A study of dusty nonradiative shock waves.

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Supernova Remnants: X Rays, Supernova Remnants: Infrared Radiation, Supernova Remnants: Shock Waves, Cygnus Loop

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Using ROSAT PSPC and IRAS data, the authors are beginning an observational analysis of grain evolution behind nonradiative shock waves in the Cygnus Loop and Pup A supernova remnants. They have constructed a dynamic theoretical model of grain evolution through steady-state nonradiative shocks. This model is a self-consistent treatment of the effect of grain destruction, thermal heating, and deceleration on the ionization structure and X-ray emission of the postshock gas. The authors make specific predictions about the X-ray spectrum emanating from a postshock plasma, as well as thermal IR emissions due to grain heating. Their predictions have agreed favorably with previous global X-ray and IR luminosity observations of the Cygnus Loop (Vancura et al. 1994). Both the Cygnus Loop and Pup A, by virtue of coincident IR and X-ray enhancements, are prime candidates for dusty shock waves. The authors discuss preliminary fits of their model predictions to the spectral shape of the SE Cygnus Loop blast wave X-ray emissions.

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