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A Theoretical Model of the Cygnus Loop and its X-ray Emission

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

S. A. E. G. Falle
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Mathematics University of Leeds, Leeds, England
A. R. Garlick
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Mathematics University of Leeds, Leeds, England

Abstract

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In this paper we present a theoretical model of the Cygnus Loop which, with only a small number of free parameters, accounts for most of the gross features of the observations. We believe that none of the models described in the literature can explain the observations in such a simple way.

Type
II. Middle Aged and Older Supernova Remnants
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1983 

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