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Plasma Diagnostics with X-ray Lines of Oxygen in Puppis A

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Kathryn F. Fischbach ,
Claude R. Canizares ,
Thomas H. Markert  and
Joan M. Coyne
Kathryn F. Fischbach
Affiliation:
M.I.T., Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A
Claude R. Canizares
Affiliation:
M.I.T., Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A
Thomas H. Markert
Affiliation:
M.I.T., Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A
Joan M. Coyne
Affiliation:
M.I.T., Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A

Abstract

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High resolution X-ray spectral observations of Puppis A were performed with the FPCS on Einstein. We use plasma diagnostics of lines from OVII and OVIII to constrain the values of temperature, ionization timescale, and hydrogen column density.

Type
Research Article
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 101: Supernova Remnants and the Interstellar Medium , 1988 , pp. 153 - 156
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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