Interstellar X-ray absorption spectroscopy of oxygen, neon, and iron with the Chandra LETGS spectrum of X0614+091

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作者
Paerels, F
Brinkman, AC
van der Meer, RLJ
Kaastra, JS
Kuulkers, E
den Boggende, AJF
Predehl, P
Drake, JJ
Kahn, SM
Savin, DW
McLaughlin, BM
机构
[1] Columbia Univ, Columbia Astrophys Lab, New York, NY 10027 USA
[2] SRON, Space Res Lab, NL-3584 CA Utrecht, Netherlands
[3] Max Planck Inst Extraterr Phys, D-85740 Garching, Germany
[4] Harvard Smithsonian Ctr Astrophys, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
[5] Queens Univ Belfast, Dept Appl Math & Theoret Phys, Belfast BT7 1NN, Antrim, North Ireland
[6] Univ Utrecht, Inst Astron, NL-3507 TA Utrecht, Netherlands
关键词
atomic processes; ISM : general; stars : individual (X0614+091); techniques : spectroscopic; X-rays : stars;
D O I
10.1086/318251
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P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We find resolved interstellar O K, Ne K, and Fe L absorption spectra in the Chandra X-Ray Observatory Low-Energy Transmission Grating Spectrometer (LETGS) spectrum of the low-mass X-ray binary X0614+091. We measure the column densities in O and Ne and find direct spectroscopic constraints on the chemical state of the interstellar O. These measurements probably probe a low-density line of sight through the Galaxy, and we discuss the results in the context of our knowledge of the properties of interstellar matter in regions between the spiral arms.
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页数:7
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