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Collective Effects in Shock Propagation Through a Clumpy Medium

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

M.L. Norman
Affiliation:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801
J.R. Dickel
Affiliation:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801
M. Livio
Affiliation:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801
Y.-H. Chu
Affiliation:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801

Abstract

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A numerical simulation of shock propagation in a clumpy medium with a weak magnetic field is presented which illustrates a number of dynamical processes of potential importance for explaining spectral line width and radio polarization measurements in supernova remnants.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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