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Supernova remnants (SNRs) are a complex class of sources, and their heterogeneous nature has hindered the characterization of their general observational properties. To overcome this challenge, we use statistical tools to analyze the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-20 Laura A. Lopez , Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz , Daniela Huppenkothen , Carles Badenes , David Pooley

The synchrotron radio morphology of bilateral supernova remnants depends on the mechanisms of particle acceleration and on the viewing geometry. However, unlike X-ray and $\gamma$-ray morphologies, the radio emission does not depend on the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-28 F. Bocchino , S. Orlando , M. Miceli , O. Petruk

We probe the environmental properties of X-ray supernova remnants (SNRs) at various points along their evolutionary journey, especially the S-T phase, and their conformance with theoretically derived models of SNR evolution. The remnant…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-06-22 Chris Albert , Vikram V Dwarkadas

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

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

Context. Galactic cosmic rays are widely assumed to arise from diffusive shock acceleration, specifically at shocks in supernova remnants (SNRs). These shocks expand in a complex environment, particularly in the core-collapse scenario as…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-05-25 Samata Das , Robert Brose , Dominique M. -A. Meyer , Martin Pohl , Iurii Sushch , Pavlo Plotko

Supernova remnants (SNRs) have been considered as the dominant contributors to Galactic cosmic rays. However, the relation between high-energy particles trapped in SNRs and cosmic rays observed at the Earth remains obscure. In this paper,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-03-27 Houdun Zeng , Yuliang Xin , Siming Liu

It has long been speculated that supernova remnants represent a major source of cosmic rays in the Galaxy. Observations over the past decade have ceremoniously unveiled direct evidence of particle acceleration in SNRs to energies…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Patrick Slane

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

A catalogue of 231 Galactic supernova remnants (SNRs) is presented, and the selection effects applicable to the identification of remnants at radio wavelengths are discussed. In addition to missing low surface brightness remnants, small…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. A. Green

Supernova remnants (SNRs) are profoundly affected by their ambient medium. We present carbon monoxide (CO) observations around two mixed morphology SNRs, VRO 42.05.01 and G 350.0-2.0, that look remarkably similar in continuum radio…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-02-19 Maria Arias , Ping Zhou , Alexandros Chiotellis , Carlos De Breuck , Vladimir Domcek , Panos Boumis , Jacco Vink , Sophia Derlopa , Stavros Akras

Our statistics on Galactic supernova remnants (SNRs) shows that the electrons temperature ($T$) of hard X-ray and the shock waves traveling velocity ($\upsilon$) decreases with ages ($t$) for all-sort remnants. However, the shock waves…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-10-18 Jian-Wen Xu , Ya-Peng Hu

The Parkes-MIT-NRAO (PMN) radio survey has been used to generate a quasi all-sky study of Galactic Supernova Remnants (SNRs) at a common frequency of 4.85 GHz. We present flux densities estimated for the sample of 110 Southern Galactic SNRs…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. Stupar , M. D. Filipovic , Q. A. Parker , G. L. White , T. G. Pannuti , P. A. Jones

The supernova remnant (SNR) G150.3+4.5 was recently discovered in the radio band; it exhibits a shell-like morphology with an angular size of $\sim 3^{\circ}$, suggesting either an old or a nearby SNR. Extended $\gamma$-ray emission…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-10-28 Justine Devin , Marianne Lemoine-Goumard , Marie-Hélène Grondin , Daniel Castro , Jean Ballet , Jamie Cohen , John W. Hewitt

Aims. Two-dimensional MHD simulations are used to model the emission properties of TeV-bright shell-type supernova remnants (SNRs) and to explore their nature. Methods. In the leptonic scenario for the TeV emission, the $\gamma$-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-12-17 Chuyuan Yang , Siming Liu , Jun Fang , Hui Li

We present an analysis of the broadband radio spectrum (from 22 to 3900 MHz) of the Galactic supernova remnant (SNR) HB3 (G132.7+1.3). Published observations have revealed that a curvature is present in the radio spectrum of this SNR,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 D. Urosevic , T. Pannuti , D. Leahy

The main characteristics in the radio continuum spectra of Supernova Remnants (SNRs) result from simple synchrotron emission. In addition, electron acceleration mechanisms can shape the spectra in specific ways, especially at high radio…

The selection effects applicable to the identification of Galactic supernova remnants (SNRs) at radio wavelengths are discussed. Low surface brightness remnants are missing, as are those with small angular sizes (including young but distant…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. A. Green

We compile radio supernova remnant (SNR) samples from the literature for 19 nearby galaxies ranging from the SMC to Arp 220, and use this data to constrain the SNR luminosity function (LF) at 20 cm. We find that radio SNR populations are…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Laura Chomiuk , Eric M. Wilcots

Context. A significant fraction (~30%) of massive stars in our Galaxy are moving supersonically through the interstellar medium, which strongly governs their location at the time they end their lives, e.g. die as a supernova and give birth…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-10 Rowan Batzofin , Kathrin Egberts , Dominique M. -A. Meyer , Constantin Steppa