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The explosion of a supernova releases almost instantaneously about 10^51 ergs of mechanic energy, changing irreversibly the physical and chemical properties of large regions in the galaxies. The stellar ejecta, the nebula resulting from the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-09-29 Gloria Dubner , Elsa Giacani

Supernova remnants (SNRs) arise from the interaction between the ejecta of a supernova (SN) explosion and the surrounding circumstellar and interstellar medium. Some SNRs, mostly nearby SNRs, can be studied in great detail. However, to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-04-25 Knox S. Long

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

Although only a small fraction of stars end their lives as supernovae, all supernovae leave behind a supernova remnant (SNR), an expanding shock wave that interacts with the surrounding medium, heating the gas and seeding the cosmos with…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-04-05 Aya Bamba , Brian J. Williams

Detailed radio observations of extragalactic supernovae are critical to obtaining valuable information about the nature and evolutionary phase of the progenitor star in the period of a few hundred to several tens-of-thousands of years…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. D. Van Dyk , K. W. Weiler , M. J. Montes , R. A. Sramek , N. Panagia

Supernova remnants (SNRs) are powerful particle accelerators. As a supernova (SN) blast wave propagates through the circumstellar medium (CSM), electrons and protons scatter across the shock and gain energy by entrapment in the magnetic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-10-25 G. Zanardo , L. Staveley-Smith , C. -Y. Ng , R. Indebetouw , M. Matsuura , B. M. Gaensler , A. K. Tzioumis

It has been known for over 50 years that the radio emission from shell supernova remnants (SNRs) indicates the presence of electrons with energies in the GeV range emitting synchrotron radiation. The discovery of nonthermal X-ray emission…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-20 S. P. Reynolds

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

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) in the Galaxy are an important source of energy injection into the interstellar medium, and also of cosmic rays. Currently there are 294 known SNRs in the Galaxy, and their distribution with Galactocentric radius…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-10-14 D. A. Green

Supernova remnants (SNRs) are the aftermath of massive stellar explosions or of a white dwarf in a binary system, representing critical phases in the life cycle of stars and playing an important role in galactic evolution. Physical…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-10-08 I. Chousein-Basia , A. Zezas , I. Leonidaki , M. Kopsacheili

Supernova remnants (SNRs) are important objects in terms of their connections with supernova (SN) explosion mechanism(s), progenitor stars, and cosmic-ray acceleration. Non-thermal emission from SNRs is an effective probe of the structure…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-10-04 Haruo Yasuda , Shiu-Hang Lee , Keiichi Maeda

The explosion of a supernovae (SN) represents the sudden injection of about 10^51 ergs of thermal and mechanical energy in a small region of space, causing the formation of powerful shock waves that propagate through the interstellar medium…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-04 Gloria Dubner

Recent studies using 21 cm HI line and $^{13}$CO line observations in the inner part of the Galaxy have resulted in new distances for 30 Galactic supernova remnants (SNRs). 15 of those remnants have observed X-ray spectra, for which…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-10-17 D. A. Leahy , S. Ranasinghe

We present a table of 215 SNRs with distances. New distances are found to SNR G$51.26+0.11$ of $6.6 \pm 1.7$ kpc using HI absorption spectra, and to 5 other SNRs using maser/molecular cloud associations. We recalculate the distances and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-11-30 S. Ranasinghe , D. Leahy

Supernova remnants (SNRs) are the outcome of supernovae (SNe, either core-collapse or thermonuclear). The remnant results from the interaction between the stellar ejecta and the ambient medium around the progenitor star. Young SNRs are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-02-18 Gilles Ferrand

Supernovae and their remnants are believed to be prodigious sources of Galactic cosmic rays and interstellar dust. Understanding the mechanisms behind their surprisingly high production rate is helped by the study of nearby young supernova…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-17 L. Staveley-Smith , T. M. Potter , G. Zanardo , B. M. Gaensler , C. -Y. Ng

New generational very-high-energy telescope arrays have been detecting more than 120 TeV {\gamma}-ray sources. Multi-wavelength observations on these Gamma-ray sources have proven to be robust in shedding light on their nature. The coming…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-02-04 Wenwu Tian , Jianli Zhang

Supernova Remnants (SNRs) are believed to be the main source of Galactic cosmic rays (CR). The strong SNR shocks provide ideal acceleration sites for particles of at least 10^14 eV/nucleon. Radio continuum studies of SNRs carried out with…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-11-08 G. Dubner

Supernova remnants (SNRs) in Local Group galaxies offer unique insights into the origin of different types of supernovae. In order to take full advantage of these insights, one must understand the intrinsic and environmental diversity of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-11-07 Sumit K. Sarbadhicary , Carles Badenes , Laura Chomiuk , Damiano Caprioli , Daniel Huizenga
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