An X-ray-emitting blast wave from the recurrent nova RS Ophiuchi

Nature

Volumn 442, Issue 7100, 2006, Pages 276-278

  Sokoloski, J L ^a   Luna, G J M ^a,b   Mukai, K ^c   Kenyon, Scott J ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES; HEAVY METALS; SHOCK WAVES; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; THERMONUCLEAR REACTIONS; X RAYS;

BINARY STAR SYSTEM; BLAST WAVE; NEBULA; SUPERNOVAE; WHITE DWARF;

ASTRONOMY;

NUCLEAR EXPLOSION; WAVE; X-RAY;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMOS; DENSITY; ELECTRON; EXPLOSION; LUMINANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; VELOCITY; X RAY;

EID: 33746341556     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04893     Document Type: Article

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