xsmekal

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Synopsis

Mewe-Kaastra-Liedahl thermal plasma (1995). XSpec model.

An emission spectrum from hot diffuse gas based on the model calculations of Mewe and Kaastra with Fe L calculations by Liedahl. The model includes line emissions from several elements. The switch parameter determines whether the mekal code will be run to calculate the model spectrum for each temperature, or whether the model spectrum will be interpolated from a pre-calculated table; the former is slower but more accurate.

This is an additive model component.

xsmekal Parameters

Number	Name	Description
1	kt	plasma temperature in keV
2	nh	hydrogen density in cm^-3
3	abundanc	metal abundances (He fixed at cosmic). The elements included are C, N, O, Ne, Na, Mg, Al, Si, S, Ar, Ca, Fe, Ni. Abundances are set by the set_xsabund command.
4	redshift	redshift, z
5	switch	0 = calculate, 1 = interpolate
6	norm	10^-14 / (4 pi (D_A*(1+z))^2) Int n_e n_H dV, where D_A is the angular size distance to the source (cm), n_e is the electron density (cm^-3), and n_H is the hydrogen density (cm^-3)

The references for this model are:

Mewe, R., Gronenschild, E.H.B.M., and van den Oord, G.H.J. 1985, A&AS, 62, 197
Mewe, R., Lemen, J.R., and van den Oord, G.H.J. 1986, A&AS, 65, 511
Kaastra, J.S. 1992, An X-Ray Spectral Code for Optically Thin Plasmas (Internal SRON-Leiden Report, updated version 2.0)
Liedahl, D.A., Osterheld, A.L., and Goldstein, W.H. 1995, ApJL, 438, 115

Similar credit may also be given for the adopted ionization balance:

Arnaud, M., and Rothenflug, M. 1985, A&AS, 60, 425
Arnaud, M., and Raymond, J, 1992, ApJ, 398, 394

XSpec version

This information is taken from the XSpec User's Guide. Version 12.7.1 of the XSpec models is supplied with CIAO 4.4.1.

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