Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Space Dangers: Outer Space Perils, Rocket Risks and the Health Consequences of the Space Environment

Author(s): Dirk C. Gibson

DOI: 10.2174/9781608059911115010014

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Superbubbles

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Abstract

SHS investigation development is considered from the geographical and historical viewpoint. 3 stages are described. Within Stage 1 the work was carried out in the Department of the Institute of Chemical Physics in Chernogolovka where the scientific discovery had been made. At Stage 2 the interest to SHS arose in different cities and towns of the former USSR. Within Stage 3 SHS entered the international scene. Now SHS processes and products are being studied in more than 50 countries.

Abstract

Superbubbles were defined and explained in this chapter. Examples were given, including Cygnus OB 1, the Aquila supershell, the Monogem Ring, NGC 1929 and Orion-Eridanus. It was documented that superbubbles generate and disseminate radiation. Explosions were also associated with superbubbles. Superbubbles produce both termination shock and secondary shocks. Plasma waves are created by superbubbles, it was demonstrated. The inherently turbulent and chaotic inner nature of superbubbles was documented.

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Absorption clouds, Aquila supershell, Chandra X-Ray Observatory, Cygnus OB 1, Fermi Large Area Telescope, equipartition, filaments, Magellanic Cloud, MHD, Monogem Ring, Max-Planck-ESA Telescope, NASA Spitzer Space Telescope, National Institute of Nuclear Physics, NGC 1929, Orion-Eridanus, Padova University, plasma, superbubbles, termination shock, Wolf-Rayet stage.

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