2009MNRAS.394.1284A -
Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 394, 1284-1306 (2009/April-2)
On the X-ray emission from massive star clusters and their evolving superbubbles - II. Detailed analytics and observational effects.
ANORVE-ZEFERINO G.A., TENORIO-TAGLE G. and SILICH S.
Abstract (from CDS):
In this work, we present a comprehensive X-ray picture of the interaction between a super star cluster and the interstellar medium. In order to do that, we compare and combine the X-ray emission from the superwind driven by the cluster with the emission from the wind-blown bubble. Detailed analytical models for the hydrodynamics and X-ray luminosity of fast polytropic superwinds are presented. The superwind X-ray luminosity models are an extension of the results obtained in Paper I. Here, the superwind polytropic character allows us to parametrize a wide variety of effects, for instance, radiative cooling. Additionally, X-ray properties that are valid for all bubble models taking thermal evaporation into account are derived. The final X-ray picture is obtained by calculating analytically the expected surface brightness and weighted temperature of each component. All of our X-ray models have an explicit dependence on metallicity and admit general emissivities as functions of the hydrodynamical variables. We consider a realistic X-ray emissivity that separates the contributions from hydrogen and metals. The paper ends with a comparison of the models with observational data.
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Journal keyword(s):
hydrodynamics - stars: winds, outflows - ISM: bubbles - X-rays: ISM
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