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Three-dimensional simulations of the expanding remnant of SN 1987A

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2014

Toby Potter
Affiliation:
International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research M468, The University of Western Australia 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley Western Australia, 6009
Lister Staveley-Smith
Affiliation:
International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research M468, The University of Western Australia 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley Western Australia, 6009
John Kirk
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
Brian Reville
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Oxford
Geoff Bicknell
Affiliation:
Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Australian National University email: tobympotter@gmail.com
Ralph Sutherland
Affiliation:
Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Australian National University email: tobympotter@gmail.com
Alexander Wagner
Affiliation:
Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Australian National University email: tobympotter@gmail.com
Giovanna Zanardo
Affiliation:
International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research M468, The University of Western Australia 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley Western Australia, 6009
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Abstract

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SNR 1987A is the expanding remnant from the brightest supernova since the invention of the telescope. The remnant has been monitored extensively in the radio at variety of wavelengths and provides a wealth of data on which to base a simulation. Questions to be answered include estimating the efficiency of particle acceleration at shock fronts, determining the cause of the one-sided radio morphology for SNR 1987A and investigating the gas properties of the pre-supernova environment. We attempt to address these questions using a fully three-dimensional model of SNR 1987A.

Type
Contributed Papers
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2014 

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