Resonance Scattering In The X-Ray Emission Lines Profiles Of ζ Puppis

Authors

M. A. Leutenegger
David H. Cohen, Swarthmore CollegeFollow
S. M. Kahn
S. P. Owocki
F. B.S. Paerels

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

4-1-2008

Published In

Clumping In Hot-Star Winds: Proceedings Of An International Workshop

Abstract

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.

Editor(s)

W.-R. Hamann, A. Feldmeier, and L. M. Oskinova

Conference

International Workshop On Clumping In Hot-Star Winds

Conference Dates

June 18-22, 2007

Conference Location

University Of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany

Comments

This work is a preprint retrieved from arXiv.org at arXiv:0708.1011.
The published version of this work is available from Universität Potsdam.

Recommended Citation

M. A. Leutenegger et al. (2008). "Resonance Scattering In The X-Ray Emission Lines Profiles Of ζ Puppis". Clumping In Hot-Star Winds: Proceedings Of An International Workshop. 213-215.
https://works.swarthmore.edu/fac-physics/67