Constant temperature plane-parallel shock plasma model. The references for this model can be found under the description of the equil model. Several versions are available. To switch between them use the xset neivers command. The versions available are:
1.0 | the version from xspec v11.1 |
1.1 | as 1.0 but with updated ionization fractions using dielectronic recombination rates from Mazzotta et al (1998) |
2.0 | same ionization fractions as 1.1 but uses AtomDB v2 to calculate the resulting spectrum |
3.x | ionization fractions and spectrum calculation uses AtomDB v3.x |
Note that versions 1.x have no emission from Ar. For versions 3.x and later additional xset options are available and are listed under the documentation for nei.
For the pshock model the parameters are:
par1 | Plasma temperature (keV) |
par2 | Metal abundances (He fixed at that defined by the abund command). The elements included are C, N, O, Ne, Mg, Si, S, Ar, Ca, Fe, Ni. Abundances are defined by the abund command |
par3 | Lower limit on ionization timescale in units of s/cm![]() |
par4 | Upper limit on ionization timescale in units of s/cm![]() |
par5 | redshift |
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For the vpshock model, the parameters are:
par1 | Plasma temperature (keV) |
par2 | H abundance (set to 0 for no free-free continuum, otherwise 1) |
par3-par14 | Abundances for He, C, N, O, Ne, Mg, Si, S, Ar, Ca, Fe, Ni wrt Solar (defined by the abund command) |
par15 | Lower limit on ionization timescale in units of s/cm![]() |
par16 | Upper limit on ionization timescale in units of s/cm![]() |
par17 | Redshift, z |
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Finally, for the vvpshock model, the parameters are:
par1 | Plasma temperature (keV) |
par2 | H abundance (set to 0 for no free-free continuum, otherwise 1) |
par3-par31 | Abundances for all elements with 2 ![]() ![]() |
par32 | Lower limit on ionization timescale in units of s/cm![]() |
par33 | Upper limit on ionization timescale in units of s/cm![]() |
par34 | Redshift, z |
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