A (short) review of the talks and posters presented.ppt

A (short) review of the talks and posters presented Randall Smith JHU NASA/GSFC Spectroscopy puts most of the “physics”into X-ray astrophysics – Claude Canizares 1895 ApJ, 1, 1: A. A. Michelson on how to measure spectral lines emitted in solar prominences “Synthesize, don’t Summarize” Methods Models Accretion (WA, Fe K) Stars – flares FIPs, O (-type) my! Expect the Unexpected Future of X-ray Spectroscopy What didn’t we talk about? (much) SNRs (except Dewey) – and we clearly need to re-observe Cas A in 6-7 years Clusters (except Peterson, Behar) – although absence of cooling flows a blockbuster; also found vturb30 km/s with a 300 km/s spectrometer! What didn’t we talk about? (much) SNRs (except Dewey) – and we clearly need to re-observe Cas A in 6-7 years Clusters (except Peterson, Behar) – although absence of cooling flows a blockbuster; also found vturb30 km/s with a 300 km/s spectrometer! We need non-dispersive X-ray spectra! Methods Models Some things are easy. [Thank goodness!] Identifying ion parent of (most) lines Fe L shell lines easy to id; strengths harder RRC features mostly easy to id as well. Doppler shifts (if ? known well; need lab data!) But getting ?v to 3.7 km/s in EX Hya impressive Diagnostic line ratios of (strong) lines But watch out for LOS differences in models! Methods Models Others are hard Fitting high-resolution broad band spectra Measuring a faint continuum Determining an Emission or Absorption Measure Distribution (EMD, AMD) Creating a model simple enough to calculate but powerful enough to encapsulate data Methods Models Are we ready for a satellite which produces nothing but high-resolution X-ray spectra? Methods Models: Analyzing high-resolution spectra RGS, HETG, and LETG spectra all have more resolution elements than this projector! Methods: Which converge? to the right value? “Photon Clean,” including bootstrap Line-Based Analysis absline Gaussian fits after continuum determination Adding components until ?2 stops