TY - JOUR
T1 - Supernova remnant OH masers
T2 - Signposts of cosmic collision
AU - Wardle, Mark
AU - Yusef-Zadeh, Farhad
PY - 2002/6/28
Y1 - 2002/6/28
N2 - A supernova explosion, the final death throe of a massive star, creates an expanding bubble of hot gas that overruns up the surrounding medium. When a supernova remnant encounters a dense interstellar cloud, the compression may trigger gravitational collapse and the formation of a new generation of stars. This event can be detected through intense stimulated emission in the 1720-megahertz transition of the hydroxyl radical, OH, which yields unique insights into the physical processes and conditions occurring during the interaction.
AB - A supernova explosion, the final death throe of a massive star, creates an expanding bubble of hot gas that overruns up the surrounding medium. When a supernova remnant encounters a dense interstellar cloud, the compression may trigger gravitational collapse and the formation of a new generation of stars. This event can be detected through intense stimulated emission in the 1720-megahertz transition of the hydroxyl radical, OH, which yields unique insights into the physical processes and conditions occurring during the interaction.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0037189324&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1126/science.1068168
DO - 10.1126/science.1068168
M3 - Review article
C2 - 12089433
AN - SCOPUS:0037189324
VL - 296
SP - 2350
EP - 2354
JO - Science (New York, N.Y.)
JF - Science (New York, N.Y.)
SN - 0036-8075
IS - 5577
ER -