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The Temperature Structure of a Stellar Atmosphere Heated by Soft X-Rays

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

D. T. Wickramasinghe
D. T. Wickramasinghe*
Affiliation:
Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatory, Research School of Physical Sciences, Australian National University
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In this paper we obtain an approximate expression for the temperature structure of a stellar atmosphere heated by an external flux of soft X-rays. Allowance is made for reradiation in both the soft X-ray and optical regions. As may be expected our results indicate that the temperature structure will be drastically changed from the grey T-T relation, particularly at low optical depths. The stronger lines should appear in emission with the possibility of a central absorption in certain circumstances. The present results are in general agreement with those of Strittmatter (1974).

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Stellar
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 2 , Issue 5 , September 1974 , pp. 265 - 267
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1974

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