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c Astronomy Astrophysics manuscript no. 8293ms ESO 2008 February 2, 2008 Axi-symmetric Models of B[e] Supergiants: 7 I. The Effective Temperature and Mass-loss Dependence of the 0 Hydrogen and Helium Ionization Structure 0 2 1 1 2 J. Zsarg´o , D. J. Hillier , and L. N. Georgiev c e 1 Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, 3941 O’Hara St., Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA D 2 Instituto de Astronomia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), CD. Universitaria, Apartado Postal 6 70-264, 04510, M´exico DF, M´exico ] Received DD MM 200Y/ Accepted DD MM 200Y h p ABSTRACT - o r Aims. We calculate the hydrogen and helium ionization in B[e] envelopes and explore their dependence on mass-loss and t effective temperature. We also present simulated observations of the Hα emission line and the C IV λλ1550 doublet, s a and study their behavior. This paper reports our first results in an ongoing study of B[e] supergiants, and provides a [ glimpse on the ionization of the most important elements in self-consistent numerical simulations. Methods. Our newly developed 2D stellar atmosphere code, ASTAROTH, was used for the numerical simulations. 1 The code self-consistently solves for the continuum radiation, non-LTE level populations, and electron temperature in v axi-symmetric stellar envelopes. Observed profil