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Q:Relating to X-ray absorption spectroscopy: Because of X-ray data coming from new telescopes such as Chandra, laboratory experiments are a good test bed for extreme plasma conditions, for which there are no known models. Could you point out a marking example of data coming out from Chandra that constitutes a challenge for plasma atomic physics?A:Check out the Chandra Emission Line Project web page: http://cxc.harvard.edu/elp/ELP.html A few of the many recent observations with Chandra that show the richness of the spectra, and the need for more precise calculations are given below. In general, Chandra is demonstrating the need for better theoretical X-ray spectra for a wide variety of objects, including comets & planets (fluorescence and charge-exchange) to stellar coronas, supernova remnants (non-equilibrium effects are especially important here), accretion disks around stellar and supermassive black holes, and galaxy clusters.
http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/astro-ph/0202083
http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/astro-ph/0201533
http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/astro-ph/0111132
http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/astro-ph/0112037
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