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Table 2

Chemical abundances derived from the best fit, in mass fraction and relative to solar abundances from Asplund et al. (2009).

IGR J17544-2619 Vela X-1

Chemical Mass fraction Rel. Mass fraction Rel.
element Ab. Ab.

H (6.2 ± 0.5)E−01 0.85 (6.5 ± 0.5)E−01 0.89
He (3.7 ± 0.5)E−01 1.47 (3.4 ± 0.5)E−01 1.35
C (5.0 ± 3.0)E−04 0.17 (5.0 ± 3.0)E−04 0.17
N (2.2 ± 0.6)E−03 2.58 (1.8 ± 0.6)E−03 2.11
O (6.0 ± 2.0)E−03 0.76 (7.0 ± 0.2)E−03 0.88
Si (7.3 ± 2.0)E−04 1.00 (5.5 ± 2.0)E−04 0.75
S 5.0E−04 1.00 5.0E−04 1.00
P 6.4E−06 1.00 6.4E−06 1.00
Al 5.8E−05 1.00 7.0E−05 1.00
Mg 7.0E−04 1.00 7.0E−04 1.00
Fe a 1.4E−03 1.00 1.4E−03 1.00

Notes.

(a)

Fe actually stands for a generic atom, including iron group elements Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Co and Ni. For more details see Gräfener et al. (2002).

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