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The study of supernova remnants (SNRs) is fundamental to understanding the chemical enrichment and magnetism in galaxies, including our own Milky Way. In an effort to understand the connection between the morphology of SNRs and the Galactic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-03-09 J. L. West , S. Safi-Harb , T. Jaffe , R. Kothes , T. L. Landecker , T. Foster

We review the observations of supernova remnants (SNRs) and pulsar-wind nebulae (PWNe) that give information on the strength and orientation of magnetic fields. Radio polarimetry gives the degree of order of magnetic fields, and the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-27 S. P. Reynolds , B. M. Gaensler , F. Bocchino

The evolution of supernova remnants (SNRs) is studied, with particular attention to the effect of magnetic fields with axisymmetric two-dimensional magnetohydrodynamical simulations. The evolution of magnetic SNRs is the same as…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Hidekazu Hanayama , Kohji Tomisaka

We performed three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulations to study the evolution of a supernova remnant (SNR) in a turbulent neutral atomic interstellar medium. The media used as background shares characteristics with the Solar…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-10-16 Marco A. Villagran , P. F. Velázquez , D. O. Gómez , E. B. Giacani

Supernova remnants (SNR) are now widely believed to be a source of cosmic rays (CRs) up to an energy of 1 PeV. The magnetic fields required to accelerate CRs to sufficiently high energies need to be much higher than can result from…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-10-30 K. M. Schure , J. Vink , A. Achterberg , R. Keppens

Supernova explosions (SNe) are among the most energetic events in the Universe. After the explosion, the material ejected by the Supernova expands throughout the interstellar medium (ISM) forming what is called Supernova Remnant (SNR).…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-02-12 Giuseppe Prete , Silvia Perri , Claudio Meringolo , Leonardo Primavera , Sergio Servidio

The investigation of extragalactic Supernova Remnants (SNRs) gives us the advantage of surmounting the challenges we are usually confronted with when observing Galactic SNRs, most notably Galactic extinction and distance uncertainties. At…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-01-30 I. Leonidaki

Observations show that the magnetic field in young supernova remnants (SNRs) is significantly stronger than can be expected from the compression of the circumstellar medium (CSM) by a factor of four expected for strong blast waves.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2009-08-05 K. M. Schure , J. Vink , A. Achterberg , R. Keppens

In this paper we apply and discuss a method for the determination of the magnetic field ($H$) evolution in supernova remnants (SNRs) from radio luminosity at given frequency $\nu$ to diameter ($L_\mathrm{\nu}-D$) correlation. We assumed…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-31 Branislav Vukotic , Bojan Arbutina , Dejan Urosevic

The origin of the strong magnetic fields measured in magnetars is one of the main uncertainties in the neutron star field. On the other hand, the recent discovery of a large number of such strongly magnetized neutron stars, is calling for…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-22 J. Martin , N. Rea , D. F. Torres , A. Papitto

Supernova remnants (SNRs) are likely sources of hadronic particle acceleration within our galaxy, contributing to the galactic cosmic ray flux. Next-generation instruments, such as the Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory (SWGO), will…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-06-24 Nick Scharrer , Samuel T. Spencer , Vikas Joshi , Alison M. W. Mitchell

In this review, I will first introduce possible methods to probe the large-scale magnetic fields in our Galaxy and discuss their limitations. The magnetic fields in the Galactic halo, mainly revealed by the sky distribution of rotation…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. L. Han

Observations of Galactic supernova remnants (SNRs) are crucial to understanding supernova explosion mechanisms and their impact on our Galaxy's evolution. SNRs are usually identified by searching for extended, circular structures in all-sky…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-03-05 S. Mantovanini , N. Hurley-Walker , G. E. Anderson

Magnetic fields permeate the Universe on all scales and play a key role during star formation. We study the evolution of magnetic fields around a massive metal-free (Population III) star at $z \sim 15$ during the growth of its HII region…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-08-03 Daegene Koh , John H. Wise

Knowledge about the magnetic fields in supernova remnants (SNRs) is of paramount importance for constraining Galactic cosmic ray acceleration models. It could also indirectly provide information on the interstellar magnetic fields. In this…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-08-23 Shinsuke Ideguchi , Tsuyoshi Inoue , Takuya Akahori , Keitaro Takahashi

Many spiral galaxies host magnetic fields with energy densities comparable to those of the turbulent and thermal motions of their interstellar gas. However, quantitative comparison between magnetic field properties inferred from observation…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-08-05 Rion Glenn Nazareth , Gayathri Santhosh , Luke Chamandy

The supernova remnant (SNR) G315.4$-$2.3 (MSH 14$-$63 or RCW 86) exhibits strong emission across the electromagnetic spectrum. Radio polarization observations probe magnetic fields and will help to understand the evolution of the SNR. We…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-04-22 X. Chen , X. Sun , J. F. Kaczmarek , B. M. Gaensler , P. Slane , J. L. West

We present a model for the seeding and evolution of magnetic fields in galaxies by supernovae (SN). SN explosions during galaxy assembly provide seed fields, which are subsequently amplified by compression, shear flows and random motions.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-01-11 Alexander M. Beck , Klaus Dolag

We present high-resolution radio images at 1.4 GHz of two Galactic supernova remnants (SNRs), G003.8--00.3 (formerly G003.7--00.2) and G350.0--02.0 (formerly G350.0-01.8). Although the two objects are very different in appearance, in both…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 B. M. Gaensler

Evidence is accumulating suggesting that collisionless shocks in supernova remnants (SNRs) can amplify the interstellar magnetic field to hundreds of microgauss or even milli-gauss levels, as recently claimed for SNR RX J1713.7-3946. If…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Donald C. Ellison , Andrey Vladimirov
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