Resonance scattering in the X-ray emission lines profiles of ζ Puppis

  • We present XMM-Newton Reflection Grating Spectrometer observations of pairs of X-ray emission line profiles from the O star ζ Pup that originate from the same He-like ion. The two profiles in each pair have different shapes and cannot both be consistently fit by models assuming the same wind parameters. We show that the differences in profile shape can be accounted for in a model including the effects of resonance scattering, which affects the resonance line in the pair but not the intercombination line. This implies that resonance scattering is also important in single resonance lines, where its effect is difficult to distinguish from a low effective continuum optical depth in the wind. Thus, resonance scattering may help reconcile X-ray line profile shapes with literature mass-loss rates.

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Author details:M. A. Leutenegger, David H. Cohen, S. M. Kahn, S. P. Owocki, F. B. S. Paerels
URN:urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-18085
Publication type:Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Publication year:2007
Publishing institution:Universität Potsdam
Release date:2008/04/25
RVK - Regensburg classification:US 1999.07
Organizational units:Extern / Extern
DDC classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 52 Astronomie / 520 Astronomie und zugeordnete Wissenschaften
Collection(s):Universität Potsdam / Tagungsbände/Proceedings (nicht fortlaufend) / Clumping in hot-star winds: International Workshop, Potsdam, Germany, 18. - 22. June 2007
Universität Potsdam / Tagungsbände/Proceedings (nicht fortlaufend) / Clumping in hot-star winds: International Workshop, Potsdam, Germany, 18. - 22. June 2007 / Talks and Discussions (in alphabetical order)
Universität Potsdam / Tagungsbände/Proceedings (nicht fortlaufend) / Clumping in hot-star winds: International Workshop, Potsdam, Germany, 18. - 22. June 2007 / Talks and Discussions (organized by sections) / X-rays
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