The metal content of the hot atmospheres of galaxy groups

F Gastaldello, A Simionescu, F Mernier, V Biffi… - Universe, 2021 - mdpi.com
Galaxy groups host the majority of matter and more than half of all the galaxies in the
Universe. Their hot (10 7 K), X-ray emitting intra-group medium (IGrM) reveals emission …

Scientific objectives of the Hot Universe Baryon Surveyor (HUBS) mission

J Bregman, R Cen, Y Chen, W Cui, T Fang… - Science China Physics …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The Hot Universe Baryon Surveyor (HUBS) is a proposed space-based X-ray
telescope for detecting X-ray emissions from the hot gas content in our universe. With its …

New measurement resolves key astrophysical Fe XVII oscillator strength problem

S Kühn, C Cheung, NS Oreshkina, R Steinbrügge… - Physical review …, 2022 - APS
One of the most enduring and intensively studied problems of x-ray astronomy is the
disagreement of state-of-the art theory and observations for the intensity ratio of two Fe XVII …

The warm-hot circumgalactic medium around EAGLE-simulation galaxies and its detection prospects with X-ray and UV line absorption

NA Wijers, J Schaye… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
We use the EAGLE (Evolution and Assembly of GaLaxies and their Environments)
cosmological simulation to study the distribution of baryons, and far-ultraviolet (O vi) …

High resolution photoexcitation measurements exacerbate the long-standing Fe XVII oscillator strength problem

S Kühn, C Shah, JRC López-Urrutia, K Fujii… - Physical review …, 2020 - APS
For more than 40 years, most astrophysical observations and laboratory studies of two key
soft x-ray diagnostic 2 p-3 d transitions, 3 C and 3 D, in Fe XVII ions found oscillator strength …

The warm-hot circumgalactic medium around EAGLE-simulation galaxies and its detection prospects with X-ray-line emission

NA Wijers, J Schaye - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
We estimate the detectability of X-ray metal-line emission from the circumgalactic medium
(CGM) of galaxies over a large halo mass range (–), using the EAGLE simulations. With the …

O, Ne, Mg, and Fe Abundances in Hot X-Ray-emitting Halos of Galaxy Clusters, Groups, and Giant Early-type Galaxies with XMM-Newton RGS Spectroscopy

K Fukushima, SB Kobayashi… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Chemical elements in the hot medium permeating early-type galaxies, groups, and clusters
make such objects an excellent laboratory for studying metal enrichment and cycling …

Uncertainties in atomic data for modeling astrophysical charge exchange plasmas

L Gu, C Shah, R Zhang - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Relevant uncertainties of theoretical atomic data are vital to determining the accuracy of
plasma diagnostics in a number of areas, including, in particular, the astrophysical study. We …

X-ray spectra of the Fe-L complex-III. Systematic uncertainties in atomic data

L Gu, C Shah, J Mao, AJJ Raassen, J de Plaa… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
There has been a growing request from the X-ray astronomy community for a quantitative
estimate of systematic uncertainties originating from the atomic data used in plasma codes …

Photoionisation modelling of the X-ray emission line regions within the Seyfert 2 AGN NGC 1068

S Grafton-Waters, G Branduardi-Raymont… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
Aims. We investigate the photoionised X-ray emission line regions (ELRs) within the Seyfert
2 galaxy NGC 1068 to determine if there are any characteristic changes between …