The Crab Nebula: Interpretation of Chandra observations
- 1 June 2002
- journal article
- Published by Pleiades Publishing Ltd in Astronomy Letters
- Vol. 28 (6) , 373-385
- https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1484137
Abstract
We interpret the observed X-ray morphology of the central part of the Crab Nebula (torus + jets) in terms of the standard theory by Kennel and Coroniti (1984). The only new element is the inclusion ofKeywords
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