Recent observations of SNRs have produced X-ray images with resolution comparable to that routinely achieved at optical wavelengths. There has also been a great improvement in the quality of X-ray spectra. Since most of the energy radiated by SNRs appears as X-rays, these new data are crucial to studies of SNRs, the interaction of SNRs with the interstellar medium, and the SN explosion itself. Images show a variety of shapes ranging from shell-like remnants to those dominated by the influence of central objects which appear both as point sources and as centers of diffuse activity. Once the temperature and spatial distribution of X-ray emitting material is known, the mass of ejected material and the energy release of the SN explosion can sometimes be calculated. X-ray images and spectra of several remnants are shown, and some quantitative results are given.
Einstein observations of supernova remnants
01.01.1982
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Einstein observations of supernova remnants
Elsevier | 1982
|IUE observations of supernova remnants
Elsevier | 1982
|BBXRT Observations of Supernova Remnants
British Library Conference Proceedings | 1993
|IUE observations of supernova remnants
NTRS | 1982
|BBXRT observations of supernova remnants
NTRS | 1993
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