Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Dec 1982
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982apjs...50..263k&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, vol. 50, Nov. 1982, p. 263-317.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
400
Astronomical Models, Gas Ionization, Nebulae, Radiation Transport, Ultraviolet Spectra, X Ray Sources, Emission Spectra, Photoionization, Recombination Reactions, Scaling Laws, Tables (Data), X Ray Spectra
Scientific paper
Theoretical models are presented for the temperature and ionization structure of spherically symmetric, constant density, gaseous nebulae surrounding compact X-ray sources and for the optical, UV, and X-ray spectra emerging from the nebulae. The structure is determined by assuming a local balance between heating and cooling in the gas, and the radiation field is found by solving a simplified equation of transfer. The calculations include an accurate and comprehensive treatment of the atomic processes affecting the state of the gas and the radiation field. The destruction of line radiation during resonance scattering causes models to be significantly hotter and more highly ionized than previous models of the same type. Model results are presented for a wide variety of gas densities and X-ray source spectra, scaling laws which allow these results to be generalized to a wide variety of astrophysical solutions are discussed, and column densities of multiply charged species are tabulated.
Kallman Tim R.
McCray Richard
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