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An X-ray Halo Around Cassiopeia A

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

G. C. Stewart ,
A. C. Fabian  and
F. D. Seward
G. C. Stewart
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road, Cambridge, England
A. C. Fabian
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road, Cambridge, England
F. D. Seward
Affiliation:
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Mass. U.S.A.

Abstract

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We report on evidence for weak large scale (r ≥ 6 arcmin) X-ray emission from Cassiopeia A. We investigate several mechanisms for producing such an X-ray halo. Further observations will be required to determine which mechanism is operative.

Type
I. Young Supernova Remnants
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 101: Supernova Remnants and Their X-Ray Emission , 1983 , pp. 59 - 64
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1983 

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