X-ray Spectrum Synthesis Software

• Overview
  • Report on the Plasma Codes Workshop
    (Brickhouse et al., 1995, HEASARC `Legacy' No. 6, pp. 4-15)
  • Quick comparison of available spectrum codes.
    (local access only)

• XSPEC
  • User's manual

• SPEX (cie, nei)
  • Usage (local access only)
  • User's manual (ps, 133 pages)
  • Physics included (ps, 48 pages)
  • Ionization and energy balance (ps, 17 pages)
  • Continuum radiation processes (ps, 18 pages)
  • Line excitation processes (ps, 23 pages)
    • Line parameters (ps, 4 pages)
    • Dielectronic recombination lines (ps, 17 pages)
    • Inner-shell ionization lines (ps, 10 pages)
  • Differential emission measure analysis (ps, 8 pages)

• Cloudy (pi)
  • Usage (local access only)
  • Introduction and Commands (ps, 139 pages)
  • Computational Methods (ps, 118 pages)
  • Machine Environment and Test Cases (ps, 111 pages)
  • Output, Lines and Routines (ps, 93 pages)

• XSTAR (pi)
  • Usage (local access only)
  • Manual (ps, 83 pages)