The mystery of the X-ray spectrum has been around for a long time. Scientists are trying to unravel the mystery behind this X-ray spectrum. The problem of this astrophysical mystery has also been going on for a long time.
The reason why it remained a mystery for a long time is because of the limitations of research tools or tools. Meanwhile, research on the X-ray spectrum is not easy.
Finally, an international team has solved the problem in their latest experiment.
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A group of scientists unravels the mystery of the X-ray spectrum
An international team led by the Heidelberg MPI for Nuclear Physics has just successfully solved an astrophysics problem decades ago.
They experiment with high precision. Thus, for the first time the spectral value can be calculated theoretically in practice.
The intensity ratios of the important radiation lines in iron that had previously been measured in the laboratory deviated from these calculations.
Thus, there is uncertainty about the state of very hot gases in the X-ray spectrum, such as those in the solar corona or in the region around black holes.
With the latest experimental data, agreement with the theory has been reached. This means that X-ray or X-ray data from this space telescope can be analyzed by researchers in the future.
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Hot gas around the solar corona and black holes
You must know that this spectrum of X-ray light is hot gas around the sun’s corona and also around the black hole.
During the observations, the researchers will look for radiation in the X-ray spectrum around the two objects.
The X-ray spectrum helps explain how physical conditions, such as temperature and density, exist right now.
However, in recent decades researchers have struggled with disagreements between ratio calculations and calculations of the mysterious X-ray spectrum.
Max Planck and his team at the Institute for Nuclear Physics have finally tried to solve this problem with extraordinary high-precision experiments.
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X-ray spectrum measurement
X-ray light radiated like plasma shows fingerprints of the chemical elements present in them.
Most notable are the spectral lines of some ionized iron, namely the emission from Fe XVIII, an iron atom that releases 16 to 26 electrons in hot plasma.
To solve the problem, the researcher finally conducted a research using the latest method, namely measuring the absolute intensity of each line called the oscillator strength.
They used the recently developed mobile ion traps. XVII iron ions from the electron beam will be trapped in the magnetic field.
In the next phase, the team will irradiate ferrous ions using focused X-rays from PETRA III at the German Electron Synchrotron (DESY).
By combining the new ion trap with the X-ray beam, the researchers were able to increase the X-ray spectrum by half compared to previous experiments. With that, the mystery of the X-ray spectrum has finally been solved. (R10/HR-Online)
