Extended Data Fig. 3: Collisional ionization model relations. | Nature

Extended Data Fig. 3: Collisional ionization model relations.

From: Observations of a Magellanic Corona

Extended Data Fig. 3

Predicted column-density ratios as a function of temperature based on the radiative cooling gas models in collisional ionization equilibrium (CIE; black; a), time-dependent isochoric cooling (brown; b) or time-dependent isobaric cooling (green; b)16. Dotted pink lines show observed values of column-density ratios in the Magellanic components. Solid, dashed, dot-dashed and dotted lines correspond to metallicities of [Z/H] = 0, −1, −2 and −3, respectively.

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