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How did Cassiopeia a Explode? A Chandra VLP

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The Cassiopeia A supernova remnant will be observed by Chandra for 1 Ms this spring. We discuss our motivations and plans for acquiring and analyzing these data.

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    J. Martin Laming & Una Hwang

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Laming, J.M., Hwang, U. How did Cassiopeia a Explode? A Chandra VLP. Astrophys Space Sci 298, 33–37 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10509-005-3909-1

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