Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2005-04-13
Astrophys.J. 628 (2005) 205
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
12 pages, 3 figures, 1 table, accepted for ApJ, uses aastex
Scientific paper
10.1086/430875
Most supernovae are expected to explode in low-density hot media, particularly in galactic bulges and elliptical galaxies. The remnants of such supernovae, though difficult to detect individually, can be profoundly important in heating the media on large scales. We characterize the evolution of this kind of supernova remnants, based on analytical approximations and hydrodynamic simulations. We generalize the standard Sedov solution to account for both temperature and density effects of the ambient media. Although cooling can be neglected, the expansion of such a remnant deviates quickly from the standard Sedov solution and asymptotically approaches the ambient sound speed as the swept-up thermal energy becomes important. The relatively steady and fast expansion of the remnants over large volumes provides an ideal mechanism for spatially distributed heating, which may help to alleviate the over-cooling problem of hot gas in groups and clusters of galaxies as well as in galaxies themselves. The simulations were performed with the FLASH code.
Tang Shikui
Wang Daniel Q.
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