Thermal radiation processes
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2008
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Kaastra, J.S.
Paerels, F.
Durret, F.
Schindler, S.
Richter, P.
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We discuss the different physical processes that are important to understand the thermal X-ray emission and absorption spectra of the diffuse gas in clusters of galaxies and the warm-hot intergalactic medium. The ionisation balance, line and continuum emission and absorption properties are reviewed and several practical examples are given that illustrate the most important diagnostic features in the X-ray spectra.
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Kaastra, J S, Paerels, F, Durret, F, Schindler, S & Richter, P 2008, 'Thermal radiation processes', Space Science Reviews, vol. 134, no. 1-4, pp. 155-190.