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Asymmetric Plasma Expansion from the ‘Starfish’ Explosion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

P. J. Edwards  and
R. F. Entwistle
P. J. Edwards
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Otago, New Zealand
R. F. Entwistle
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Otago, New Zealand
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Recent astronomical measurements of solar and celestial X-radiation have led to renewed interest in strong shock-wave phenomena arising from explosions which occur on an astrophysical scale as in solar flares, novae and in supernovae. Although on a much smaller scale, the ‘Starfish’ nuclear explosion at an altitude of 400 km over Johnson Island in 1962, provides a useful test of current understanding in this field.

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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 1 , Issue 4 , December 1968 , pp. 151 - 152
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Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1968

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