2004/02/25 by R. Bandiera, O. Petruk
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20035950
published as Astron.Astrophys. 419 (2004) 419-423 · 5 pages, 1 figure, Astronomy and Astrophysics, accepted
arxiv created 2004/02/25 · openalex publication_date 2004/05/01 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We present the general analytic solution for the evolution of radiative supernova remnants in a uniform interstellar medium, under thin-shell approximation. This approximation is shown to be very accurate approach to this task. For a given set of parameters, our solution closely matches the results of numerical models, showing a transient in which the deceleration parameter reaches a maximum value of 0.33, followed by a slow convergence to the asymptotic value 2/7. Oort (1951) and McKee & Ostriker (1977) analytic solutions are discussed, as special cases of the general solution we have found.