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Optical and near-infrared recombination lines of oxygen ions from Cassiopeia A knots

2008/02/29 by D. Docenko, Dmitrijs Docenko, R. A. Sunyaev
Physics and Astronomy · #Astro and Planetary Science #Atomic and Molecular Physics #Planetary Science and Exploration #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:200809579

18 pages, 22 figures, version accepted by A&A. Electronic supplement available at http://www.mpa-garching.mpg.de/~dima/CasA_ORL/e-sup/

arxiv created 2008/03/29 · openalex publication_date 2008/04/22 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01

Abstract

Context. Fast-moving knots (FMK) in the Galactic supernova remnant Cassiopeia A consist mainly of metals and allow us to study element production in supernovae and to investigate shock physics in great detail.

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