Iron line emission from a high-temperature plasma in Cassiopeia A

Details Iron line emission from a high-temperature plasma in Cassiopeia A Iron line emission from a high-temperature plasma in Cassiopeia A

May 1976

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1976apj...206l..41p&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, vol. 206, May 15, 1976, pt. 2, p. L41-L44. Research supported by the University of Maryland.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Emission Spectra, High Temperature Plasmas, Iron, Supernova Remnants, X Ray Sources, Abundance, Nebulae, Oso, Plasma Spectra, X Ray Spectra

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The letter reports a measurement of the X-ray spectrum of Cas A with a proportional counter on board OSO-8. The high-energy data (greater than 7 keV) are found to agree equally well with a power law having a number index of about 4.5 and with a thermal spectrum having kT of about 3.9 keV. A narrow iron line predicted by the thermal model is also observed; this line is centered at about 6.67 keV and has an equivalent width of approximately 1270 eV. The low-energy data (below 6 keV) are not fully accounted for by the above thermal spectrum, but are fitted well by an additional low-temperature thermal component with kT not exceeding 0.7 keV and an atomic hydrogen column density of approximately 10 to the 22nd power per sq cm. The iron abundance in the plasma at an electron temperature of 40 keV is estimated from the observed line-to-continuum ratio, and it is shown that a normal cosmic iron abundance is adequate to explain the observation.

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