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Spectral Modeling with APEC

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

Nancy S. Brickhouse  and
Randall K. Smith
Nancy S. Brickhouse
Affiliation:
Harvard-Smithsonian CfA, 60 Garden St., Cambridge, MA 02138
Randall K. Smith
Affiliation:
Harvard-Smithsonian CfA, 60 Garden St., Cambridge, MA 02138

Abstract

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The Astrophysical Plasma Emission Code (APEC) collaboration now provides public models for X-ray spectra of collisional equilibrium plasmas. These models facilitate the diagnosis of temperature, density, elemental abundance, charge state, and optical depth. We report benchmarking studies of the APEC models from the Emission Line Project, a project to test these models using high quality stellar coronal spectra. We discuss the implications of the benchmarked atomic data for non-equilibrium collisional models as well. Finally, we discuss the extension of APEC to other applications, such as opacity models for AGN.

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Type
I. Joint Discussions
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 13 , 2005 , pp. 651 - 652
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Pacific 2005

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