Supernova Shells and Their Birth Events: Proceedings of a Workshop Held at Physikzentrum Bad Honnef March 7-11, 1988

by Wolfgang Kundt (Editor)

Interpretation of Supernova Shells.- Evolution of the morphology of supernova remnants with pulsars.- On the distances of the remnants of historical type I supernovae.- Spectral index variations in supernova remnants.- Statistical studies of Selection effects.- The Galactic distribution of radio supernova remnants.- Statistical properties of recently new identified supernova remnants.- X-ray observations and non-equilibrium ionisation of supernova remnants.- Shock-cloud interactions in supernova remnants.- Interpretation difficulties of SNR shock spectra.- The origin of Kepler's supernova remnant.- The supernova remnant with (almost) everything.- G316.3-0.0 and G332A+0.1 - Two supernova remnants with blowouts.- Puppis a and its environment as revealed by infrared observations.- High resolution radio observations of G11.2-0.3.- G70.7 + 1.2: Supernova remnant?.- A molecular cloud in the direction of G70.68+1.20.- Detection of four supernova remnants in the polarized emission from the Effelsberg 11 cm survey.- Kinematics of optical filaments in the Cygnus Loop.- X-ray observations of the supernova remnant G292.0+1.8.- Recent results from supernova calculations.- Supernova structure and light curves.- What are the masses of SNIb progenitors?.- Type Ib What they may be and what they are not.- Ultraviolet observations of SN 1987A.- X rays from SN 1987 A partially obscured plerion.- Supernova VLBI.- The compact radio sources in the galaxy M82 - Supernova-remnants and/or recent supernovae -.- The supershells of the large magellanic cloud and their importance for the interstellar medium.- Extended onion-shell model for cosmic ray spectra produced by supernova remnants.- Epilogue.

270 pages, Paperback

First published December 28, 1988