Theoretical Structure and Spectrum of a Shock Wave in the Interstellar Medium: the Cygnus Loop
- 1 November 1972
- journal article
- Published by American Astronomical Society in The Astrophysical Journal
- Vol. 178, 143-158
- https://doi.org/10.1086/151774
Abstract
The flow structure, spectrum, and luminosity are calculated for a model of a plane shock wave followed by a region in which the shock-heated gas cools to a low temperature and is compressed to very high densities. These calculations are compared with observations of the Cygnus Loop filaments, assuming that they are such regions viewed edge-on. The agreement is very good for reasonable choices of model parameters.Keywords
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