The Ionized Stellar Wind in Vela X-1 during Eclipse
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We present a first analysis of a high resolution X-ray spectrum of the ionized stellar wind of Vela X-1 during eclipse. The data were obtained with the High Energy Transmission Grating Spectrometer onboard the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The spectrum is resolved into emission lines with fluxes between 0.02 and 1.04×10−4 photons cm−2s−1. We identify lines from a variety of charge states, including fluorescence lines from cold material, a warm photoionized wind. We can exclude signatures from collisionally ionized plasmas. For the first time we identify fluorescence lines from L-shell ions from lower Z elements. We also detect radiative recombination continua from a kT = 10 eV (1.2×105 K) photoionized optically thin gas. The fluorescence line fluxes infer the existence of optically thick and clumped matter within or outside the warm photoionized plasma. Subject headings: stars: early type — X-rays: stars — X-rays: neutron stars binaries: stellar winds — techniques: spectroscopic
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