Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2005-07-19
Astrophys.J.641:905-918,2006
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
32pages and 39figures
Scientific paper
10.1086/500527
The evolution of supernova remnants (SNRs) is studied, with particular attention to the effect of magnetic fields with axisymmetric two-dimensional magnetohydrodynamical simulations. The evolution of magnetic SNRs is the same as non-magnetic ones in the adiabatic Sedov stage. After a thin shell is formed, the shell is driven by the pressure of the hot interior gas (bubble). Evolution in the pressure-driven snow-plow phase is much affected by the magnetic field. The shell sweeping the magnetic field lines thickens owing to the magnetic pressure force. After $5\times 10^5{\rm yr}$ - $2\times 10^6{\rm yr}$, the inner boundary of the thick shell begins to contract. This compresses the hot bubble radially and maintains its thermal pressure. Thus, the bubble forms a prolate spheroidal shape and becomes thinner and thinner, since it expands in a direction parallel to the magnetic field for $B_0 \gtrsim 3\mu {\rm G}$. Finally, the bubble contracts. The porosity of the hot low-density gas in ISM is reduced, taking the effect of the magnetic field into account.
Hanayama Hidekazu
Tomisaka Kohji
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