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An explanation for the peculiar periphery of supernova remnant G309.2–0.6

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Supernova remnant (SNR) G309.2-0.6 has a peculiar radio morphology with two bright ears to the southwest and northeast, although the main shell outside the ears is roughly circular. Based on… Click to show full abstract

Supernova remnant (SNR) G309.2-0.6 has a peculiar radio morphology with two bright ears to the southwest and northeast, although the main shell outside the ears is roughly circular. Based on an earlier proposal that the supernova ejecta has a jet component with extra energy, the dynamical evolution of the remnant is solved using 3D hydrodynamical (HD) simulation to investigate the formation of the periphery of the remnant. Assuming the ejecta with a kinetic energy of $10^{51}$\,erg and a mass of $3~\mathrm{M}_{\odot}$ evolved in a uniform ambient medium for a time of $\sim 4000$\,yr and the jet component has cylindrical symmetry with a half open angle of $10^\circ$, the result indicates that the energy contained in the jet is about $10-15\%$ of the kinetic energy of the entire ejecta to reproduce the detected profile. This study supports that the remnant originated from a jet-driven core-collapse supernova.

Keywords: g309; energy; jet; remnant; supernova remnant; supernova

Journal Title: Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Year Published: 2018

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