gadem, vgadem, vvgadem, bgadem, bvgadem, bvvgadem: plasma emission, multi-temperature with
gaussian distribution of emission
measure.
A multi-temperature collisional-ionization equilibrium plasma emission model. The emission measure distribution is a gaussian with mean and sigma given by the first two model parameters. The switch parameter determines the spectrum will be calculated by running the mekal code, by interpolating on a pre-calculated mekal table, using the AtomDB data, or the SPEX data. The final two options are now preferred. See the cie model for further information and options.
For the gadem version, the abundance ratios are set by the abund command. The vgadem variant allows the user to define abundances for the more common elements. See the documentation on the cie model for information on using additional elements included in AtomDB and SPEX.
Velocity broadening can only be used with switch=2 or switch=3.
The parameters for gadem are:
par1 | mean temperature for gaussian emission measure distribution |
par2 | sigma temperature for gaussian emission measure distribution |
par3 | nH (cm |
par4 | abundance relative to Solar |
par5 | redshift z |
par6 | switch (0 = calculate using MEKAL model; 1 = interpolate using MEKAL model; 2 = interpolate using AtomDB data, 3 interpolate using SPEX data) |
norm | Normalization |
For the vgadem variant the parameters are:
par1 | mean temperature for gaussian emission measure distribution |
par2 | sigma temperature for gaussian emission measure distribution |
par3 | nH (cm |
par4–17 | abundance for He, C, N, O, Ne, Na, Mg, Al, Si, S,Ar, Ca, Fe, Ni wrt Solar (defined by the abund command) |
par18 | redshift z |
par19 | switch (0 = calculate using MEKAL model; 1 = interpolate using MEKAL model; 2 = interpolate using AtomDB data, 3 interpolate using SPEX data) |
norm | Normalization |
For the vvgadem variant the parameters are:
par1 | mean temperature for gaussian emission measure distribution |
par2 | sigma temperature for gaussian emission measure distribution |
par3 | nH (cm |
par4–33 | abundance for He to Zn wrt Solar (defined by the abund command) |
par34 | redshift z |
par35 | switch (0 = calculate using MEKAL model; 1 = interpolate using MEKAL model; 2 = interpolate using AtomDB data, 3 interpolate using SPEX data) |
norm | Normalization |
The parameters for the bgadem variant with a parameter for velocity broadening are:
par1 | mean temperature for gaussian emission measure distribution |
par2 | sigma temperature for gaussian emission measure distribution |
par3 | nH (cm |
par4 | abundance relative to Solar |
par5 | redshift z |
par6 | Gaussian sigma for velocity broadening (km/s) (switch=2 or 3 only) |
par7 | switch (0 = calculate using MEKAL model; 1 = interpolate using MEKAL model; 2 = interpolate using AtomDB data, 3 interpolate using SPEX data) |
norm | Normalization |
For the bvgadem variant with variable abundances and a parameter for velocity broadening the parameters are:
par1 | mean temperature for gaussian emission measure distribution |
par2 | sigma temperature for gaussian emission measure distribution |
par3 | nH (cm |
par4–17 | abundance for He, C, N, O, Ne, Na, Mg, Al, Si, S,Ar, Ca, Fe, Ni wrt Solar (defined by the abund command) |
par18 | redshift z |
par19 | Gaussian sigma for velocity broadening (km/s) (switch=2 or 3 only) |
par20 | switch (0 = calculate using MEKAL model; 1 = interpolate using MEKAL model; 2 = interpolate using AtomDB data, 3 interpolate using SPEX data) |
norm | Normalization |
For the bvvgadem variant with variable abundances and a parameter for velocity broadening the parameters are:
par1 | mean temperature for gaussian emission measure distribution |
par2 | sigma temperature for gaussian emission measure distribution |
par3 | nH (cm |
par4–33 | abundance relative for He to Zn wrt Solar (defined by the abund command) |
par34 | redshift z |
par35 | Gaussian sigma for velocity broadening (km/s) (switch=2 or 3 only) |
par36 | switch (0 = calculate using MEKAL model; 1 = interpolate using MEKAL model; 2 = interpolate using AtomDB data, 3 interpolate using SPEX data) |
norm | Normalization |