Temperature-insensitive line ratios

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Kesich, Anthony
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Physics.
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David P. Huenemoerder.
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Abstract
We develop method to extract elemental abundance ratios using temperature-insensitive ratios of x-ray line fluxes for a collisionally ionized plasma. This method is then refined using more realistic plasma models for coronae of active stars. We finally apply the method to multiple sources and compare the results to those obtained via Emission Measure Modeling.
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Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, 2009.
 
Includes bibliographical references (p. 14-15).
 
Date issued
2009
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/51578
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Physics.
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