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The Kelvin-Helmholtz instability is a ubiquitous physical process in ordinary fluids and plasmas, frequently observed also in space environments. In this paper, kinetic effects at proton scales in the nonlinear and turbulent stage of the…

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For parameters that are applicable to the conditions at young supernova remnants, we present results of 2D3V particle-in-cell simulations of a non-relativistic plasma shock with a large-scale perpendicular magnetic field inclined at 45-deg…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-03-23 Volkmar Wieland , Martin Pohl , Jacek Niemiec , Iman Rafighi , Ken-Ichi Nishikawa

We present HST images of the remnant of SN 1885 seen in absorption against M31's bulge via resonance lines of Ca I, Ca II, Fe I, and Fe II. Viewed in CaII H & K line absorption, the remnant appears as a nearly black circular spot with an…

We examine and analyze the physical processes that should be taken into account when modeling young type-Ia SNRs, with ages of several hundred years. It is shown, that energy losses in the metal-rich ejecta can be essential for remnants…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 E. I. Sorokina , S. I. Blinnikov , D. I. Kosenko , P. Lundqvist

Large discrepancies are found between observational estimates and theoretical predictions when exploring the characteristics of dust formed in the ejecta of core-collapse supernovae. We revisit the scenario of dust production in typical…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-14 Arkaprabha Sarangi

The environments of supernova explosion are often inhomogeneous and there may be jumps in their density structure. We have developed a semi-analytic model under the thin-shell approximation for supernova remnants that evolve crossing a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Yang Chen , Fan Zhang , Rosa M. Williams , Q. Daniel Wang

Multiband observations on the type Ia supernova remnant SN 1006 indicate peculiar properties in its morphologies of emission in the radio, optical and X-ray bands. In the hard X-rays, the remnant is bilateral with two opposite bright limbs…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-01-08 Jun Fang , Jingwen Yan , Lu Wen , Chunyan Lu , Huan Yu

We aim to study the spatial distribution of the physical and chemical properties of the X-ray emitting plasma of the supernova remnant G272.2-3.2, in order to get important constraints on its ionization stage, on the progenitor supernova…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 E. Sánchez-Ayaso , J. A. Combi , F. Bocchino , J. F. Albacete-Colombo , J. López-Santiago , J. Martí , E. Castro

Hydrodynamical interaction of spherical ejecta freely expanding at mildly relativistic speeds into an ambient cold medium is studied in semi-analytical and numerical ways to investigate how ejecta produced in energetic stellar explosions…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-01-04 Akihiro Suzuki , Keiichi Maeda , Toshikazu Shigeyama

We perform three-dimensional smoothed particle hydrodynamics simulations in a realistic cosmological setting to investigate the expansion, feedback, and chemical enrichment properties of a 200 M_sun pair-instability supernova in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Thomas H. Greif , Jarrett L. Johnson , Volker Bromm , Ralf S. Klessen

In order to better connect core-collapse supernovae (CCSN) theory with its observational signatures, we have developed a simulation pipeline from the onset of core collapse to beyond shock breakout. Using this framework, we present a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-03-13 David Vartanyan , Benny T. H. Tsang , Daniel Kasen , Adam Burrows , Tianshu Wang , Lizzy Teryoshin

While Tycho's supernova remnant is one of the most studied type Ia Galactic supernova remnants, a global view of the physical properties of its ejecta is lacking, to understand its mysteries. In particular, the spatial distribution of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-22 L. Godinaud , F. Acero , A. Decourchelle , J. Ballet

We examine MHD simulations of the propagation of a strong shock wave through the interstellar two-phase medium composed of small-scale cloudlets and diffuse warm neutral medium in two-dimensional geometry. The pre-shock two-phase medium is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-30 Tsuyoshi Inoue , Ryo Yamazaki , Shu-ichiro Inutsuka

The present understanding of supernova explosion of massive stars as a two-step process, with an initial gravitational collapse toward the center of the star followed by an expansion of matter after a bouncing on the core, meets several…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-02 Pierre-Henri Chavanis , Bruno Denet , Martine Le Berre , Yves Pomeau

The ejecta kinematics of supernova remnants (SNRs) is one of crucial clues to understand the explosion mechanism of type Ia supernovae (SNe). In particular, the kinematic asymmetry of iron-peak elements provides the key to understanding…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-08-03 Tomoaki Kasuga , Toshiki Sato , Koji Mori , Hiroya Yamaguchi , Aya Bamba

After the death of a runaway massive star, its supernova shock wave interacts with the bow shocks produced by its defunct progenitor, and may lose energy, momentum, and its spherical symmetry before expanding into the local interstellar…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-08-17 D. M. -A. Meyer , N. Langer , J. Mackey , P. F. Velazquez , A. Gusdorf

The light curves of radioactive transients, such as supernovae and kilonovae, are powered by the decay of radioisotopes, which release high-energy leptons through $\beta^+$ and $\beta^-$ decays. These leptons deposit energy into the…

Core-collapse supernova (SN) ejecta are probably structured on both small and large scales, with greater deviations from spherical symmetry nearer the explosion site. Here, we present 2D and 3D gray radiation-hydrodynamics simulations of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-04 Luc Dessart , Edouard Audit

One of the key observables for determining the progenitor nature of Type Ia supernovae is provided by their immediate circumstellar medium, which according to several models should be shaped by the progenitor binary system. So far, X-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-07-18 Georgios Dimitriadis , Alexandros Chiotellis , Jacco Vink

We demonstrate by three-dimensional hydrodynamical simulations of energy deposition into the envelope of a red supergiant (RSG) model the inflation of a Rayleigh-Taylor unstable envelope that forms a compact clumpy circumstellar material…

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