compmag

compmag: Thermal and bulk Comptonization for cylindrical accretion onto the polar cap of a magnetized neutron star

This model describes the spectral formation in the accretion column onto the polar cap of a magnetized neutron star, with both thermal and bulk Comptonization processes taken into account. The details for the method adopted for the numerical solution of the radiative transfer equation are reported in Farinelli et al. (2012, A&A, 538, A67).

This model can be used for spectral fitting of both accreting X-ray pulsars and Supergiant Fast X-ray Trasients.

par1	kT_bb, temperature of the seed blackbody spectrum (keV).
par2	kT_e, electron temperature of the accretion column (keV).
par3	τ, vertical optical depth of the accretion column, with electron cross-section equal to 10^-3 of the Thomson cross-section.
par4	η, index of the velocity profile when the accretion velocity increases towards the neutron star (valid when par8=1).
par5	β₀, terminal velocity of the accreting matter at the neutron star surface (valid when par8=1).
par6	r₀, radius of the accretion column in units of the neutron star Schwarzschild radius.
par7	A, albedo at the neutron star surface.
par8	Flag for setting the velocity profile of the accretion column if = 1 β(z)=A (Z_s/Z)^-η, where A=β₀ (Z₀/Z_s)^η if = 2 β(τ)=-α τ
norm	R²_km /D²₁₀, where R_km and D₁₀ are the accretion column radius in km and the source distance in units of 10 kpc, respectively.