A blast wave from the 1843 eruption of η Carinae

Nature

Volumn 455, Issue 7210, 2008, Pages 201-203

  Smith, Nathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; EJECTA; EXPLOSION; EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATTER; KINETIC ENERGY; WIND;

ARTICLE; COSMIC RADIATION; COSMOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NATURAL SCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LAZIO; ROMA [LAZIO]; ROME; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CARINAE;

EID: 51649117525     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07269     Document Type: Article

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