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Spectroscopic diagnostics of high-temperature plasma in stellar coronae using Fe  xxiv – xxiv K-shell lines with XRISM

First online date2025-06-03
Abstract

The RS CVn type binary star GT Muscae was observed during its quiescence using the Resolve X-ray microcalorimeter spectrometer onboard XRISM. The main and satellite lines of the Fe xxiv–xxiv K-shell transitions were resolved for the first time from stellar sources. We conducted line ratio analysis to investigate any deviations from collisional ionization equilibrium and Maxwell electron energy distribution with a single temperature. By using five combinations of direct excitation lines and dielectronic recombination satellite lines in three line complexes (Fe He$\alpha$, Ly$\alpha$, and He$\beta$), we found that the plasma is well characterized by two-temperature thermal plasmas with temperatures of 1.7 and 4.3 keV, which is consistent with thermal broadening of Fe xxv, and the broad-band fitting results in the 1.7–10 keV band. Other forms of deviation from a single-temperature plasma, such as different ionization and electron temperatures or the $\kappa$ distribution for the electron energy distributions, are not favored, which is reasonable for stellar coronae at quiescence. This study demonstrates the utility of the Fe K-shell line ratio diagnostics to probe plasma conditions using X-ray microcalorimeters.

Funding
  • NAOJ
  • NASA/GSFC
  • NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
  • National Institutes of Natural Sciences [OML032402]
  • NASA [80GSFC21M0002]
  • US Department of Energy
  • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory [DE-AC52-07NA27344]
Citation (ISO format)
KURIHARA, Miki et al. Spectroscopic diagnostics of high-temperature plasma in stellar coronae using Fe  xxiv – xxiv K-shell lines with XRISM. In: Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, 2025, p. psaf045. doi: 10.1093/pasj/psaf045
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Journal ISSN0004-6264
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