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            meka, vmeka: emission, hot diffuse gas (Mewe-Gronenschild)

An emission spectrum from hot diffuse gas based on the model calculations of Mewe and Gronenschild (as amended by Kaastra). The model includes line emissions from several elements. Abundances are the number of nuclei per Hydrogen nucleus relative to the Solar abundances set by the abund command.

 

The vmeka variant allows the user to set the abundances for the model.

 

Parameters for the meka model are:

 

par1

 plasma temperature in keV

par2

 H density (cm–3)

par3

Metal abundances (He fixed at cosmic). The elements included are C, N, O, Ne, Na, Mg, Al, Si, S, Ar, Ca, Fe, Ni.

par4

 redshift, z

norm

10^-14/(4*pi*[D_A(1+z)]^2) * [intg](n_e*n_H dV) where DA is the angular size distance to the source (cm), , and ne , nH (cm-3) are the electron and hydrogen densities respectively.

 

Parameters for the vmeka model are:

 

par1

 plasma temperature in keV

par2

 H density (cm–3)

par3-par14

Abundances for He, C, N, O, Ne, Mg, Si, S, Ar, Ca, Fe, Ni wrt Solar (given by the Anders & Grevesse mixture)

par15

 redshift, z

norm

 10^-14/(4*pi*[D_A(1+z)]^2) * [intg](n_e*n_H dV) where DA is the angular size distance to the source (cm), and ne , nH (cm-3) are the electron and hydrogen densities respectively.

 

The references for the MEKA model are as follows :

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)

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


 

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