Thermal radiation processes
Astrophysics
2009-11-13 v1
Abstract
We discuss the different physical processes that are important to understand the thermal X-ray emission and absorption spectra of the diffuse gas in clusters of galaxies and the warm-hot intergalactic medium. The ionisation balance, line and continuum emission and absorption properties are reviewed and several practical examples are given that illustrate the most important diagnostic features in the X-ray spectra.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0801.1011,
title = {Thermal radiation processes},
author = {J. S. Kaastra and F. B. S. Paerels and F. Durret and S. Schindler and P. Richter},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0801.1011},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
37 pages, 16 figures, accepted for publication in Space Science Reviews, special issue "Clusters of galaxies: beyond the thermal view", Editor J.S. Kaastra, Chapter 9; work done by an international team at the International Space Science Institute (ISSI), Bern, organised by J.S. Kaastra, A.M. Bykov, S. Schindler & J.A.M. Bleeker