A statistical study of Galactic SNRs using the PMN survey

Astrophysics and Space Science

Volumn 307, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 423-435

  Stupar, M ^a   Filipovic M D ^b   Parker, Q A ^a,c   White, G L ^d   Pannuti, T G ^e   Jones, P A ^f  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ANGLO AUSTRALIAN OBSERVATORY   (Australia)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

(ISM) supernova remnants surveys: radio (PMN)

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947718468     PISSN: 0004640X     EISSN: 1572946X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10509-007-9394-y     Document Type: Review

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