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Recent hydrodynamical models of supernova remnants (SNRs) demonstrate that their evolution depends heavily on the inhomogeneities of the surrounding medium. As SNRs expand, their morphologies are influenced by the non-uniform and turbulent…

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We construct magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) similarity rebound shocks joining `quasi-static' asymptotic solutions around the central degenerate core to explore an MHD model for the evolution of random magnetic field in supernova explosions. This…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Yu-Qing Lou , Wei-Gang Wang

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

Technological advances in radio telescopes and X-ray instruments over the last 20 years have greatly increased the number of known supernova remnants (SNRs) and led to a better determination of their properties. In particular, more SNRs now…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-04-26 Gary L. Case , Dipen Bhattacharya

We carry out 1D hydrodynamical simulations of the evolution of a spherically symmetric supernova remnant (SNR) subject to an external radiation field (ERF) that influences the cooling and heating rates of the gas. We consider homogeneous…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-07-12 Mario Romero , Yago Ascasibar , Jan Palouš , Richard Wünsch , Mercedes Mollá

In this paper we present the updated empirical radio surface-brightness-to-diameter ($\Sigma$--$D$) relation for Galactic supernova remnants (SNRs) calibrated using $110$ SNRs with reliable distances. We apply orthogonal fitting procedure…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-01-22 B. Vukotić , A. Ćiprijanović , M. M. Vučetić , D. Onić , D. Urošević

We simulate the evolutions of the stellar wind and the supernova remnant (SNR) originating from a runaway massive star in an uniform Galactic environment based on the three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamics models. Taking the stellar wind…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-11-05 M. F. Zhang , W. W. Tian , D. Wu

A simple formalism to describe nonthermal electron acceleration, evolution, and radiation in supernova remnants (SNRs) is presented. The electron continuity equation is analytically solved assuming that the nonthermal electron injection…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-04 Justin D. Finke , Charles D. Dermer

As a key process that refreshes the interstellar medium, the dynamics and radiative properties of the supernova remnant (SNR) expansion front not only reflect the physical environment of the old interstellar medium (ISM) surrounding the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-09-19 Horace Zhang , Yang Gao , Chung K. Law

The origin of ear-like structures with two opposite lobes extending from the shell of supernova remnants (SNRs) remains a subject of active debate, with proposed mechanisms ranging from jet-driven explosions to interactions with bipolar…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-30 Huan Yu , Jun Fang

We present two-dimensional MHD simulations of the evolution of a young Type Ia supernova remnant during its interaction with an interstellar cloud of comparable size at impact. We include for the first time in such simulations explicit…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Byung-Il Jun , T. W. Jones

Near the ends of their lives, supernova remnants (SNRs) enter a "radiative phase," when efficient cooling of the postshock gas slows expansion. Understanding SNR evolution at this stage is crucial for estimating feedback in galaxies, as…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-12-02 Rebecca Diesing , Siddhartha Gupta

Using observations from the literature, we show that the non-thermal radio luminosity (L) of supernova remnants (SNRs) is a strong function of the average gas surface density (Sigma) of the galaxy in which the remnants reside, from normal…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-13 Todd A. Thompson , Eliot Quataert , Norman Murray

The equipartition or minimum-energy calculation is a well-known procedure for estimating magnetic field strength and total energy in the magnetic field and cosmic ray particles by using only the radio synchrotron emission. In one of our…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-10-22 B. Arbutina , D. Urosevic , M. M. Vucetic , M. Z. Pavlovic , B. Vukotic

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

Multi-wavelength observations of mature supernova remnants (SNRs), especially with recent advances in gamma-ray astronomy, make it possible to constrain energy distribution of energetic particles within these remnants. In consideration of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-01-18 Houdun Zeng , Yuliang Xin , Siming Liu , J. R. Jokipii , Li Zhang , Shuinai Zhang

We present new, high resolution 1420 and 408 MHz continuum images and HI and 12CO (J=1-0) spectral line maps of the diffuse supernova remnant CTB104A (G93.7-0.3). Analysis of the complex continuum emission reveals no significant spectral…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Bulent Uyaniker , Roland Kothes , Cristopher M. Brunt

The X-ray emission from a supernova remnant (SNR) is a powerful diagnostic of the state of the shocked plasma. The temperature (kT) and the emission measure (EM) of the shocked-gas are related to the energy of the explosion, the age of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-05-21 D. A. Leahy , S. Ranasinghe. M. Gelowitz

The radio surface brightness-to-diameter ({\Sigma} - D) relation for supernova remnants (SNRs) in the starburst galaxy M82 is analyzed in a statistically more robust manner than in the previous studies that mainly discussed sample quality…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-01-27 D. Urosevic , B. Vukotic , B. Arbutina , M. Sarevska

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