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3.55 keV Silicon Anomaly as X-ray Candle in the Universe

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena 2021-05-26 v1 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics

Abstract

The Ly-α\alpha line of 14^{14}Si with the energy 3.55-keV is formed in the magnetic field 610126\cdot 10^{12} G. In close binary stellar systems with a red giant and a neutron star in super-strong magnetic fields recombination laser radiation to the Landau ground level may appear from hydrogen-like ions. If the 3.55-keV Ly-α\alpha silicon laser realizes, then the detection of this line from any distances in the Universe on z100z\leq100 is possible and this line may be the X-ray candle because of a huge abundance of silicon in these binary systems. Energies for a Ly-α\alpha line of hydrogen-like 14^{14}Si in magnetic fields 4101210134\cdot10^{12}-10^{13} G are calculated. This line is the unique event because we see this radiation from perpendicular direction to the magnetic column in near-wall layers. The laser radiation to the ground level in the range of (1-20) keV may arise from other hydrogen-like ions. In the presence of a laser, line narrowing is inevitable.

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@article{arxiv.2105.11969,
  title  = {3.55 keV Silicon Anomaly as X-ray Candle in the Universe},
  author = {Vladimir Burdyuzha},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2105.11969},
  year   = {2021}
}

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