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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

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

Understanding the evolution of a supernova remnant shell in time is fundamental. Such understanding is critical to build reliable models of the dynamics of the supernova remnant shell interaction with any pulsar wind nebula it might…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-09-22 R. Bandiera , N. Bucciantini , J. Martín , B. Olmi , D. F. Torres

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

We carry out three-dimensional hydrodynamic simulations of the supernova remnants (SNRs) produced inside molecular clouds (MCs) near their surface using the HLL code (Harten et al. 1983). We explore the dynamical evolution and the X-ray…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-03 Wankee Cho , Jongsoo Kim , Bon-Chul Koo

The giant molecular clouds (MCs) found in the Milky Way and similar galaxies play a crucial role in the evolution of these systems. The supernova explosions that mark the death of massive stars in these regions often lead to interactions…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-22 P. Slane , A. Bykov , D. C. Ellison , G. Dubner , D. Castro

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

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

We present the first public database of high-energy observations of all known Galactic supernova remnants (SNRs). In section 1 we introduce the rationale for this work motivated primarily by studying particle acceleration in SNRs, and which…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-04 Gilles Ferrand , Samar Safi-Harb

The large-scale gradient of the interstellar medium (ISM) density distribution essentially affects the evolution of Supernova remnants (SNRs). In a non-uniform ISM, the shape of SNR becomes essentially non-spherical, and distributions of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-25 B. Hnatyk , O. Petruk

Shell-type supernova remnants (SNRs) accelerate particles at the shock front between the expanding remnant and the swept-up interstellar medium. If these particles include protons and nuclei, very-high-energy gamma-ray emission may result…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-09-28 VERITAS Collaboration , T. B. Humensky

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

Massive Stars (> 8 solar masses) lose mass in the form of strong winds. These winds accumulate around the star, forming wind-blown bubbles. When the star explodes as a supernova (SN), the resulting shock wave expands within this wind-blown…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-11 Vikram V. Dwarkadas , Dan Dewey

According to the most popular model for the origin of cosmic rays (CRs), supernova remnants (SNRs) are the site where CRs are accelerated. Observations across the electromagnetic spectrum support this picture through the detection of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-01-27 S. Orlando , M. Miceli , S. Ustamujic , A. Tutone , E. Greco , O. Petruk , F. Bocchino , G. Peres

Supernova remnants (SNRs) are believed to be the major contributors to Galactic cosmic rays. The detection of non-thermal emission from SNRs demonstrates the presence of energetic particles, but direct signatures of protons and other ions…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-11 Gilles Ferrand , Anne Decourchelle , Samar Safi-Harb

Supernovae release an enormous amount of energy into the interstellar medium. Their remnants can observationally be traced up to several ten-thousand years. So far more than 230 Galactic supernova remnants (SNRs) have been identified in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 W. Reich

This paper aims to give a brief review of a new concept for the preliminary determination of the evolutionary status of supernova remnants (SNRs). Data obtained by radio observations in continuum are used. There are three different methods…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-06-29 Dejan Urošević

Theoretical models of star formation consistently underestimate the rates observed in astronomical surveys. Stars form within giant molecular clouds, which fragment into dense clumps under the combined influences of turbulence, magnetic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-02-05 Marin Fontaine , Clotilde Busschaert , Émeric Falize

Evidence has mounted that Type Ia and core-collapse (CC) supernovae (SNe) can have substantial deviations from spherical symmetry; one such piece of evidence is the complex morphologies of supernova remnants (SNRs). However, the relative…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 Laura A. Lopez

We investigate the theoretical and observational implications of the acceleration of protons and heavier nuclei in supernova remnants (SNRs). By adopting a semi-analytical technique, we study the non-linear interplay among particle…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-08-23 D. Caprioli , P. Blasi , E. Amato