X-ray plasma diagnostics for totally and partially photoionized plasmas such as Warm Absorber in AGN

dc.creatorPorquet, Delphine
dc.creatorDubau, Jacques
dc.date1999-12-03
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T06:25:49Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T06:25:49Z
dc.descriptionThanks to the new generation of X-ray satellites such as Chandra and XMM, high resolution and high sensitivity spectra are available. In particular, for the first time, the three most intense lines (resonance, intercombination and forbidden) of low charged (low Z) He-like ions are splitted for non solar plasmas. We present density, ionizing process and temperature diagnostics, for totally and partially photoionized plasmas, based on ratios of these three lines. These powerful plasma diagnostics could be used for hot astrophysical plasmas such as AGN, starburst galaxies, X-ray binaries, etc. In particular, they could be applied to Warm Absorber often seen in Active Galactic Nuclei (Porquet & Dubau 2000), which is an important key tool to understand central region of different types of AGN (Seyfert 1 and 2, high and low redshift quasars).
dc.descriptionTo appear in Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisca, Conference Series, (Eds) J. Franco, J. Arthur & N. Brickhouse (February 2000)
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9912065
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9912065
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/96935
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleX-ray plasma diagnostics for totally and partially photoionized plasmas such as Warm Absorber in AGN
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