Six Years of Chandra Observations of Supernova Remnants
Astrophysics
2015-06-24 v1
Abstract
We present a review of the first six years of Chandra X-ray Observatory observations of supernova remnants. From the official "first-light" observation of Cassiopeia A that revealed for the first time the compact remnant of the explosion, to the recent million-second spectrally-resolved observation that revealed new details of the stellar composition and dynamics of the original explosion, Chandra observations have provided new insights into the supernova phenomenon. We present an admittedly biased overview of six years of these observations, highlighting new discoveries made possible by Chandra's unique capabilities.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0511327,
title = {Six Years of Chandra Observations of Supernova Remnants},
author = {Martin C. Weisskopf and John P. Hughes},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0511327},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
82 pages, 28 figures, for the book Astrophysics Update 2