X-ray powerful diagnostics for highly-ionized plasmas: He-like ions

dc.creatorPorquet, D.
dc.creatorMewe, R.
dc.creatorKaastra, J. S.
dc.creatorDubau, J.
dc.creatorRaassen, A. J. J.
dc.date2002-04-08
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dc.descriptionThe calculations of the ratios of the Helium-like ion X-ray lines from C V to Si XIII are revisited in order to apply the results to density, temperature and ionization process diagnostics of data from high-resolution spectroscopy of the new generation of X-ray satellites: Chandra and XMM-Newton. Comparing to earlier computations, Porquet & Dubau (2000), the best experimental values are used for radiative transition probabilities. The influence of an external radiation field (photo-excitation), the contribution from unresolved dielectronic satellite lines and the optical depth are taken into account. These diagnostics could be applied to collision-dominated plasmas (e.g., stellar coronae), photo-ionized plasmas (e.g., ``Warm Absorber'' in AGNs), and transient plasmas (e.g., SNRs).
dc.description4 pages, 3 figures, proceedings of the symposium 'New Visions of the X-ray Universe in the XMM-Newton and Chandra Era', 26-30 November 2001, ESTEC, The Netherlands, in press
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0204119
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0204119
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/4361
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleX-ray powerful diagnostics for highly-ionized plasmas: He-like ions
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