Thermal Radiation Processes

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Part of book or chapter of book , Article , Other literature type , Preprint 01 Feb 2008Embargo end date: 01 Jan 2008 France, Germany, Netherlands, France English Publisher:Springer New YorkJournal:Space Science Reviews, volume 134, pages 155-190 (issn: 0038-6308, eissn: 1572-9672,

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Authors: Kaastra, J. S.; Paerels, F. B. S.; Durret, F.; Schindler, S.; Richter, P.;

doi: 10.1007/978-0-387-78875-3_9 , 10.1007/s11214-008-9310-y , 10.48550/arxiv.0801.1011 , 10.25932/publishup-43622

arXiv: 0801.1011

Thermal Radiation Processes

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We discuss the different physical processes that are important to understand the thermal X-ray emission and absorption spectra of the diffuse gas in clusters of galaxies and the warm-hot intergalactic medium. The ionisation balance, line and continuum emission and absorption properties are reviewed and several practical examples are given that illustrate the most important diagnostic features in the X-ray spectra.

37 pages, 16 figures, accepted for publication in Space Science Reviews, special issue "Clusters of galaxies: beyond the thermal view", Editor J.S. Kaastra, Chapter 9; work done by an international team at the International Space Science Institute (ISSI), Bern, organised by J.S. Kaastra, A.M. Bykov, S. Schindler & J.A.M. Bleeker

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ddc:600, Astrophysics (astro-ph), FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic processes, X-rays: general, Astrophysics, Radiation mechanisms: thermal, [SDU] Sciences of the Universe [physics], Space and Planetary Science, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät, Intergalactic medium

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