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Astrophysical Plasmas and Atomic Processes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

J.S. Kaastra
J.S. Kaastra*
Affiliation:
SRON Sorbonnelaan2, 3584 CA Utrecht, The Netherlands

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Several plasma codes are available for the analysis of hot astrophysical plasmas. Among the oldest are the Raymond-Smith model (Raymond & Smith 1977) and Mewe-Gronenschild model (Mewe et al. 1985, 1986). Minor updates to this last code have resulted in the meka model (Kaastra 1992); major updates (most importantly the ionization balance and the treatment of the Fe-L complex) resulted in the mekal code (Mewe, Kaastra & Liedahl 1995). Here also the plasma codes of Masai (1984) and Landini & Monsignori Fossi (1990) should be mentioned. The RS, meka and mekal codes are included in the XSPEC fitting package, the latest mekal code is incorporated in the SPEX package (Kaastra et al. 1996). Both Masai's code and SPEX contain non-equilibrium ionization (NEI) modes. All these codes differ in details, see Brickhouse et al. (1995) for an overview. Most important for the analysis of X-ray data is the ionization balance that is used for iron and the treatment of the Fe-L complex.

Type
Session 1: Plasma and Fresh Nucleosynthesis Phenomena
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 188: The Hot Universe , 1998 , pp. 43 - 46
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1998 

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