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Luminosity of Evolving Supernova Remnants

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

D.F. Cioffi
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley, California, U.S.A
C.F. McKee
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley, California, U.S.A

Abstract

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We present an analytic kinematic model for the evolution of a supernova remnant beginning with the Sedov-Taylor adiabatic stage and continuing through the radiative stage. Using this model, we obtain the luminosity of the radiative shock and the hot interior.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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