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Sep 1974
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1974apj...192..661g&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, vol. 192, Sept. 15, 1974, pt. 1, p. 661-676.
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Astronomical Models, Interstellar Matter, Shock Wave Propagation, Supernova Remnants, X Ray Spectra, Energy Spectra, High Temperature Plasmas, Luminous Intensity, Thermal Radiation, X Ray Sources
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The structure and spectrum of the Vela and Puppis supernova remnants (SNRs) were observed in soft (0.1 to 1.5 keV) X rays from a rocket. The spectral data of both objects below 1.5 keV are consistent with thermal radiation from a hot plasma and are not consistent with a simple power-law function. Fitting the data to a Tucker-Koren model results in values of T = (4.3 plus or minus 0.3) x 1,000,000 K for Vela and T = (7 plus or minus 1) x 1,000,000 K for Puppis. The present data, earlier data from the Cygnus Loop, and results on Cas A and Tycho reported by others are considered within the context of a simple model in which X rays are thermally produced as a result of a shock wave expanding into the interstellar medium. X-ray data on the temperature, intrinsic diameter, and intrinsic luminosity of the five SNRs are used to compute the age, energy release, and initial interstellar density for each one. From measurements of X-ray absorption along the line of sight, and also from shock-wave model interpretations of temperature-diameter-luminosity relations, it is concluded that the average density of interstellar material is about 0.1 per cu cm between the sun and the nearest X-ray emitting SNR, Vela.
Gorenstein Paul
Harnden Frank R. Jr.
Tucker Wallace H.
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