Chandra observations of the X-ray halo around the Crab nebula

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 636, Issue 2 I, 2006, Pages 873-880

  Seward, F D ^a   Gorenstein, P ^a   Smith, R K ^b,c  

^a SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ISM: individual (Crab Nebula); Supernova remnants; X rays: ISM

Indexed keywords

EID: 32044462307     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/498105     Document Type: Article

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