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The Distribution of Supernova Remnants in the Galaxy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2016
Extract
Observational selection effects and the lack of accurate distances for most Galactic SNRs pose problems for studies of the distribution of SNRs in the Galaxy. However, by comparing the observed Galactic longitude distribution of high surface brightness SNRs with that expected from simple models — which avoids some of the problems with selection effects and the lack of distances — a Gaussian scale length of ≈ 7 kpc in Galactocentric radius is obtained for SNRs.
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- Supernova Remnants
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- International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 145: Supernovae and Supernova Remnants , 1996 , pp. 341 - 348
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- Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996