Iron Line Diagnostics in X-ray Sources: Proceedings of a Workshop Held in Varenna, Como, Italy 9–12 October 1990

Steven M. Kahn, Duane A. Liedahl (auth.), A. Treves, G. C. Perola, L. Stella (eds.)3540543546, 9783540543541, 0387543546

Transitions from the innermost shells of iron, especially the K- and L-shelllines, provide a powerful tool for probing the physical characteristics of hot plasmas in X-ray sources. Their strength and purity allow important conclusions to be drawn even with modest energy resolution. They should also help in studying the regions around black holes and neutron stars. In this book the state of the art and themost recent theoretical and experimental observations are presented. The book will be a valuable source for future satellite missions. It addresses both researchers and graduate students in astrophysics.

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Table of contents :
Iron L-shell line formation in diverse astrophysical environments….Pages 1-12
X-ray lines in stellar coronae….Pages 13-25
Low-resolution spectra of stellar coronae and flares with exosat: The iron K line….Pages 26-29
GINGA observations of AB Doradus….Pages 30-34
Line spectroscopy in supernova remnants….Pages 35-44
Thermal X-ray emission from centre-filled supernova remnants….Pages 45-48
Non-Equilibrium, non-LTE Ionization in supernova remnants….Pages 49-52
SPARTAN 1 X-ray observation of diffuse emission at the galactic center….Pages 53-56
Iron line diagnostics in elliptical galaxies and cluster cooling flows….Pages 57-66
Iron line emission features in clusters of galaxies….Pages 67-71
Spartan-1 X-ray observations of iron line emission in the perseus cluster….Pages 72-75
The distribution of iron in galaxy clusters — results from the spacelab 2 X-ray telescope….Pages 76-79
The spatial distribution of iron in the coma cluster of galaxies….Pages 80-83
Iron lines from X-ray binaries….Pages 85-97
Black hole candidates in binaries….Pages 98-110
Iron lines in X-ray pulsators….Pages 111-121
Iron lines in X-ray spectra of high mass X-ray binaries….Pages 122-125
Properties of iron line emission in the X-ray binary GX301-2….Pages 126-129
Behaviour of the iron line in Cygnus X-1 during dips and persistent emission….Pages 130-133
The EXOSAT GSPC iron line catalogue….Pages 134-137
Narrow iron K line and warm iron K edge in pulse phase spectra of Hercules X-1….Pages 138-142
GINGA observation of X1820-303 and its iron-line emission….Pages 143-146
The iron lines of SS433….Pages 147-150
Modelling of X-ray emission from SS433….Pages 151-154
Iron Kα lines and the absorption structure of intermediate polars….Pages 155-161
Simulation of the boundary layer in white dwarf with the SPH method….Pages 162-166
Iron lines in AGN and Black Hole candidates….Pages 167-176
Iron line emission and the distribution of cold matter in Seyfert galaxies….Pages 177-186
Spectral features in AGN: Problems and questions….Pages 187-195
The ionization structure of iron in AGN….Pages 196-200
Iron K fluorescence and high energy bump from accretion disks in AGNs….Pages 201-204
Line profiles from a disk around a rotating black hole….Pages 205-208
X-ray spectra from clouds in active galactic nuclei….Pages 209-213
The origin of the x-ray spectra of AGN….Pages 214-217
Two phase accretion disks as a model for the x-ray emission from Seyfert galaxies….Pages 218-225
Compton broadening of the iron line in NGC 3227….Pages 226-229
Iron K-lines from accretion disks around Schwarzschild black holes….Pages 230-240
Rapid variability of iron line from NGC 6814….Pages 241-246
Iron line variability and geometry in Seyfert galaxies….Pages 247-250
X-ray spectral changes in rapidly variable Seyfert galaxies….Pages 251-254
Soft excess emission in Einstein SSS+MPC observations of seyfert galaxies — a possible interpretation as a blend of soft X-ray lines….Pages 255-258
The X-ray astronomy mission sax….Pages 259-266
Jet-X a joint european x-ray telescope for spectrum-X….Pages 267-273
X-ray spectroscopy with the SODART/XSPECT telescope….Pages 274-283
Capabilities of SODART/XSPECT for iron line detection….Pages 284-288
Iron line spectroscopy with the AXAF calorimeter….Pages 289-299
Operational capabilities of AXAF for iron line diagnostics….Pages 300-310
The proposed Israeli X-ray satellite….Pages 311-319