2004/01/21 by Dieter Breitschwerdt, D. Breitschwerdt, Breitschwerdt, Dieter +3
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #Geophysics and Gravity Measurements #Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0401428
11 pages, 4 figures, Summary of the Panel Discussion "The Local Bubble", to appear in: Proceedings of the Conference "How the Galaxy Works - Galactic Tertulia: A Tribute to Don Cox and Ron Reynolds'', Granada (Spain), 23-27 June 2003, Kluwer (in press), eds. E.J Alfaro, E. Perez, J. Franco
arxiv created 2004/01/21 · openalex publication_date 2004/01/21 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We give a summary of the current state of Local Bubble research, resulting from the discussions of a dedicated panel meeting. After more than 25 years of intense observational and theoretical work, we are still far from a coherent picture, although a probable one emerges at the horizon. A multi-supernova origin seems to be the best guess, with non-equilibrium cooling and soft X-ray emission accompanying its expansion. In addition our vantage point may force us to accept a substantial but quantitatively unknown contribution from heliospheric emission.