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We present the results of numerical studies of supernova remnant evolution and their effects on galactic and globular cluster evolution. We show that parameters such as the density and the metallicity of the environment significantly…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Katsuyo Thornton , Michael Gaudlitz , Hans-Thomas Janka , Matthias Steinmetz

The environment of supernova remnants (SNRs) is a key factor in their evolution, particularly at later stages of their existence. It is often assumed that mixed-morphology (MM) SNRs evolve in very dense environments, and that their…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-07-03 Maria Arias , Vladimir Domcek , Ping Zhou , Jacco Vink

We present numerical simulations of the evolution of a supernova (SN) remnant expanding into a uniform background medium with density $n_H = 1.0$ cm$^{-3}$ and temperature of $10^4$ K. We include a dynamically evolving non-equilibrium…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-03-17 Kartick Chandra Sarkar , Orly Gnat , Amiel Sternberg

Supernova remnants (SNRs) are diffuse extended sources characterized by a complex morphology and a non-uniform distribution of ejecta. Such a morphology reflects pristine structures and features of the progenitor supernova (SN) and the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-10-25 S. Orlando , M. Miceli , O. Petruk

We have investigated three SNRs in the LMC using multi-wavelength data. These SNRs are generally fainter than the known sample and may represent a previously missed population. One of our SNRs is the second LMC remnant analyzed which is…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-01 Matthew D. Klimek , S. D. Points , R. C. Smith , R. L. Shelton , R. Williams

The evolution of type Ia supernova binary system progenitors is highly uncertain. Several evolutionary models predict that the accretion of mass onto the white dwarf is accompanied by mass ejection from the binary in the form of a powerful…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Carles Badenes , Eduardo Bravo

Thermonuclear and core-collapse supernova remnants (SNRs) are the nebular leftovers of defunct stars. Their morphology and emission properties provide insights into the evolutionary history of the progenitor star. But while some SNRs are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-01-18 P. F. Velazquez , D. M. -A. Meyer , A. Chiotellis , A. E. Cruz-Alvarez , E. M. Schneiter , J. C. Toledo-Roy , E. M. Reynoso , A. Esquivel

Supernovae (SNe) are generally classified into Type I and Type II. Most SNe (~ 80%), including all the subtypes of Type II, and Type Ib/c, arise from the core-collapse of massive stars. During their lifetime, mass-loss from these stars…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-09-07 Vikram Dwarkadas

Supernova remnants (SNRs) are known to accelerate particles to relativistic energies, on account of their nonthermal emission. The observational progress from radio to gamma-ray observations reveals more and more morphological features that…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-11-03 Robert Brose , Martin Pohl , Iurii Sushch

The evolution of the radio emission of shell-type Supernova remnants (SNRs) is modeled within the framework of the simple and commonly used assumptions that the mechanism of diffusive shock acceleration (DSA) is responsible for generating…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Abdul Asvarov

Supernova remnants (SNRs) are widely considered to be sites of Galactic cosmic ray (CR) acceleration. Vela is one of the nearest Galactic composite SNRs to Earth accompanied by the Vela pulsar and its pulsar wind nebula (PWN) Vela X. The…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-18 Iurii Sushch , Bohdan Hnatyk

Supernova remnants (SNRs) are thought to be one of the major acceleration sites of galactic cosmic rays (CRs) and an important class of objects for high-energy astrophysics. SNRs produce multi-wavelength, non-thermal emission via…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-05-08 Haruo Yasuda , Shiu-Hang Lee

Numerical simulations of the multi-phase interstellar medium have been carried out, using a 3D, nonlinear, magnetohydrodynamic, shearing-box model, with random motions driven by supernova explosions. These calculations incorporate the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Graeme R. Sarson , Anvar Shukurov , Aake Nordlund , Boris Gudiksen , Axel Brandenburg

Interstellar dust grains play a crucial role in the evolution of the galactic interstellar medium (ISM). Despite its importance, however, dust remains poorly understood in terms of its origin, composition, and abundance throughout the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2010-05-11 Brian J. Williams

We present a new analytical approach to derive approximate solutions describing the shock evolution in non-radiative supernova remnants (SNRs). We focus on the study of the forward shock and contact discontinuity while application to the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-01-11 Xiaping Tang , Roger A. Chevalier

Aims. We introduce the SISSI (Supernovae In a Stratified, Shearing Interstellar medium) simulation suite, which aims to enable a more comprehensive understanding of supernova remnants (SNRs) evolving in a complex interstellar medium (ISM)…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-10-01 Leonard E. C. Romano , Manuel Behrendt , Andreas Burkert

We present a large number of two and a half dimensional simulations of supernova remnants expanding into interstellar media having a range of densities, temperatures and magnetic field strengths. The volume of hot gas produced is strongly…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 D. S. Balsara , A. J. Bendinelli , D. A. Tilley , A. R. Massari , J. C. Howk

The radio evolution of, so far the youngest known, Galactic supernova remnant (SNR) G1.9+0.3 is investigated by using three-dimensional (3D) hydrodynamic modelling and non-linear kinetic theory of cosmic ray (CR) acceleration in SNRs. We…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-04-05 M. Z. Pavlović

Supernova remnants (SNRs) play a central role in shaping the interstellar medium. Core-Collapse Supernova (CCSN) progenitors are massive stars, which produce a dense circumstellar medium (CSM) through intense mass loss in post-main sequence…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-07 C. J. K. Larkin , J. Mackey , B. Reville , H. Jin , N. Langer , A. A. C. Sander

We briefly reviewed some recent progress on the studies of supernova remnants (SNRs), including the radio SNRs (the structure, polarization, spectrum etc.), observational characteristics of X-ray emission, pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe),…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-09-03 Jian-Wen Xu