THE GALACTIC SUPERNOVA REMNANT W49B LIKELY ORIGINATES FROM A JET-DRIVEN, CORE-COLLAPSE EXPLOSION

We present results from a 220 ks observation of the Galactic supernova remnant (SNR) W49B using the Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer on board the Chanrda X-ray Observatory. We exploit these data to perform detailed spatially resolved spectroscopic analyses across the SNR with the aim to investigate...

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Main Authors: Lopez, Laura A. (Contributor), Ramirez-Ruiz, Enrico (Author), Castro, Daniel (Contributor), Pearson, Sarah (Author)
Other Authors: MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Physics/American Astronomical Society, 2015-02-12T20:21:59Z.
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