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19.02.2014
Runaway pulsar shoots out jet 37 light years long
An international project including Tübingen astrophysicsists discover longest X-ray jet ever found in our galaxy
An international team of astrophysicists including scientists from the University of Tübingen’s Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics has discovered a system in our galaxy which is expelling a remarkable jet of highly energetic particles. The jet is the longest such X-ray jet ever detected in the Milky Way.
The new findings are reported in the latest edition of the international journal for Astronomy and Astrophysics, accompanied by a press release from NASA’s Chandra X-ray observatory.
Press release of the university:
<link http: www.uni-tuebingen.de de external-link-new-window externen link in neuem>
Chandra press release:
<link http: chandra.harvard.edu press press_021814.html externen link in neuem>
chandra.harvard.edu/press/14_releases/press_021814.html
Publication: L. Pavan, ISDC, Universität Genf; P. Bordas, IAAT, Universität Tübingen, now Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik Heidelberg, G. Pühlhofer, IAAT, Universität Tübingen, et al., A&A 2014, Vol. 562, A122, <link http: dx.doi.org externen link in neuem>
dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322588
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