An asymmetric shock wave in the 2006 outburst of the recurrent nova RS Ophiuchi

Nature

Volumn 442, Issue 7100, 2006, Pages 279-281

  O'Brien, T J ^a   Bode, M F ^b   Porcas, R W ^c   Muxlow, T W B ^a   Eyres, S P S ^d   Beswick, R J ^a   Garrington, S T ^a   Davis, R J ^a   Evans, A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^e KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; GALAXIES; IMAGE PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; THERMONUCLEAR REACTIONS; TRACKING (POSITION); X RAYS;

BINARY STAR SYSTEM; SUPERNOVA REMNANT; THERMONUCLEAR EXPLOSION; WHITE DWARF;

SHOCK WAVES;

ASYMMETRY; NUCLEAR EXPLOSION; OUTBURST; SHOCK WAVE; X-RAY;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; EXPLOSION; IMAGING; INFRARED SPECTROMETRY; INTERFEROMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK WAVE; TEMPERATURE; VELOCITY; WIND;

EID: 33746333596     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04949     Document Type: Article

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