6 86.6 13.4 91.4 8.6
He 72.1 27.9 0.0 82.1 17.9 0.0 86.2 13.8 0.0 91.3 8.7 0.0
C 0.0 80.9 18.7 0.3 0.0 88.6 11.1 0.3 0.0 91.4 8.6 0.0 0.0 94.9 5.1 0.0
N 71.7 7.1 20.9 0.3 81.5 5.9 12.4 0.2 85.8 4.8 9.4 0.0 90.6 3.9 5.6 0.0
O 71.3 7.0 21.8 0.0 81.1 5.9 13.0 0.0 85.7 6.8 7.5 0.0 90.5 5.0 4.5 0.0
Ne 71.1 9.0 19.9 0.0 80.9 7.2 11.9 0.0 85.7 9.3 5.0 0.0 90.6 6.3 3.1 0.0
S 0.0 75.2 16.9 7.9 0.0 85.1 9.8 5.1 0.0 87.7 10.9 1.3 0.0 92.6 6.5 0.9

total line emission in units of 1037 erg s-1

Hα 1.71 1.71 1.80 1.80
[N ii] 6584 Å + 6548 Å 0.10 0.11 0.26 0.32
[O ii] 3726 Å + 3729 Å 0.37 0.40 0.56 0.62
[O iii] 5007 Å + 4959 Å 1.98 1.84 0.82 0.74

maximum line strength in units of 108 photons s-1 sr-1 cm-2

Hα 0.88 3.95 1.88 8.61
[N ii] 6584 Å + 6548 Å 0.04 0.26 0.19 1.54
[O ii] 3726 Å + 3729 Å 0.09 0.55 0.25 1.72
[O iii] 5007 Å + 4959 Å 0.91 4.07 0.42 2.18

Notes. In addition to the integrated ionization fractions of important elements we present the total luminosities of several observationally important lines and give for each of these lines the maximum intensity reached along the lines of sight.

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