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X-ray Study of the Crab Nebula and the Crab and Vela Pulsars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

F. R. Harnden Jr.
F. R. Harnden Jr.*
Affiliation:
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA U.S.A.

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The Crab Nebula has been intensely studied by X-ray astronomers ever since its discovery as the first, optically identified X-ray object (Bowyer et al. 1964); and a large majority of X-ray experiments during the past two decades have observed the Crab, seeking not only the answers to scientific questions but also assurance that the instruments' calibrations were understood. It is therefore no surprise that, following its launch in 1978 November, the Einstein X-ray Observatory too had the Crab Nebula on its list of mandatory targets.

Type
I. Young Supernova Remnants
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 101: Supernova Remnants and Their X-Ray Emission , 1983 , pp. 131 - 138
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1983 

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