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Oxygen recombination lines from Cas A knots
D. DocenkoR.a. Sunyaevsubject
interstellar mediumAstrophysics and AstronomySupernova remnantsAstrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical PhenomenaPhysicsAstrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic AstrophysicsNatural SciencesAstrophysics::Galaxy AstrophysicsAtomic physicsInterdisciplinary Astronomydescription
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. We discuss and suggest observations of a previously unexplored class of spectral lines, the metal recombination lines in optical and near-infrared bands, emitted by the cold ionized and cooling plasma in fast-moving knots.
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2008-01-01 |