Blast Wave Dynamics, Supernova Remnant Environments, and the Evolution of the Cygnus Loop

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Sep 1999

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1999cxo..prop...83g&link_type=abstract

Chandra Proposal ID #01500525

Computer Science

Chandra Proposal Id #01500525

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The Cygnus Loop, as the closest, brightest, and best-studied example of its class, is the prototypical shell supernova remnant (SNR). SNR evolution is complex because the interstellar medium is inhomogeneous and modified by the supernova progenitor. We propose to study the interaction of the Cygnus Loop with its environment and hence elucidate its evolution. X-ray spectroscopy provides the best tools to quantify the conditions and the microscopic and macroscopic processes that determine the balance between heating and cooling in shocked gas. AXAF provides revolutionary capabilities because it offers the first opportunity to obtain imaging spectroscopy with the combined spatial and spectral resolution necessary to measure plasma properties on scales relevant to blast wave gas-dynamics.

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