Supernova remnants in dense clouds. I - Blast-wave dynamics and X-ray irradiation

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Computational Astrophysics, Detonation Waves, Gas Density, Molecular Clouds, Supernova Remnants, X Ray Irradiation, Cosmic Dust, Emission Spectra, Molecular Gases, Radiative Transfer, Stellar Envelopes, Stellar Evolution

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Simplified models of cooling SNRs in uniform media together with an idealized emission spectrum are used to investigate the X-ray irradiation of the surrounding gas. The radiative transfer of the emitted X-rays through both the dense cooling shell and the unshocked cloud is calculated, with a simplified treatment to allow for an ionized zone surrounding the SNR. Numerical results are presented for SN energy of 10 exp 51 ergs and ambient densities ranging from 100 to 1,000,000 cu cm. It is found that an appreciable fraction of the X-ray energy is absorbed in regions where the X-ray energy deposited per H nucleon is between 1 and 30 eV; if the gas is initially molecular, the X-ray irradiation will result in warm molecular gas in which endothermic chemical reactions may proceed, and from which there may be strong emission in rotation-vibration transitions of H2 and other molecular species.

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