The triple-ring nebula around SN 1987A: Fingerprint of a binary merger

Science

Volumn 315, Issue 5815, 2007, Pages 1103-1106

  Morris, Thomas ^a,b   Podsiadlowski, Philipp ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTROPHYSIK   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATTER; HYDRODYNAMICS; SIMULATION;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ENERGY; GEOMETRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KINEMATICS; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VELOCITY;

EID: 33847322569     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1136351     Document Type: Article

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