Astrophysics, abstract
astro-ph/0511187

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Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 16:31:24 GMT (33kb)

Supernovae astrophysics from Middle Age documents

Authors: Francesco Polcaro, Andrea Martocchia

Comments: in: Proc. of the IAU Symposium no.230, "Populations of High Energy
Sources in Galaxies", held in Dublin (Ireland), August 15-19, 2005. Evert
J.A. Meurs & G. Fabbiano, eds. (in press)

The supernova explosion of 1054 AD, which originated the Crab Nebula and
Pulsar, is probably the astronomical event which has been most deeply
studied by means of historical sources. However, many mysteries and
inconsistencies, both among the different sources and between what is
deduced by the historical records and the present day astronomical data, are
demanding extraordinary efforts by theoretical astrophysicists in order to
put all the data in a meaningful framework. An accurate analysis of the
historical sources, like the one we are presenting here, may contribute to
solve some of these problems.

http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0511187