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Galactic Spurs as Possible Sources of Soft X-radiation

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SOFT thermal X-radiation from the Cygnus Loop has been discovered recently1. One of us2 has predicted the existence of such radiation from supernova remnants on theoretical grounds. It is possible that the source Vela X-1 has a similar origin3.

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  1. Institute of Space Research, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow

    I. S. SHKLOVSKI

  2. Shternberg State Astronomical Institute,

    E. K. SHEFFER

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SHKLOVSKI, I., SHEFFER, E. Galactic Spurs as Possible Sources of Soft X-radiation. Nature 231, 173–174 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/231173a0

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