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Manitoba profs create 3D simulations of supernova remnants
Could impact how astrophysicists work
University of Manitoba
University of Manitoba astrophysicists Samar Safi-Harb and Gilles Ferrand have helped produce 3D simulations of supernova remnants (SNRs) showing the effect of particle acceleration at the wave fronts generated by these powerful X-ray sources. The U of M explains:
Safi-Harb notes: “With these simulations, we are generating the first realistic synthetic maps of projected thermal x-ray emission in young SNRs.”
They note that the results will impact on astrophysicists’ interpretations of high-resolution x-ray observations, such as those currently underway using the orbiting Chandra and XMM-Newton x-ray observatories (launched in 1999 by NASA and ESA, respectively), or those planned with Astro-H (slated for launch by JAXA in 2014).
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