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by using the atomic database package [CHIANTI](https://www.chiantidatabase.org/). The
pre-calculated spectra over grid of temperatures is stored in a FITS file.

The isothermal model takes logarithm of the temperature (LogT), abundances (Ax) of the
The isothermal model takes logarithm of the temperature in K (LogT), abundances (A<sub>x</sub>) of the
elements with Z=2 to Z=30, and the volume emission measure as input parameters. The
volume emission measure is implemented as a normalization factor, which is in the units
of 10e46/cm3. For the gaussian DEM model, peak temperature and width of Gaussian (in
of 10<sup>46</sup> cm<sup>-3</sup>. For the gaussian DEM model, peak temperature and width of Gaussian (in
log) are input parameters in addition to the abundances. Normalization gives peak
emission measure in units of 10e46/cm3.
emission measure in units of 10<sup>46</sup> cm<sup>-3</sup>. The abundances A<sub>x</sub>
are in logarithmic units such that A<sub>x</sub> = 12+log<sub>10</sub>(N<sub>x</sub>) where N<sub>x</sub>
is abundance of element X relative to Hydrogen. The default abundances are from
'sun_coronal_1992_feldman_ext.abund' file in CHIANTI database.

Details of chisoth model and the tabulated spectra used in the model is given in the
appendix of [Mondal, Biswajit et al. 2021, ApJ.](https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac14c1)
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