Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Mar 1987
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987apj...314..187h&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 314, March 1, 1987, p. 187-202.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
88
Nebulae, Sheets, Shock Fronts, Supernova Remnants, Astronomical Models, Interstellar Matter, X Ray Sources
Scientific paper
The hypothesis that sheetlike shock fronts propagating into large clouds immersed in a fairly uniform intercloud medium can provide a consistent picture accounting for essentially all the observational data for the Cygnus Loop SNR is considered. Filaments are interpreted as line-of-sight projections of portions of the sheet. Variations in the projection of the shock velocity along the line of sight lead naturally to 'turbulent' velocities consistent with observation. An analog model of a large, distorted, bumpy shock front is presented and shown to produce the observed morphology of the remnant's prominent optical filaments. Comparison with the observed morphology supports the idea that regions of optical emission lie on the local outer boundary of the shell and have not been engulfed by the blast wave. Bright X-ray emission arises when the blast wave encounters a preshock medium with an intermediate density higher than average for the adiabatic portion of the remnant, but still lower than that required for the shock to become radiative.
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