Microphysics of shock acceleration from observations of X-ray synchrotron emission from supernova remnants

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 461-465

  Reynolds, S P ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Non thermal X rays; Shock accelaration; Supernova remnants; Synchrotron emission

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; ELECTRON ABSORPTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; RADIO ASTRONOMY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; THERMAL EFFECTS; TURBULENCE; X RAYS;

REMNANT BLAST WAVE; SUPERNOVA REMNANT (SNR);

SPACE RESEARCH;

SOLAR SYSTEM;

EID: 1842691032     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2003.02.013     Document Type: Article

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