Effects of satellite lines in fittings of He-like triplets of X-ray Spectra
Abstract
We estimate the wind speeds with a Bayesian inference and a Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) tool for the high resolution X-ray spectra of Vela X-1, to understand the effect of satellite lines on spectral analysis. After modelling continua and He-like triplets of the spectra with a parameterized two-component power-law model and a mullti-Gaussian model, respectively, we estimate the contamination from satellite lines, and improve the self-consistency of wind speeds derived from the He-like triplet lines of different elements. Moreover, our fitting shows that the column density of scatter component varies from phase to phase.
- Publication:
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Laboratory Astrophysics: From Observations to Interpretation
- Pub Date:
- 2020
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S174392131900807X
- Bibcode:
- 2020IAUS..350..249Z
- Keywords:
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- methods: data analysis;
- X-rays: binaries;
- line: identification