Is Vela Jr. a young supernova remnant?

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 895-899

  Katsuda, Satoru ^a,b   Tsunemi, Hiroshi ^b   Mori, Koji ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

ISM: individual (RX J0852.0 4622: Vela Jr.); Shock waves; Supernova remnants; X rays ISM

Indexed keywords

SHOCK WAVES; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

EXPANSION RATE; ISM: INDIVIDUALS; MEASUREMENTS OF; RADIOACTIVE DECAY; SHOCK SPEED; SUPERNOVA REMNANTS; SYSTEMATIC UNCERTAINTIES; XMM-NEWTON OBSERVATIONS;

SUPERNOVAE;

EID: 60749087285     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2009.01.004     Document Type: Article

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