Determining electron temperature and density in a H II region by using
  the relative strengths of hydrogen radio recombination lines
  We have introduced a new method of estimating the electron temperature and
density of H II regions by using single dish observations. In this method,
multiple hydrogen radio recombination lines of different bands are computed
under the assumption of low optical depth. We use evolutionary hydrodynamical
models of H II regions to model hydrogen recombination line emission from a
variety of H II regions and assess the reliability of the method. According to
the simulated results, the error of the estimated temperature is commonly <
13%, and that of the estimated density is < 25% for a < 1% uncertainty of the
observed line fluxes. A reasonable estimated value of electron density can be
achieved if the uncertainty of the line fluxes are lower than 3%. In addition,
the estimated values are more representative of the properties in the
relatively high-density region if the gas density gradient is present in the H
II region. Our method can be independent of the radio continuum observations.
But the accuracy will be improved if a line-to-continuum ratio at millimeter
wavelengths is added to the estimation. Our method provides a way to measure
the temperature and density in ionized regions without interferometers.
