Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Apr 1997
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997a%26a...320..899f&link_type=abstract
Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.320, p.899-912
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
67
Hydrodynamics, Radiative Transfer, Shock Waves, Stars: Early-Type, X-Rays: Stars
Scientific paper
A semi-empirical model is developed for the X-ray emission from O star winds, and used to analyze recent ROSAT PSPC spectra. The X-rays are assumed to originate from cooling zones behind shock fronts, where the cooling is primarily radiative at small radii in the wind, and due to expansion at large radii. The shocks are dispersed in a cold background wind whose X-ray opacity is provided by detailed NLTE calculations. This model is a natural extension of the Hillier et al. (1993) model of isothermal wind shocks. By assuming spatially constant shock temperatures, these authors achieved good fits to the data only by postulating two intermixed shock families of independent temperature and filling factor - i.e., by adjusting in parallel four parameters. By applying the present model to the analysis of high S/N PSPC spectra of three O-stars (ζ Pup, ι Ori, ζ Ori), we achieve fits of almost the same quality with only two parameters. This supports the idea that the two- or multi-component X-ray spectra are indeed due to stratified cooling layers.
Feldmeier Achim
Kudritzki Rolf Peter
Palsa Ralf
Pauldrach Adalbert W. A.
Puls Jason
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