Broad-Band High Resolution Spectroscopy of SS Cygni in Outburst

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Sep 1999

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Chandra Proposal ID #01300579

Physics

Chandra Proposal Id #01300579

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We propose to observe the dwarf nova SS Cygni in outburst with the AXAF LETGS and HETGS to (1) measure the differential emission measure of the X-ray emitting plasma over three decades in temperature (from ~ 3e5 to 3e8 K), (2) measure the abundances and density of the plasma responsible for the hard component of the spectrum, (3) determine or constrain the physical conditions and emission mechanism(s) responsible for the soft component of the spectrum, and (4) measure the spectrum of the soft X-ray oscillations, thereby diagnosing their cause. Finally, assisted by simultaneous RXTE observations, we will measure the line and continuum spectrum reflected from the surface of the white dwarf and accretion disk.

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